Full Title: Scientific Shortcomings in the EPA's Endangerment Finding from Greenhouse Gases
Author(s): Patrick J. Michaels & Paul C. Knappenberger
Publisher(s): CATO Journal
Publication Date: September 1, 2009
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Description (excerpt):
On April 24, 2009, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency issued a finding of “proposed endangerment” from climate change caused by six greenhouse gases, with the largest contributions to warming resulting from emissions of carbon dioxide and methane (EPA 2009a).
The EPA also referred to this document as a “proposed finding” in response to a 2007 decision by the U.S. Supreme Court, Massachusetts v. EPA, which empowered the EPA to make such a finding for greenhouse gases under existing law. This was the Court’s interpretation of Section 202 (a) of the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990.