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EPA says green house gases endanger people, environment - and it's all our fault

It's official: the cars we drive are hurting us. The EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson announced today that "greenhouse gases (GHGs) threaten the public health and welfare of the American people. EPA also finds that GHG emissions from on-road vehicles contribute to that threat." The EPA says that the science behind the findings "overwhelmingly" shows that GHG, the primary driver of climate change, are at their highest point ever because of human activities. In the U.S., on-road vehicles emit more than 23 percent of all GHGs. The six gases the ... Read more →

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