But even the endangerment finding itself in 2009 never individually studied carbon dioxide as an endangerment to public health and welfare. They had to do all these other mental leaps because They didn't have the science and the data to be able to make a direct connection [between carbon dioxide and public health]. The other thing that they did that was different, when I mentioned that they were trying to combat global climate change. That was the approach that they took. (14:00–14:12)
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