Last-Gasp Effort to Keep EPA's Authority Intact.

The article reports that California Democrat Barbara Boxer defends the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) efforts in reducing emissions of the pollutants that are warming the earth. She argues that legislative actions to halt the agency's authority to regulate greenhouse gas emissions pose a threat to public health. The League of Conservation Voters and the American Lung Association state that the research they commissioned reveals public support for EPA regulation of carbon dioxide pollution.