tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4350466692490337892.post-49986857899536412362008-07-15T14:08:00.001-04:002008-07-15T16:02:21.597-04:00National<br /><br />The Environmental Protection Agency released an Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPR) regarding potential regulations of greenhouse gas emissions under the Clean Air Act, which calls for several months of public comment and consideration before any further action is taken, essentially delaying action until after the Bush administration leaves office. The administrator of the White House Office of Management and Budget's Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs wrote that: "the Clean Air Act is a deeply flawed and unsuitable vehicle for reducing greenhouse gas emissions." http://www.truthout.org:80/article/white-house-disavows-epa-plan-emissions The ANPR was released in belated response to the April 2007 Supreme Court ruling stating that the EPA must consider carbon dioxide a pollutant under the Clean Air Act if human health and welfare are being harmed by greenhouse gas pollution.<br /><br />The EPA also released its report detailing climate change impacts on health, including increased disease-carrying insect populations, more pollen contributing to worsened allergies, and increases in smog-related respiratory illness and lung disease. Technical Support Document for Endangerment Analysis for Greenhouse Gas Emissions under the Clean Air Act, June 21, 2008, http://www.edf.org/documents/8084_EPA-HQ-OAR_080622.pdf<br /><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;">Thanks to Gail Karlsson at Citizens Network for Sustainable Development (CitNet) for the policy updates above</span>Tara DePortenoreply@blogger.com