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RS21613 - Conservation Reserve Program: Status and Current Issues15-Sep-2010; Tadlock Cowan; 14 p. Update: Previous releases: May 20, 2010 September 11, 2008 January 3, 2008 August 16, 2007 Februaru 14, 2007 February 4, 2005 May 19, 2005.... [expand] [read report] Abstract: The Conservation Reserve Program (CRP), enacted in 1985, provides payments to farmers to take highly erodible or environmentally sensitive cropland out of production for ten years or more. It is the federal government’s largest private land retirement program. The program is administered by the F.... [expand] [read report] Topics: Agriculture, Natural Resources, Legislative |
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R41049 - Climate Change and the EU Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS): Looking to 202010-Sep-2010; Larry Parker; 23 p. Abstract: The European Union’s (EU) Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) is a cornerstone of the EU’s efforts to meet its obligation under the Kyoto Protocol. It covers more than 10,000 energy intensive facilities across the 27 EU Member countries; covered entities emit about 45% of the EU’s carbon dioxide emiss.... [expand] [read report] Topics: Climate Change, International |
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R41317 - Farm Safety Net Programs: Issues for the Next Farm Bill10-Sep-2010; Dennis Shields, Jim Monke, Randy Schepf; 28 p. Abstract: Roughly every five years, Congress debates and revises omnibus legislation governing federal farm policy. Commodity provisions in the 2008 farm bill (P.L. 110-246) expire in 2012, and Congress is currently reviewing U.S. farm policy. The collection of federal farm programs, which make payments to.... [expand] [read report] Topics: Agriculture |
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RL33334 - Biotechnology in Animal Agriculture: Status and Current Issues10-Sep-2010; Geoffrey S. Becker and Tadlock Cowan ; 25 p. Update: Previous Releases: February 11, 2009 September 23, 2008 January 17, 2008 February 21, 2007 June 2, 2006 March 27, 2006 .... [expand] [read report] |
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R41396 - The 2010 Oil Spill: Natural Resource Damage Assessment Under the Oil Pollution Act8-Sep-2010; Kristina Alexander; 18 p. Abstract: The 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill leaked an estimated 4.1 million barrels of oil into the Gulf of Mexico, damaging the waters, shores, and marshes, and the fish and wildlife that live there. The Oil Pollution Act (OPA) establishes a process for assessing the damages to those natural resources .... [expand] [read report] Topics: Marine, Natural Resources, Pollution |
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R40763 - Agriculture Conservation: A Guide to Programs8-Sep-2010; Megan Stubbs; 30 p. Update: Previous releases: March 25, 2010 .... [expand] [read report] Abstract: The Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) and the Farm Service Agency (FSA) in the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) currently administer over 20 programs and subprograms that are directly or indirectly available to assist producers and landowners who wish to practice conservation on .... [expand] [read report] Topics: Agriculture, Biodiversity, Information |
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RL33275 - The LIHEAP Formula: Legislative History and Current Law8-Sep-2010; Libby Perl; 38 p. Update: Previous releases: August 30, 2007 July 18, 2006 .... [expand] [read report] Abstract: The Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) provides funds to states, the District of Columbia, U.S. territories and commonwealths, and Indian tribal organizations (collectively referred to as grantees) primarily to help low-income households pay home energy expenses. The LIHEAP statut.... [expand] [read report] Topics: Energy, General Interest |
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R40096 - 2006 National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) for Fine Particulate Matter (PM2.5): Designating Nonattainment Areas7-Sep-2010; Robert Esworthy; 39 p. Update: Previous releases: April 21, 2010 December 17, 2009 .... [expand] [read report] Abstract: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published its final revisions to the National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) for particulate matter (particulates, or PM) on October 17, 2006. EPA’s actions leading up to and following promulgation of the 2006 standard have been the subject of cons.... [expand] [read report] Topics: Air, Stratospheric Ozone |
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RL33705 - Oil Spills in U.S. Coastal Waters: Background, Governance, and Issues for Congress2-Sep-2010; Jonathan L. Ramseur; 28 p. Update: Previous releases: April 30, 2010 September 2, 2008 February 5, 2008 August 23, 2007 April 24, 2007 October 25, 2006 (/NLE/CRSreports/06Nov/RL33705.pdf) .... [expand] [read report] Abstract: The impacts of an oil spill depend on the size of the spill, the rate of the spill, the type of oil spilled, and the location of the spill. Depending on timing and location, even a relatively minor spill can cause significant harm to individual organisms and entire populations. Oil spills can cau.... [expand] [read report] Topics: Pollution, Marine, Government |
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RL32809 - Agricultural Biotechnology: Background and Recent Issues2-Sep-2010; Tadlock Cowen; 39 p. Update: Previous releases: February 13, 2009 March 7, 2005 .... [expand] [read report] Abstract: U.S. soybean, cotton, and corn farmers have rapidly adopted genetically engineered (GE) varieties of these crops since their commercialization in the mid-1990s. Over the last decade, GE varieties in the United States have increased from 3.6 million acres to 143 million acres. Worldwide, 25 countr.... [expand] [read report] Topics: Agriculture, Science & Technology |
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