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Congressional Research Service Reports. See the complete list of Congressional Research Service Reports.

Alternative Fuels and Advanced Technology Vehicles: Issues in Congress. RL33564. Congress Research Service Report for Congress. May 2, 2007. Brent D. Yacobucci.

California's Waiver Request to Control Greenhouse Gases Under the Clean Air Act. RL34099. Congressional Research Service Report for Congress. October 1, 2007. James E. McCarthy and Robert Meltz.

Carbon Dioxide (CO2) Pipelines for Carbon Sequestration: Emerging Policy Issues. RL33971. Congressional Research Service Report for Congress. April 19, 2007. Paul W. Parfomak and Peter Folger.

Carbon Sequestration in Forests. RL31432. Congressional Research Service Report for Congress. March 29, 2007. Ross W. Gorte.

Clean Air Issues in the 110th Congress: Climate Change, Air Quality Standards, and Oversight. RL33776. Congressional Research Service Report for Congress. October 19, 2007. James E. McCarthy.

Climate Change: Action by States to Address Greenhouse Gas Emissions. RL33812. Congressional Research Service Report for Congress. November 23, 2007. Updated August 29, 2007. Jonathan L. Ramseur.

Climate Change: Design Approaches for a Greenhouse Gas Reduction Program. RL33799. Congressional Research Service Report for Congress. January 16, 2007. Larry Parker.

Climate Change: Federal Funding and Tax Incentives. RL33817. Congressional Research Service Report for Congress. August 2, 2007. Jane A. Leggett.

Climate Change: Federal Laws and Policies Related to Greenhouse Gas Reductions. RL31931. Congressional Research Report for Congress. February 22, 2006. Updated June 1, 2006.  Brent D. Yacobucci and Larry Parker

Climate Change: Greenhouse Gas Reduction Bills in the 110th Congress. RL33846. Congressional Research Report for Congress. January 1, 2008. Larry Parker and Brent D. Yacobucci.

Climate Change Legislation in the 109th Congress. RL34067. Congressional Research Service Report for Congress. August 4, 2006.  Jonathan L. Ramseur and Brent D. Yacobucci.

Climate Change Litigation: A Growing Phenomenon. RL32764. Congressional Research Report for Congress. May 18, 2007. Robert Meltz.

Climate Change: Science and Policy Implications. RL33849. Congressional Research Service Report for Congress. May 2, 2007. Jane A. Leggett.

Climate Change: The Kyoto Protocol and International Actions. RL33826. Congressional Research Service Report for Congress. August 22, 2007. Susan R. Fletcher and Larry Parker.

Climate Change: The Role of the U.S. Agriculture Sector. RL33898. Congressional Research Report for Congress. March 6, 2007. Renee Johnson.

Climate Change: Three Policy Perspectives. 98-738. Congressional Research Service Report for Congress. February 9, 2007. Larry Parker and John Blodgett.

Global Climate Change. IB89005. Congressional Research Report, Issue Brief for Congress. May 12, 2006. Updated June 2, 2006. John R. Justus and Susan R. Fletcher. Resources, Science, and Industry Division.

Global Climate Change: Federal Research on Possible Human Health Effects. RL31519. Congressional Research Report for Congress. February 10, 2006. Updated July 28, 2006. Michael Simpson.

Global Climate Change: Market-Based Strategies to Reduce Greenhouse Gases. IB97057. Congressional Research Report, Issue Brief for Congress. September 15, 2003. Updated November 17, 2004. Larry Parker. Resources, Science, and Industry Division. 

Global Climate Change: Major Scientific and Policy Issues. RL33602. Congressional Research Report for Congress. August 11, 2006. John R. Justus and Susan R. Fletcher. Resources, Science, and Industry Division.

Global Climate Change: Selected Legal Questions about the Kyoto Protocol. Congressional Research Service Report for Congress. Updated October 1, 2002. David Ackerman. Legislative Attorney, American Law Division.

Global Climate Change: The Kyoto Protocol. RL30692. Congressional Research Service Report for Congress. February 16, 2005. Updated May 19, 2005. Susan Fletcher.  Resources, Science, and Industry Division.

Greenhouse Gas Emission Drivers: Population, Economic Development and Growth and Energy Use. RL33970. Congressional Research Service Report for Congress. April 24, 2007. John Blodgett and Larry Parker.

Greenhouse Gas Emissions: Perspectives on the Top 20 Emitters and Developed Versus Developing Nations. RL32721. Congressional Research Service Report for Congress. April 27, 2007. Larry Parker and John Blodgett.

Greenhouse Gases and Economic Development: An Empirical Approach to Defining Goals. RL32762. Congressional Research Service Report for Congress. February 4, 2005. Updated May 19, 2005. John E. Blodgett and Larry Parker.

The Supreme Court's Climate Change Decision: Massachusetts v. EPA. RS22665. Congressional Research Service Report for Congress. May 18, 2007. Robert Meltz.

EPA Climate Change

The site for EPA's climate change programs and activities.  Note especially the links to full text of global warming publications.

Global Change Master Directory

A subject classified links page, with a search engine and site navigation drop-down menu. Sponsored by NASA.

Global Climate Change

Run by the National Climate Data Center.  Major categories on its page of site links are:  Events, Reports, and Publications and Data, Images, and Climatology.  A targeted link also appears for "WWW Sites with Natural Disaster and Other Information" within its Worldwide Weather and Events.

Global Climate Change Briefing Book

Site maintained by the Congressional Research Service, a research arm of the Library of Congress. Full text of reports by other agencies.

The Global Historical Climatology Network - GHCN  Version 2

Sponsored by Oak Ridge National Laboratory.

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

Established by the World Meteorological Organization to assess the scientific, technical and socioeconomic information relevant for the understanding of the risk of human-induced climate change.

U.S. Global Change Research Information Office

Contracted to the Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN) at Columbia University.  It provides access to data and information on global environmental change research, adaptation/mitigation strategies and technologies, and global change related educational resources  

U.S. Global Change Research Program

Its mission is  to increase scientific knowledge of global change, with the goal of reducing the vulnerabilities of human and ecological systems to major environmental changes.  Particularly interesting are its Global Change Data and Information System and its links page.

Water and Climate Bibliography

A searchable database of water and climate change literature developed and maintained by the Pacific Institute.  Search by author, title, or keyword.  Currently over 4,300 citation + abstracts.


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