EPA Email Rejected During Bush-Era, Found

During the Bush Administration, the Environmental Protection Agency sent an email to Susan Dudley about six gases linked to global warming that posed danger to the public health. The twenty eight page document also included procedures to reduce and regulate the gases. The email on Dec. 5th was rejected due to its conclusion on global warming. The emailed was opened on Tuesday almost two years after it was sent to the White House. The document sited the gases effect on air quality, agriculture, forestry, water resources and coastal areas.

The Bush White house, had opposed the Clean Air Act, to address climate change. The Bush administration and EPA administrator Stephan Johnson, both agreed to hold on to the document and not present it to the public, since it was labeled "deliberative, do not distribute". Instead in July 2008, the House allowed three senators to review it when excerpts were released. The Obama administration, concluded the greenhouse gases endangered public health. The U.S. Chamber of Commerce and Republican lawmakers, had questioned the EPA's science, saying to review the conclusion. Many questions were found, and the EPA were told the link between global warming and health is too distanced.

The e-mail due to requests by the Freedom of Information Act, was opened. Adora Andy, a spokeswoman for EPA administrator on Tuesday said the document makes sense today, and the science is still updated. They concluded if this knowledge would have been found earlier quicker actions to prevent damage to the public health would of been considered. How could the Bush Administration just turn a blind eye to this? Isn't something of this degree at least worth investigating. Maybe not opening to the public, but they should have at least opened the email and tried to prove its conclusion. I am not sure of the degree of damage these gases could cause, but it must be a little hazardous, since the EPA was willing to send a twenty eight page report, and conduct many studies. It was interesting to see the public opinion of Bush fall, even after his presidency is over.