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Cleanup After Hurricane Katrina: Environmental Considerations

Description: This report aims to provide an overview of the immediate and intermediate cleanup tasks across the diverse communities in the affected region, and federal legal authorities and plans for tackling them. The report also discusses coordinated roles and activities among local, state, and federal agencies and officials. Finally, the report serves to reference other, more detailed CRS reports and other sources on particular Katrina cleanup activities.
Date: May 3, 2006
Creator: Esworthy, Robert; Schierow, Linda-Jo; Copeland, Claudia; Luther, Linda G. & Ramseur, Jonathan L.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Environmental Protection Issues in the 109th Congress

Description: Environmental protection concerns span a wide variety of issues, including clear air, water quality, chemical security, and environmental aspects of other major issue areas, such as energy, transportation, disaster relief and cleanup, and defense. This report provides an overview of key environmental issues receiving attention in the 109th Congress. A number of environmental measures have been the subject of congressional activity, some of them as part of comprehensive bills and laws on broader… more
Date: June 23, 2006
Creator: Fletcher, Susan R.; Isler, Margaret; Bearden, David M.; Copeland, Claudia; Esworthy, Robert; Luther, Linda et al.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Environmental Protection Issues in the 109th Congress

Description: Environmental protection concerns span a wide variety of issues, including clean air, water quality, chemical security, and environmental aspects of other major issue areas, such as energy, transportation, disaster relief and cleanup, and defense. This report provides an overview of key environmental issues receiving attention in the 109th Congress.
Date: June 23, 2006
Creator: Fletcher, Susan R.; Isler, Margaret M.; Bearden, David M.; Copeland, Claudia; Esworthy, Robert; Luther, Linda G. et al.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Climate Change: Action by States To Address Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Description: This report covers state actions that directly and explicitly address greenhouse gas emissions. First, the report describes the different types of state actions, both individual and cooperative efforts, that are either proposed or underway, and highlights several of the more significant developments. Second, the report examines state actions from a federal policymaking perspective, including both the potential effects of state-led actions and their limitations.
Date: April 27, 2007
Creator: Ramseur, Jonathan L.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Greenhouse Gas Reductions: California Action and the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative

Description: This report provides the California action and the regional greenhouse gas initiative on the greenhouse gas reduction. The first section of this report discusses the activity in California. The second section focuses on the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI), a cooperative effort of nine states in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic regions to reduce carbon dioxide emissions from power plants.. The report's final section considers these state-led actions from a federal policy making perspecti… more
Date: April 27, 2007
Creator: Ramseur, Jonathan L.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Climate Change Legislation in the 110th Congress

Description: This report briefly discusses the basic concepts on which these bills are based, and compares major provisions of the bills in each of the following categories: climate change research; emissions reduction technologies; U.S. actions pursuant to international emission reduction agreements; adaptation to the effects of climate change; GHG reporting and registration; and GHG emissions reduction programs.
Date: June 29, 2007
Creator: Ramseur, Jonathan L. & Yacobucci, Brent D.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Environmental Activities of the U.S. Coast Guard

Description: This report discusses the U.S. Coast Guard’s (USCG’s) environmental activities, which focus on prevention programs, accompanied by enforcement and educational activities. An important component is maritime oil spill prevention, which includes inspection of U.S. and foreign-flagged ships to ensure compliance with U.S. laws and international agreements.
Date: August 31, 2007
Creator: Ramseur, Jonathan L. & Reisch, Mark
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Greenhouse Gas Reductions: California Action and the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative

Description: This report first discusses the activities in California. Secondly, it focuses on the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI). Finally, it considers the state-led actions from a federal policymaking perspective, examining the potential effects, limitations, and legal challenges of state-led climate change actions.
Date: August 31, 2007
Creator: Ramseur, Jonathan L.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Climate Change Legislation in the 110th Congress

Description: This report provides information about the Climate Change Legislation in the 109th Congress.climate change and greenhouses were issues in the 109th congress as they have been in the past congress.
Date: November 1, 2007
Creator: Yacobucci, Brent D. & Ramseur, Jonathan L.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Voluntary Carbon Offsets: Overview and Assessment

Description: This report provides an overview of carbon offsets and examines some of the issues that are generating debating. Although there is some overlap of issues between voluntary carbon offsets and the offsets used to comply with mandatory reduction regimes, this report focuses on the voluntary offset market.
Date: November 7, 2007
Creator: Ramseur, Jonathan L.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Climate Change Legislation in the 110th Congress

Description: This report provides information about the Climate Change Legislation in the 110th Congress.climate change and greenhouses were issues in the 109th congress as they have been in the past congress.
Date: January 7, 2008
Creator: Yacobucci, Brent D. & Ramseur, Jonathan L.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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