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It tries to play a mediating role in the debates between [[Conservation and environmentalism]].

It tries to play a mediating role in the debates between [[Conservation and environmentalism]].

In December 2009 the EPA officially declared that six greenhouse gases, including carbon dioxide, "threaten the health and welfare of the American people". The decision could open the way for the [[Obama administration]] to impose its own curbs on emissions, although Congress may have the final say.  

The most influential act of the EPA was to ban [[DDT]], a decision that critics across the political spectrum say has resulted in deaths of millions annually in [[Africa]] from [[malaria]].  DDT is highly effective in eliminating malaria, as it did in the United States.  The reason given for banning DDT was to protect numerous bird species and the harmless insects on which they depend for food, but groups across the political spectrum and even the ''New York Times'' have criticized the loss of human life, especially in Africa, caused by this ban{{fact}}.

On April 2, 2007, the [[Supreme Court]] ruled that the EPA has the authority to regulate [[greenhouse gas]] emissions.  This was a rebuke to the [[George W. Bush|Bush]] administration, which had called for voluntary reduction of the gases.  <ref>Fox News: High Court Rebukes Bush on Car Pollution [http://www.foxnews.com/wires/2007Apr02/0,4670,ScotusGreenhouseGases,00.html]</ref>.

On April 2, 2007, the [[Supreme Court]] ruled that the EPA has the authority to regulate [[greenhouse gas]] emissions.  This was a rebuke to the [[George W. Bush|Bush]] administration, which had called for voluntary reduction of the gases.  <ref>Fox News: High Court Rebukes Bush on Car Pollution [http://www.foxnews.com/wires/2007Apr02/0,4670,ScotusGreenhouseGases,00.html]</ref>.

==Global Warming==

==Global Warming==

The EPA has ruled that CO₂ is a health hazard and it is widely anticipated that the ruling will lead to legislation to control greenhouse gas emissions. The Competitive Enterprise Institute reported findings that countered EPA claims. The report was suppressed from public knowledge and the likely reason was politically motivated. <ref>[http://cei.org/cei_files/fm/active/0/Endangerment%20Comments%206-23-09.pdf EPA’s Proposed Endangerment and Cause or Contribute Findings for Greenhouse Gases under Section 202(a) of the Clean Air Act] Competitive Enterprise Institute</ref>

The EPA has ruled that CO₂ is a health hazard and it is widely anticipated that the ruling will lead to legislation to control greenhouse gas emissions. The Competitive Enterprise Institute reported findings that countered EPA claims. The report was suppressed from public knowledge and the likely reason was politically motivated. <ref>[http://cei.org/cei_files/fm/active/0/Endangerment%20Comments%206-23-09.pdf EPA’s Proposed Endangerment and Cause or Contribute Findings for Greenhouse Gases under Section 202(a) of the Clean Air Act] Competitive Enterprise Institute</ref>

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