EPA Warns that Warming is Threat to Humans

On 17 July, despite a Bush Administration decision not to regulate greenhouse gas emissions, the Environmental Protection Agency released a new report, "Analyses of the Effects of Global Change on Human Health and Welfare and Human Systems." Among the findings included in the report is that it is very likely more people will die in coming years due to climate change. The report also points out dangers from hurricanes, dwindling water supplies, and increased food- and water-borne diseases could increase in the future. The report was prepared under the EPA's leadership but released by the U.S. Climate Change Science Program.