Docket ID:		EPA-HQ-OAR-2009-0171

Docket Title:	Proposed Endangerment Finding for Greenhouse Gases under
the Clean Air Act (CAA)

Document ID:		EPA-HQ-OAR-2009-0171-0001

Document Title:	Proposed Endangerment and Cause or Contribute Findings
for Greenhouse Gases Under Section 202 (a) of Clean Air Act

Allison Paulish

5/19/09

	I accept the EPA’s proposal that the emission of greenhouse gases is
the result of global warming.  I think this because it is more
reasonable theory to believe.  The theory states that temperatures are
rising due to the release of greenhouse gases particularly carbon
dioxide, which is put into the atmosphere due to burning fossil fuels. 
I believe it is because of the emission of carbon dioxide because the
more carbon dioxide that got released into the air the higher the
temperatures got, more ice started to melt, and sea levels started to
rise.

The carbon dioxide levels are rising and so are temperatures. 
Temperatures have been increasing for the past century and I think that
it is due to the increase of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.  When
there wasn’t so much carbon dioxide the temperature was at an average
instead of at an all time high. 

	Another reason why I think carbon dioxide is the reason for global
warming is because ice and snow cover are disappearing.  The ice and
snow are disappearing due to the increase of temperature and the
increase of temperature is from the increase of carbon dioxide emissions
into the atmosphere.  Since all the ice and snow are melting the polar
bears are going to become extinct because they use the ice to hold them
self up and when they are melted the ice isn’t strong enough to holed
them up so they drown.  Also the land and water reflect less solar
radiation than ice, which exposes to melting ice.  Which makes higher
temperatures and melts more ice. 

	The last reason that got me to believe that this theory is true is sea
levels are rising. They are rising because the temperatures are so warm
that they are increasing the temperatures of the oceans. While the
oceans are getting warmer they also expand which is causing the sea
levels to rise. 

	The EPA should regulate the emission of greenhouse gases.  They need to
take charge and help prevent letting carbon dioxide into the atmosphere.
 Hopefully the EPA will do something that will lower the amount of
carbon dioxide so global warming will come to an end.

