The Bush administration has refused to regulate greenhouse gases blamed for global warning, saying it would cause too many job losses. In a 588-page federal notice, America’s Environmental Protection agency made no finding on whether global warming poses a threat to people’s health. This conclusion reverses an earlier on. The White House rejected EPA’s conclusion three weeks earlier. It said that the 1970 Clean Air Action could be both workable and effective for addressing global climate change.
Now the EPA says the law is ill suited for dealing with climate change. This contrasts sharply with the tone of statements President George Bush made at the just ended G8 summit of leading industrialized nations in Toyako, Japan. There the US joined other summit partners in embracing a policy declaration to seek a 50 percent reduction in global greenhouse gases by 2050.
