Here is a version of my EPA testimony that contains links to the 2009 publication Global Climate Change Impacts in the United States, published by the U.S. Global Change Research Program (USGCRP).
As shown in my comments, this document played a principal role in their Endangerment Finding of December 7, 2009.
Also linked is a draft document, ADDENDUM: Global Climate Change Impacts in the United States, by the Center for the Study of Public Science and Public Policy at the Cato Institute. This document is analogous to the USGCRP report in form and content, but details the voluminous science that the USGCRP either ignored or slanted. It is a fact that there are almost twice as many references and endnotes in the Addendum than there are in the original report. Note that this is a draft version that contains various minor errors and will undergo some slight changes before the final version is released later this year.
Readers should enjoy looking at the USGCRP document and the Addendum side-by-side. (see below).
EPA didn’t listen when they rushed the endangerment finding in the days after Obama took over, they won’t listen now. EPA used to be an organization that tried to do good science; today it is a bunch of political hacks ignoring anything that doesn’t fit with the preconceived agenda. I’m ashamed that I once worked there.
“EPA used to be an organization that tried to do good science.” Really? I did not notice it.
One of the reasons we have (had) a government of checks and balances was to avoid power grabs by the Executive branch.