clipped by: Kelika clipper's remarks: They finally acknowledge a problem but offer no solutions - like the regulation of gas emissions. Heaven forbid we should upset ExxonMobil! Clip Source: www.latimes.com WASHINGTON -- Climate change will pose "substantial" health threats including heat waves, hurricanes and pathogens in coming decades, the Environmental Protection Agency said Thursday. "We . . . anticipate substantial human health impacts," the document said. In the West, it found, changing weather patterns could thin the snow packs that feed rivers, affecting both hydroelectric dams and water supplies. In coastal areas, it could bring sea-level rise that eats away at dry land and storm surges that can wash land away in a flash. In Washington and other Eastern cities, the report said, a warmer climate is likely to produce more bad-air days, since heat speeds up the process by which exhaust byproducts are cooked into smog. Burnett said that this, too, was ordered by administration officials: "We were told . . . that the [document] should not establish a path forward or a framework for regulation, but should emphasize the complexity of the challenge." ...
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