Ten States to Sue EPA on Global Warming

[Spazito]

WASHINGTON, D.C., Oct. 10 (CSM) -- Confronting climate change--which most scientists now say is real--is a worldwide effort. That's why it's called "global warming (news - web sites)."


But as nations continue to argue over the Kyoto agreement and other multinational approaches, and as Congress considers an energy billthat would expand fossil-fuel production, state governments are taking the lead in reducing the greenhouse gases that seem to be sending temperatures upward.


Ten states are about to sue the administration to force the EPA to regulate greenhouse gases. Fourteen states, including President Bush (news - web sites)'s home state of Texas, now require utilities to generate part of their power from renewable sources.


One region--the Northeast--is following its own Kyoto-like path. New England states and five eastern Canadian provinces have set goals to reduce greenhouse gases to 1990 levels by 2010, then reduce them another 10 percent by 2017.

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[JohnOneillsMemory]

1. Someone trying to do the right thing? Amazing!

Make room folks-let these people through please!!

[Bozita]

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good post!

[Brucey]

3. Scientists have recently estimated that 160,000 people die each year

because of global warming... and Bush's response is that people will just have to get used to warmer weather! The man is an idiot and callous, the worst combination. The US, of course, is the main culprit when it comes to global warming, and the least likely to do anything about it. It is a travesty that the American sheeple are so uncaring about practically everything except their own greed and revenge, and secondly that the US institutions, such as the media, the government, the schools and the churches, so such an abysmal job of educating the sheeple about anything except Kobe and Britney. Sixty percent of teens can't name the country that is directly south of the US, but 100% can name the top pop songs and singers, the top sports heros, the top movies, etc. etc. People aren't stupid, they are educated in the absolutely wrong topics. They are callous, and that is something I don't think even education can cure. Good for those states and provinces that want to try to help. I wish them the best. It's a very tough road.