Emissions of carbon dioxide fell 6% in 2009 and were at their lowest level since 1995. The economic slowdown and a shift from coal to cleaner-burning natural gas to produce electricity, according to the Environmental Protection Agency, have contributed to the decline.
Meanwhile, Mr. Cuccinelli, a Virginia’s attorney general, a right-wing conservative/Tea Party is suing the Environmental Protection Agency over its ruling that carbon dioxide and other global warming gases pose a threat to human health and welfare, describing the science behind the agency’s decision as unreliable and unverifiable.
In reality, in human urban areas, up to 90% of CO is emitted by motor vehicles. There is a terrestrial dimension to air pollution that we can’t ignore any longer. Human well-being is better served by controlling the accumulation in the atmosphere of carbon monoxide than to let air pollution ruining people's health, the environment and altering global climate, for the wealth of few lobbyist in Washington.
