The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency this week announced its findings that greenhouse gases threaten public health and welfare of the American people, citing GHG emissions from on-road vehicles contributed to it. The findings will allow the EPA to finalize the GHG standards proposed earlier this year for new light-duty vehicles as part of a joint rulemaking with the U.S. Department of Transportation, which should give momentum to enforcing other climate-change legislation.

After examining scientific evidence and considering public comments, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Monday, Dec. 7, announced its finding that greenhouse gases threaten the public health and welfare of the American people. EPA also announced its finding that GHG emissions from on-road vehicles contribute to that threat.

According to EPA, GHGs are the primary driver of climate change, which can lead to hotter, longer heat waves that threaten the health of the sick, poor or elderly; increases in ground-level ozone pollution linked to asthma and other respiratory illnesses; and other threats to the health and welfare of Americans.

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