COFFEE BREAK 95

+ updated at 3:11pm EST

+ The Associated Press offers "EPA: Greenhouse gases endanger human health" by Dina Cappiello and H. Josef Hebert. Excerpts:

• The Environmental Protection Agency took a major step Monday toward regulating greenhouses gases, concluding that climate changing pollution threatens the public health and the environment.
• The action by the EPA, which has been anticipated for months, clearly was timed to add to the momentum toward some sort of agreement on climate change at the Copenhagen conference and try to push Congress to approve climate legislation.

+ The Associated Press offers "The best last chance: UN climate conference opens" by Arthur Max. Excerpt: "The two-week conference, the climax of two years of contentious negotiations, convened in an upbeat mood after a series of promises by rich and emerging economies to curb their greenhouse gases, but with major issues yet to be resolved."

+ It's Advent.  Begin Anew.