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Are direct water vapor emissions endangering anyone?

31 Jul 2025 by group 12 Comments

In the EPA EF reconsideration document there is a section on p62 where they attempt to make the argument that the CO2 endangerment finding would also apply to direct water vapor emissions to the atmosphere, which is (according to them) obviously absurd. But both claims are bogus.

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