Climate change puts U.S. way of life at risk - EPA

[UpInArms]

Source: Reuters

WASHINGTON, July 17 (Reuters) - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, under fire for apparently discounting the impact of climate change, on Thursday said global warming poses real risk to human health and the American way of life.

Risks include more heat-related deaths, more heart and lung diseases due to increased ozone and health problems related to hurricanes, extreme precipitation and wildfires, the agency said in a new report.

"Climate change poses real risk to human health and the human systems that support our way of life in the United States," the agency's Joel Scheraga said in a telephone briefing.

The report does not specify how many people in the United States could die due to climate change, because that number can be changed by taking action, Scheraga said.

"We are not saying in this report that more people will die in the future due to climate change," he said. "What we are saying is that there's an increased risk of deaths due to heat waves in the future as the climate changes.

Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/bondsNews/idUSN1748836120080717?sp=true

[nam78_two]

1. K&R.nt

[MasonJar]

2. Now we really know that Bush/Cheney are leaving! I wonder what else it

said prior to Cheney's edit. This is extreme for the Bushie Bunch. Go, AL. Get those changes in 10 years!!!!!!!

[RaleighNCDUer]

3. close. let's try this:

American way of life puts U.S. way of life at risk by creating climate change.

[Indenturedebtor]

6. I was just getting ready to post that...

No kidding. All this consumerism while countless nations, and even many Americans, when given the choice between less useless crap and toys and less work, or more work and more crap.... choose less work and less crap.

Time to CHANGE people!

[Cal Carpenter]

4. Or rather: "US Way of Life Puts Climate at Risk" ?!

Headline seems backwards to me... :shrug:

[Lorien]

8. Bingo. That would be far more to the point

but BushCo would demand that such information be censored.

[Skittles]

9. good one, Cal

:thumbsup:

[kestrel91316]

5. Unka Dick said the Amurkin way of life was nonnegotiable.

This article is obviously BS!!!1!!!11!

[maxsolomon]

7. IF the american way of life didn't include

living in ticky tacky POS houses with no means of natural ventilation, then people wouldn't be dying of heat stroke.

[tavalon]

10. Our way of life, our way of life!!!!!!!!!

:grr: :nuke: :banghead: :banghead: :banghead: