Editorial #4

Editorial- Published March 12, 2010
Link- http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/13/opinion/13sat2.html

Something Worse than Inaction

The House passed a bill last year that puts an economywide cap on emissions, but the Senate has yet to pass the bill. The Environment Protection Agency would use its Clean Air act authority to regulate greenhouse gases. Senators have changed their mind and now want to undercut the EPA's regulatory authority. Republicans and Democrats say they care about climate change but believe the President should stand aside and wait till congress deals with it. Now there is an idea that would reject the recent findings by the EPA that greenhouse gases are a danger to people's health and welfare. This idea would not only reject this finding but also stop the agreement to stop or reduce the emissions from cars and trucks. There is also another bill that would stop the agency from proposing regulations on emissions. The writer believe that congress is making a huge mistake trying to stop the government from making regulations on greenhouse gas emissions.

I do agree with this editorial. The change in our government in having no regualtions on these emission could be devastating to nature and may speed the process of climate change. Congress needs to continue pushing bills to make America a more ecofriendly country because we are one the greatest if the not the greatest in greenhouse gas emissions. Although these bills may not pass it was still a bad idea to stop the EPA from regualting the emissions for that is what this agency should be doing.