The Bush administration won’t deter global warming, but, as small consolation, it’s let the Environmental Protection Agency release its report on global warming-causing greenhouse gases.

The Washington Post’s Juliet Eilperin and David A. Farenthold tell us that the report warns that in 20-30 years the elderly, poor and those living in American inner cities will be susceptible to dying from higher temperatures. There will also be more hurricanes and other extreme weather patterns.

Last week the EPA announced that while everything its scientists say points to the urgent need for greenhouse gas regulation, it would not be regulating greenhouse gases. A former EPA scientist has said that senior officials met with Exxon Mobile, the American Petroleum Institute, and the National Petrochemical and Refiners Association. Perhaps these companies drove home the "complexity" of the global warming issue.-MB

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