Power plants emit a variety of gases and pollutants, which EPA has so far tried to regulate one at a time. Whitman signaled the meaning of that language in a television appearance two days earlier. It does exist. There are problems that we as a world face from global warming and to the extent that introducing CO2 to the discussion is going to have an impact on global warming, that's an important step to take. The new strategy would regulate carbon dioxide as a pollutant, something industry vigorously opposes.
People are carbon dioxide emitters.
Ebell said business lobbyists and conservatives are deeply concerned about the debate over global warming within the Bush administration. Cheney and Abraham and, we believe, Evans are on our side. And we believe the chief forces on the other side are O'Neill and Whitman. Environmentalists, on the other hand, applauded Whitman's comments, as well as her declaration Thursday that she would support former President Clinton's last-minute regulations to reduce pollution from diesel fuel and truck engines. Conservatives suspect the prime mover behind any Bush push against global warming is Treasury Secretary O'Neill, who has a history as a crusader on the issue.