Six former EPA heads urge action on global warming

6 Ex-Chiefs of E.P.A. Urge Action on Greenhouse Gases

By MICHAEL JANOFSKY (NYT)
Published: January 19, 2006

WASHINGTON, Jan. 18 - Six former heads of the Environmental Protection Agency, including five who served Republican presidents, said Wednesday that the Bush administration needed to act more aggressively to limit the emission of greenhouse gases linked to climate change.

Speaking on a panel that also included the current agency chief, Stephen L. Johnson, they generally agreed that the need to address global warming was growing urgent and that the continuing debate over what percentage of the problem was caused by human activities was a waste of time.