FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: July 29, 2010
CONTACT: Giselle Barry, 202-567-6800, press@climateprotect.org

Washington, D.C. ― Today, the Environmental Protection Agency rejected petitions from 10 groups, including Peabody Coal and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, to reconsider a finding that greenhouse gas pollution endangers human health. The EPA affirmed that climate change is happening as a result of human actions, despite the claims of these groups based on “selectively edited, out-of-context data and a manufactured controversy.” The Alliance for Climate Protection Program Director Kevin Curtis issued the following statement:

“There is clear and overwhelming scientific evidence that pollution is changing our climate. This week, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration found that climate change is ‘undeniable’ and the past decade was the warmest on record. The EPA was right to uphold the finding that climate change is a real threat to human health.

“American businesses have everything to gain if we adopt comprehensive policies to build a clean energy economy. When we make a transition to clean energy and reduce our dependence on fossil fuels, we can create millions of new jobs and reduce the pollution that is causing the climate crisis.”

About the Alliance for Climate Protection:

The Alliance for Climate Protection was founded in 2006 by Nobel laureate and former Vice President Al Gore. With more than five million members and supporters worldwide, the Alliance is a unique non-profit, non-partisan organization that is committed to educating the global community about the urgency of implementing comprehensive solutions to the climate crisis.