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		R41153 - Changes in the Arctic: Background and Issues for Congress 21-Jul-2010; Ronald O'Rourke; 66 p. Update: Previous releases: March 30, 2010 .... [expand]  [read report] Abstract: The diminishment of Arctic sea ice has led to increased human activities in the Arctic, and has heightened concerns about the region’s future. The United States, by virtue of Alaska, is an Arctic country and has substantial interests in the region. On January 12, 2009, the George W. Bush Administ.... [expand]  [read report] Topics: Marine, Climate Change
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		RL30024 - U.S. Global Climate Change Policy: Evolving Views on Cost, Competitiveness, and Comprehensiveness 25-Jun-2010; Larry Parker, John Blodgett, Brent Yacobucci; 18 p. Update: Previous releases: January 28, 2008 January 12, 1999 .... [expand]  [read report] Abstract: The nature of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions (particularly carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions) makes their control difficult to integrate with the U.S economy and traditional U.S. energy policy. Despite the obvious interrelationship between energy policy and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, the United.... [expand]  [read report] Topics: Climate Change, Economics & Trade, Energy
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		R41302 - Climate Investment Funds (CIFs): An Overview 23-Jun-2010; Richard K. Lattanzio; 18 p. Abstract: For political, social, economic, and environmental reasons, the United States helps finance programs in developing countries to address global climate change and other environmental issues. Several factors are important in structuring the U.S. agenda, including, among others, the choice of recipi.... [expand]  [read report] Topics: Climate Change, International Finance
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		RL34705 - Estimating Offset Supply in a Cap-and-Trade Program 16-Apr-2010; Jonathan L. Ramseur; 15 p. Abstract: If allowed as a compliance option in a greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reduction program (e.g., a cap-and-trade system), offsets have the potential to provide considerable cost savings and other benefits. However, offsets have generated considerable controversy, primarily over the concern that ille.... [expand]  [read report] Topics: Climate Change, Economics & Trade
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		R40914 - Climate Change: EU and Proposed U.S. Approaches to Carbon Leakage and WTO Implications 12-Apr-2010; Larry Parker, Jeanne J. Grimmett; 71 p. Abstract: The United States has proposed, and the European Union (EU) developed, policies to mitigate the potential economic and environmental (i.e., “carbon leakage”) impacts of carbon policies on energy- or greenhouse gas-intensive, trade-exposed industries. While studies have found little effect of carb.... [expand]  [read report] Topics: International, Climate Change
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		R41175 - International Agreements on Climate Change: Selected Legal Questions 12-Apr-2010; Emily C. Barbour; 22 p. Abstract: The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) opened for signature in 1992 and soon thereafter was ratified by the United States. The UNFCCC does not set greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reduction targets, and during ratification hearings, the George H.W. Bush Administration re.... [expand]  [read report] Topics: Climate Change
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		R41212 - EPA Regulation of Greenhouse Gases: Congressional Responses and Options 8-Jun-2010; James McCarthy, Larry Parker; 17 p. Update: Previous releases: April 28, 2010 .... [expand]  [read report] Abstract: The Environmental Protection Agency’s promulgation of an “endangerment finding” for greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in December 2009, and its subsequent promulgation of GHG emission standards for new motor vehicles on April 1, 2010, have raised concerns among some in Congress that the agency will .... [expand]  [read report] Topics: Climate Change
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		R40506 - Cars, Trucks, and Climate: EPA Regulation of Greenhouse Gases from Mobile Sources 4-May-2010; James E. McCarthy; 20 p. Abstract: As Congress and the Administration consider new legislation to reduce the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions that contribute to climate change, the Environmental Protection Agency has simultaneously begun to exercise its existing authority under the Clean Air Act to set standards for GHG emissions. T.... [expand]  [read report] Topics: Transportation, Climate Change
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		R40667 - Anaerobic Digestion: Greenhouse Gas Emission Reduction and Energy Generation 4-May-2010; Kelsi Bracmort; 16 p. Abstract: Anaerobic digestion technology may help to address two congressional concerns that have some measure of interdependence: development of clean energy sources and reduction of greenhouse gas emissions. Anaerobic digestion technology breaks down a feedstock—usually manure from livestock operations—t.... [expand]  [read report] Topics: Energy, Climate Change
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		R40874 - Nitrous Oxide from Agricultural Sources: Potential Role in Greenhouse Gas Emission Reduction and Ozone Recovery 3-May-2010; Kelsi Bracmort; 12 p. Abstract: Gases other than carbon dioxide accounted for nearly 15% of total U.S. greenhouse gas emissions in 2008, yet there has been minimal discussion of these other greenhouse gases in climate and energy legislative initiatives. Reducing emissions from non-carbon dioxide greenhouse gases, such as nitrou.... [expand]  [read report] Topics: Agriculture, Climate Change
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