EPA experts detail global warming's health risks

By DINA CAPPIELLO , Associated Press Writer, Space & Earth science / Environment

(AP) -- Government scientists detailed a rising death toll from heat waves, wildfires, disease and smog caused by global warming in an analysis the White House buried so it could avoid regulating greenhouse gases.

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Posted by Ninderthana 07/15/08 05:12

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"While the science pointed to a link between public health and climate change, the Bush administration has worked to discourage such a connection. To acknowledge one would compel the government to regulate greenhouse gases."

Of course, this assumes that human induced global warming is a proven fact!

If, as all the evidence is now showing, the world is in for a 30 year period of global cooling, then the Bush Administration is doing the right thing.

Opposing the religious zeal of global warming bigots is probably one of the greatest achievements of the Bush Administration.

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Posted by MikeB 07/15/08 07:53

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Here here, Thank you Mr. President. Keep the jack-booted thugs out of my wallet and my life.

The death toll gets smaller as the earth gets warmer, and as we get wealthier. Extreme weather mostly kills poor people.

http://www.csccc....t_23.pdf

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Posted by GrayMouser 07/15/08 10:59

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Sounds like someone is shooting for increased budgets...

Just look at the temperature extremes people live in and you'll know that a .1 degree change is not going to affect anything. My area goes from below freezing up to 110 degrees F on a annual basis (and many people have more extreme seasonal differences.)