What A Relief! Senior EPA Staffer Says Bush Decision to Regulate GHGs "Unlikely"

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Thank God - the tension of waiting for the policy shift was getting to be just unbearable!!!

DETROIT (AP) — A senior Environmental Protection Agency official says it's unlikely the Bush administration will decide whether to regulate global warming emissions.

Margo Oge, head of EPA's Office of Transportation and Air Quality, told reporters Monday at an automotive conference that "given the time frame available to the agency, it's not realistic" that EPA will decide whether to regulate emissions linked to global warming, as the Supreme Court directed one year ago.

Oge said an advanced notice for a proposed rule-making on the issue will be released later this spring, and the public will then have two months to comment. The agency plans to evaluate those comments and a proposal typically needs a year of consideration, she said. Oge spoke at the annual conference of SAE International, an automotive engineering group.

EPA Administrator Stephen Johnson has said any decision on whether to regulate greenhouse gases needs to be examined broadly. Johnson said last month he was seeking public comment on the implications of regulating carbon dioxide, a leading greenhouse gas, on other agency rules that cover everything from power plants and factories to schools and small businesses.

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http://www.mlive.com/newsflash/index.ssf?/base/business-15/120821335045050.xml&storylist=newsmichigan

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1. "examined broadly"

They needed a shorter, more efficient phrase for "requires further study." Cuz they use it so often, and carpal tunnel, etc.

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2. That was a nail-biter, wasn't it? nt