Greenhouse Gases Pose Health Hazard, EPA says

Author:

Julia

 

Link to article:

http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/science/04/17/greenhouse.gas.hazard.epa/index.html

 

Summary:

This article is about how greenhouse gases can actually be a health hazard to future generations. An Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator says that the concentration of greenhouse gases are now at record levels because of human emissions, and are probably the cause of the increase in average temperatures and climate changes. The EPA also says that climate change due to pollution could affect the national air quality in the future. Some believe this announcement will be a very important step in the efforts towards reducing greenhouse gases and global warming. A new effort toward reduction was recently announced from the House Energy and Commerce Committee, stating that it is scheduled to begin hearings next week on an energy and climate bill, called the American Clean Energy and Security Act.

 

Why did I think this was a good article for the Physical Science Current Events Blog?

I chose this article because I’m interested in global warming and how it’s affecting our planet. This article seemed to really relate to what we learned in class a few months ago, so I decided to read it, and refresh my memory of our lesson on greenhouse gases and the environment. This turned out to be a very informative and fascinating article.