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Politics  Bush: “Kyoto Debate is Over” Following the coming into force of the Kyoto Protocol on February 16, President George W. Bush once…

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Politics   Kyoto Goes into Force On February 16, 2005, the Kyoto Protocol came into force internationally.  Thirty-four nations are now committed to reducing…

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 Politics COP-10 Opens in Buenos Aires with Attacks on US Intransigence As the tenth Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention…

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Politics  Putin Signs Kyoto Ratification, Submits Documents to UN   Russian President Vladimir Putin finally signed the Kyoto ratification act into law…

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Vol VIII, No 21

Politics  Howard Victory Keeps Australia Out of Kyoto Protocol                       Australian Prime Minister…

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Cooler Heads, Vol VIII, No 20

Politics “Forced” Russian Decision Puts Kyoto Protocol on Verge of Ratification                         Acting contrary to the advice of the country’s top scientific…

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Vol VIII, No 19

Politics  Blair Puts Global Warming at Top of International Agenda                  In a major speech delivered September 14, British Prime Minister Tony…

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Vol. VIII, No. 18

Politics   Media, Environmentalists Pounce on New Administration Report                     The “annual” report of the U. S. Climate Change Science Program…

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Vol VIII, No 17

Wallstrom Replaced as EU Environment Commissioner                      Margot Wallstrom of Sweden has been promoted in…

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Vol. VIII, No 16

Politics <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office” />   Kerry Campaign Issues Energy Plan  …

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Vol. VIII, No. 15

  Politics    Attorneys General Sue Five Big Electric Utilities The Attorneys General of California, Connecticut, Iowa, New Jersey, New York, Vermont, and…

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Vol. VIII, No 14

Politics  Second Senate Vote on Kyoto-Lite Bill is Delayed Again   The attempt by Senators Joe Lieberman (D-Conn.) and John McCain (R-Az.)…

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Vol. VIII, No. 12

Politics  Cost Estimates Keep Rising on Lieberman-McCain Climate Bill   A new study by Charles River Associates provides a fuller picture of…

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Vol. VIII, No. 11

  The watered-down version of the Climate Stewardship Act that Senators Joseph Lieberman (D-Conn.) and John McCain (R-Az.) offered on the Senate floor last fall…

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Vol. VIII, No. 10

Politics   McCain Vows Another Vote on Energy Rationing Bill   At a May 6 hearing, Senator John McCain (R-Az.) vowed…

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Vol VIII, No. 9

Politics  IPCC Chair Trots Out Hitler       Dr. Rajendra K. Pachauri, the chairman of the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change…

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Vol. VIII, No. 8

Politics  Candidate Kerry on Kyoto and Global Warming   The campaign web site of Senator John Kerry (D—Mass.) only briefly mentions what…

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Vol. VIII, No 7

Politics Connecticut Bill Aims at Slowing State Economy   The Connecticut state legislature is currently considering SB.595, which aims to reduce the…

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Vol. VIII, No. 4

Politics British Government Continues Attacks on U.S. on Climate Change   Following up his attacks on President Bush’s position on climate change…

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Vol. VIII, No. 3

Politics   Illarionov Explains Russian Position on Kyoto Protocol in Washington   Andrei Illarionov, chief economic adviser to Russian President Vladimir…

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Vol VIII, No. 1

Politics   News of Kyoto’s Death Spreads   The realization that the Kyoto Protocol is as good as dead seems to…

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Vol VII, No 25

Politics Little Happens at Gloomy COP-9   The ninth conference of the parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP-9),…

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Vol. VII, No. 24

Politics Energy Department’s Proposal Omits Transferable Credits On November 26, the Department of Energy unveiled its long-awaited proposals to “enhance” the Voluntary Reporting…

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Vol.VII, No 22

Politics Senate Defeats Lieberman-McCain Bill to Cap Greenhouse Gas Emissions The U. S. Senate defeated a scaled-down version of Senators Joseph Lieberman (D-Conn.)…

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Vol. VII, No. 20

  Politics   Moscow Conference Casts Doubt over Kyoto’s Future   The United Nations’ World Climate Change Conference, which concluded in…

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Vol. VII, No. 19

Politics Energy Conference Steers Clear of Climate Change So Far   House and Senate conferees working to produce a comprehensive energy bill…

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Vol. VII, No. 18

EPA Refuses to Label CO2 a Pollutant Attempts by environmental groups to circumvent congressional authority and achieve their goals through the back door were set…

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Vol. VII, No. 17

  Politics   Blackouts Mean Uncertainty for Energy Bill   The massive power outage that affected much of the northeastern…

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Vol. VII, No. 16

Politics Return of the Living Dead Energy Bill   In an extraordinary turn of events, on July 31, the Senate ceased debate…

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Vol. VII, No. 15

Politics   Senate Ready to Debate Climate Amendments to Energy Bill   Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-Tenn.) has scheduled all…

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Vol. VII, No. 14

Politics   Democratic Presidential Candidates Debate Environment   The Democratic contenders for the White House focused on health issues at an…

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Vol. VII, No. 13

Politics   NY Times Accuses White House of Censoring EPA Report   In a front-page story on June 19 and an…

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Vol. VII, No. 12

Politics   Scientists Revive Debate in Canada   An open letter published in Canada’s National Post on June 4 urges Paul…

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Vol. VII, No. 11

Politics Energy Bill Prompts Rash of Proposals The Senate energy bill, S. 14, when published in draft form contained a climate change title.  Three…

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Vol. VII, No. 10

Politics   Menendez Amendment Threatens State Department Bill   On May 7, the House International Relations Committee approved an amendment to the…

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Vol. VII, No. 9

Politics House Committee Will Take Up Sense of Congress Language on Climate The House International Relations Committee is scheduled to take up the State…

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Vol. VII, No. 8

Editor’s Note   This issue – our 149th – is the last issue for which Paul Georgia serves as managing editor.  Next week, he…

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Vol. VII, No. 7

Politics   Senate Draft Energy Bill Contains Global Warming Title   The majority staff of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee…

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Vol. VII, No. 6

Politics   Japan Rethinking Kyoto   Japan’s industrial sector is beginning to grouse about its obligations under the Kyoto Protocol, which…

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Politics   Court Orders EPA to Hand Over Climate Change Documents   The Environmental Protection Agency has been ordered by the…

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Politics   Maine Bill Would Prevent Kyoto Implementation   In an attempt to thwart Kyoto-style legislation and Kyoto-related activities in Maine,…

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Vol. VII, No. 3

Politics   Attorneys General Threaten Lawsuit   Attorneys general from three States-Connecticut, Massachusetts and Maine-have notified the Bush administration of their…

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Politics States Seek to Regulate CO2   The American Legislative Exchange Council has released a report on the activities of state legislatures…

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Politics Cap-and-Trade-It’s Baaack!   Senators John McCain (R-Ariz.) and Joseph Lieberman (D-Conn.) plan to introduce a bill that would employ a cap-and-trade…

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Vol. VI, No. 24

Politics   Government Lacks Legal Authority to Award Emissions Credits   On February 14, 2002, President Bush directed the Department of…

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Vol. VI, No. 23

Politics   COP-8 Boosts Adaptation and Poverty Eradication   The Eighth Conference of the Parties to the United Nations’ Framework Convention…

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Vol. VI, No. 22

Politics   COP-8 Declaration under Fire   A draft “Delhi Declaration on Climate Change,” which is to be adopted at the…

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Vol. VI, No. 21

  Politics   Energy Bill Gets New Life   As the Congress neared adjournment this week, the energy bill appeared…

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Vol. VI, No. 20

Politics   European Green Group Wants Trade Sanctions on U.S. Products   Friends of the Earth Europe (FoE-E), an environmental pressure…

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Vol. VI, No. 19

Politics Energy Bill Negotiations Near Climax   The House-Senate conference committee on the energy bill is scheduled to start taking up the…

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Vol. VI, No. 18

Politics   World Summit Nearly Global Warming-Free   There was little talk about global warming at the World Summit on Sustainable…

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Vol. VI, No. 17

Politics Greens Want Funds to Offset Summit Greenhouse Emissions Several observers have noted the hypocrisy of tens of thousands of politicians, bureaucrats, and environmental activists…

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Vol. VI, No. 16

  Politics Global warming was put on the international map during the Rio Earth Summit in 1992, but is scarcely to be seen in the…

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Vol. VI, No.15

Politics State AGs Bash Bush with Climate Action Report   Attorneys General from eleven States sent a letter to President George W.

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Vol. VI, No. 13

Economics “Clean Power Act” Up for Senate Committee Vote The U.S. Senate’s Environment and Public Works Committee is scheduled to mark up and…

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Vol. VI, No. 12

Politics   Bush Administration Stumbles into Quicksand    With the release of a report on global warming, the Bush Administration has…

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Vol. VI, No. 11

Politics Japan, Denmark Parliaments OK Kyoto Protocol Japan’s House of Representatives approved legislation on May 21…

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Vol. VI, No. 9

Politics Senate Passes “Energy” Bill Loaded with Global Warming Policies   On April 25, the Senate overwhelmingly passed comprehensive energy legislation by…

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Politics   Cool Winds Blowing In Canada  Canadian ratification of the Kyoto Protocol continues to recede into the future, as provincial opposition…

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Politics Alberta to Propose Kyoto Alternative   The province of Alberta, Canada will propose a greenhouse gas reduction plan as an alternative…

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Politics Japan Decides to Ratify, but Compliance is Doubtful   Japanese government ministers agreed at a March 19 meeting on a ten-year…

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Politics European Union Agrees to Ratify Kyoto   The European Union’s environment ministers agreed on March 4 to ratify the Kyoto Protocol. …

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Politics   Bush Offers Lukewarm Plan   President George W. Bush outlined his Global Climate Change and Clear Skies Initiatives in…

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Politics<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office” />   Bush Administration Tip-Toeing Toward New Policies   The New…

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Politics    Enron Fallout Hits Global Warming    Enron Corporation’s spectacular downfall has begun to affect the ongoing debate over U.S. global warming…

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Vol. VI, No. 1

Politics   Japan Gets Cold Feet   Japan, the host of the 1997 negotiations that culminated in the Kyoto Protocol, may now…

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Vol. V, No. 26

Politics Bush Administration Searches for Alternatives to Kyoto The Bush Administration is actively seeking an alternative strategy to the…

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Politics<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office” />   Administration Considering Climate Policies   After a delay caused…

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Politics<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office” />   Canadian Government Split on Kyoto   Dissension over whether to…

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Politics<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office” />   The WTO and Kyoto   While Kyoto watchers have…

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Politics<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office” />   Will Anything Happen in Marrakesh?   New episodes of…

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Politics Politics   EU Bows to Industry Pressure   The European Union has been devising an emissions trading scheme to…

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Vol. V, No. 19

Politics Politics   State Department Criticizes TAR   The U.S. State Department has submitted formal comments criticizing the draft Synthesis…

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Vol. V, No. 18

Politics Politics   Senators, Utilities, and Environmentalists To Hold Closed-Door Meetings   Electric utility executives and environmentalists are set to…

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Vol. V, No. 17

Politics Politics   Bush Team Developing Kyoto Alternatives   The Bush Administration is in the process of developing…

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Vol. V, No. 16

Finally someone has brought the climate change debate back down to earth Politics   House Passes Energy Bill  …

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