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

Yacobucci, Brent D. ; Parker, Larry

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.

关键词: Global climate change;    Environmental protection;    Greenhouse gases;    Environmental law and legislation;   

RP-ID  :  RL31931
RP-ID  :  RL31931_2008Jan28

美国|英语

来源: UNT Digital Library

【 摘 要 】

This report provides background on the evolution of U.S. climate change policy, from ratification of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) to the George W. Bush Administration's 2001 rejection of the Kyoto Protocol to the present. The report focuses on major regulatory programs that monitor or reduce greenhouse gas emissions, along with their estimated effect on emissions levels.