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On the recordMay 12, 2009
As I understand the Clean Air Act, section 202(a), the decision--your proposed decision that's coming, includes essentially two separate decisions--a finding that six greenhouse gases, including carbon and methane, do endanger both public health and welfare, and a finding that emissions from new motor vehicles cause or contribute to the greenhouse concentrations that endanger public health.
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Dianne Feinstein
Democratic · California

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Feinstein discusses the implications of the proposed endangerment finding under the Clean Air Act.

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