Pelosi Applauds EPA Decision Declaring That Global Warming Pollution Is a Danger to Public Health
Friday, April 17, 2009
Contact: Brendan Daly/Nadeam Elshami, 202-226-7616
Washington, D.C. â€" Speaker Nancy Pelosi issued the following statement today on the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) decision to declare greenhouse gases a danger to human health and welfare, clearing the way for U.S. regulation:
"I welcome the decision by the Obama Administration to recognize the Supreme Court's decision allowing EPA to use the Clean Air Act to regulate air pollution from vehicles.
“For too many years under President Bush, the EPA ignored the science of global warming and had to be forced by the Supreme Court to consider taking action. The Obama Administration, basing its decision on sound science, has declared that global warming pollution and its potentially catastrophic consequences harm our public health and welfare.
“The Congress is working on a comprehensive solution to global warming, and I am committed to moving clean energy legislation this year that will include perspectives from across our nation to create jobs, improve our national security, and reduce global warming.�