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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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Vol. VII, No. 5

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

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Vol. VII, No. 4

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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VII, No. 2

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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Vol. VII, No. 1

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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Vol. VI, No. 8

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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Vol. VI, No. 7

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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Vol. VI, No. 6

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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Vol. VI, No. 5

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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Vol. VI, No. 4

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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Vol. VI, No. 2

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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Vol. V, No. 25

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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Vol. V, No. 23

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

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Vol. V, No. 22

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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