It tries to play a mediating role in the debates between [[Conservation and environmentalism]].
===DDT===The most influential act of In December 2009 the EPA was to ban [[DDT]]officially declared that six greenhouse gases, a including carbon dioxide, "threaten the health and welfare of the American people". The decision that critics across could open the way for the political spectrum say has resulted in deaths of millions annually in [[AfricaObama administration]] 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 impose its own curbs on which they depend for foodemissions, but groups across the political spectrum and even the ''New York Times'' although Congress may have criticized the loss of human life, especially in Africa, caused by this ban{{fact}}final say.
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==
The EPA has ruled that CO<sub>2</sub> 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>
===DDT===
An influential early act of the EPA was to ban [[DDT]] in the U.S. The reason was to protect numerous bird species and the harmless insects on which they depend for food.
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