U.S. Environmental Protection Agency [3] Administrator Stephen L. Johnson [4] dismissed his own agency's findings that greenhouse gases threaten the public. Instead, he'll open a lengthy public comment period asking for input on greenhouse gases, before acting on a U.S. Supreme Court [5] order requiring the EPA to regulate polluters. Johnson's move effectively delays any federal action to limit greenhouse gas emissions until well past the end of George W. Bush [6]'s final term in office. According to the Los Angeles Times, Johnson's slow approach "mirrors that advocated by a coalition of industry groups and conservative think tanks [7], including the Heritage Foundation [8]." A Sierra Club [9] attorney called the delay "outrageous." Representative Henry Waxman [10] said the Bush administration [11] was "recklessly abandoning its responsibility to address the global warming [12] crisis." An EPA spokesman disagreed, calling the move "an historic moment" because "no administration has taken this step to evaluate this new pollutant."