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ARTICLE · 15 DECEMBER 2009

Weekly Climate Change Policy Update - December, 7 2009

Just in time for the start at Copenhagen, the EPA is issuing its finding under the Clean Air Act that greenhouse gas emissions endanger public health and welfare.

United StatesEnergy and Natural Resources

Article by Kyle Danish, Shelley Fidler, Kevin Gallagher, Megan Ceronsky and Tomás Carbonell

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Just in time for the start at Copenhagen, the EPA is issuing its finding under the Clean Air Act that greenhouse gas emissions endanger public health and welfare. The "endangerment finding" is a triggering event under the Clean Air Act, setting the agency on a course for regulation that it will seek to "tailor" and otherwise manage throughout 2010 . . . President Obama now is going to Copenhagen for the finale on December 18. The announcement suggests that the Administration has determined that a good deal is in the works, and that the President's pledge of a "provisional" emissions target will pay off . . . China and India announced non-binding intensity-based emission targets this week . . . The ultimate judges of what constitutes success in

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