mr. wearum what he believes is a healthy standard for ozone. now bear in mind that one of the goals of the clean air act is to set national ambient air quality standards for ozone. that the office to which he's nominated oversees this ozone standard, and that the e.p.a. has had ozone standards in place since 1971, more than 45 years. in response to my question, wearum answered, i'm not familiar with the current science on the health effects of ozone, so i cannot comment on your question as to the appropriate level of the standard. really? i asked wearum whether he agreed with e.p.a.'s 2009 finding that the current and projected concentrations of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere threaten the public health and welfare of current and future generations. would he commit, i asked, not to narrow or weaken the e.p.a.'s endangerment finding? wearum wrote back that he had not read the endangerment finding or the record prepared in support of the finding. therefore, he said, i currently do not have a view. i currently do not have a view. that's funny.