CBS Evening News - 2009-12-07
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[0:02] Tonight, the EPA rules greenhouse gases
[0:05] are endangering our health and that
[0:08] opens the door to new pollution
[0:09] regulations on everything from cars to
[0:12] factories to power plants. I'm Katie
[0:15] Kurrick. Also tonight, the impact of
[0:18] climate change. We'll take you to one of
[0:20] the most beautiful places on Earth where
[0:23] the fear is rising waters could wipe it
[0:26] off the map. Progress in the war against
[0:28] cancer. Experts say the death rate for
[0:31] colarctal cancer could be cut in half
[0:33] over the next decade. And yes, Virginia,
[0:37] there is a Santa Claus. A lot of them
[0:39] actually. And Steve Hartman has the
[0:42] proof.
[0:48] >> This is the CBS Evening News with Katie
[0:51] Kurig.
[0:54] >> And good evening everyone. And we're
[0:56] beginning tonight with an important
[0:57] ruling from the Environmental Protection
[0:59] Agency. It's concluded that greenhouse
[1:01] gases are a danger to our health and
[1:03] that they must be regulated. The timing
[1:06] of the announcement was no coincidence.
[1:08] It came as diplomats from the United
[1:10] States, China, and nearly 200 other
[1:12] countries were gathering in Copenhagen
[1:14] today for the largest conference on
[1:16] climate change ever. A two-week meeting
[1:19] aimed at forging an agreement to curb
[1:22] greenhouse gases. Wyatt Andrews is in
[1:24] Washington tonight. Wyatt, what impact
[1:26] do you think this EPA ruling will have
[1:28] on the conference in Copenhagen?
[1:31] >> Well, Katie, this gives the president
[1:33] the claim to end historic first here in
[1:35] the United States. This is the first
[1:37] time any US government has declared that
[1:39] greenhouse gases endanger health and
[1:42] that carbon dioxide, wh