This news story originally provided by The Progress Report

November 30, 2006

GLOBAL WARMING -- OVER 10,000 EPA EMPLOYEES DEMANDS CONGRESSIONAL ACTION ON GLOBAL WARMING:
The coalition of labor unions representing over 10,000 engineers, scientists, and specialists at the Environmental Protection Agency has released a letter protesting "the lack of progress at addressing global warming," specifically citing the inadequacy of voluntary and incentives based programs at reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Bucking current Bush administration policies, the coalition called on Congress to "support a vigorous program of regulating carbon and other GHG emissions in line with the principles of the Kyoto Protocol." Increasingly frustrated with the Bush administration's shameless politicization and suppression of global warming science, the letter urges Congress to "provide oversight of U.S. EPA’s GHG emissions programs in order to allow Agency scientists and engineers to speak frankly and directly with lawmakers and the public regarding climate change without fear of reprisal." In another challenge to Bush's lackluster global warming record, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments for Massachusetts v. Environmental Protection Agency yesterday, which will determine whether the Bush EPA neglected its responsibilities when it decided not to regulate carbon dioxide as a pollutant under the Clean Air Act.