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Climate Change: Federal Laws and Policies Related to Greenhouse Gas Reductions

Brent D. Yacobucci, Larry Parker

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This report provides background on the evolution of U.S. climate change policy, from ratification of the UNFCCC to the Bush Administration's 2001 rejection of the Kyoto Protocol to the present. The report focuses on major regulatory programs that monitor or reduce green house gas emissions, along with their estimated effect on emissions levels.

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This report provides background on the evolution of U.S. climate change policy, from ratification of the UNFCCC to the Bush Administration's 2001 rejection of the Kyoto Protocol to the present. The report focuses on major regulatory programs that monitor or reduce green house gas emissions, along with their estimated effect on emissions levels.

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This report provides background on the evolution of U.S. climate change policy, from ratification of the UNFCCC to the Bush Administration's 2001 rejection of the Kyoto Protocol to the present. The report focuses on major regulatory programs that monitor or reduce green house gas emissions, along with their estimated effect on emissions levels.

Key concepts: Ratification, Kyoto Protocol, Greenhouse gas, Climate change, Convention, United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, George (robot), Political science

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