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		RL31849 - Energy: Selected Facts and Numbers 8-Aug-2008; Carol Glover and Carl E. Behrens; 31 p. Update: Previous releases November 29, 2006 November 29, 2006 /NLE/CRSreports/06Nov/RL31849.pdf May 25, 2006 January 1, 2006 April 2005 /nle/crsreports/05apr/RL31849.pdf .... [expand]  [read report] Abstract: Energy supplies and prices are major economic factors in the United States, and energy markets are volatile and unpredictable. Thus, energy policy has been a recurring issue for Congress since the first major crisis in the 1970s. As an aid in policy making, this report presents a current and hist.... [expand]  [read report] Topics: Energy, Information
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		RL33958 - Animal Agriculture: 2007 Farm Bill Issues 1-Jul-2008; Geoffrey S. Becker and Renée Johnson; 34 p. Update: Previous release dates: April 11, 2007.... [expand]  [read report] Abstract: With a few exceptions (such as milk), the products of animal agriculture are not eligible for the price and income supports that Congress historically has written into farm bills for major row crops such as grains, cotton, and oilseeds. However, the meat and poultry industries do look to the fede.... [expand]  [read report] Topics: Agriculture, Legislative, Information
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		98-738 - Climate Change: Three Policy Perspectives 7-Feb-2008; Larry Parker, John Blodgett; 38 p. Update: Previous Releases: February, 9, 2007 August 31, 1998 .... [expand]  [read report] Abstract: The 1992 U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change requires that signatories, including the United States, establish policies for constraining future emission levels of greenhouse gases, including carbon dioxide (CO2). The George H. W. Bush, Clinton, and George W. Bush Administrations each drafted.... [expand]  [read report] Topics: Climate Change, Legislative, Information
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		RS22673 - Chemical Regulation in the European Union: Registration, Evaluation, and Authorization of Chemicals 19-Mar-2008; Linda-Jo Schierow ; 4 p. Update: Previous releases: November 13, 2007 June 7, 2007 .... [expand]  [read report] Abstract: On June 1, 2007, the European Union (EU) began to implement a new law, Registration, Evaluation, Authorization, and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH), in EU commerce. It is intended to protect human health and the environment from hazardous chemicals while at the same time protecting the competiti.... [expand]  [read report] Topics: International, Information
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		RS21858 - Global Environment Facility (GEF): Overview 5-Mar-2008; Susan R. Fletcher; 2 p. Update: Previous Releases: March 2, 2007 October 19, 2006 June 2, 2006 March 21, 2006 October 28, 2005 April 5, 2005 June 9, 2004 .... [expand]  [read report] Abstract: The Global Environment Facility (GEF), established in 1991, has served since then as a primary source of funding for several major international environmental concerns. It was designed to provide incremental additional funding for development projects, in order to allow incorporation of environme.... [expand]  [read report] Topics: International, Information, Economics & Trade
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		RS22558 - Tax Credits for Hybrid Vehicles 6-Feb-2008; Salvatore Lazzari; 6 p. Update: Previous Releases: December 20, 2008 .... [expand]  [read report] Abstract: Hybrid vehicles are propelled by a standard gasoline (or diesel) internal combustion engine in combination with an electric motor (and battery storage system), which improves fuel economy. The Energy Policy Act of 2005 replaced a $2,000 deduction for hybrids with a system of tax credits that vary.... [expand]  [read report] Topics: Transportation, Energy, Information
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		RL34011 - Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies: FY2008 Appropriations 3-Feb-2008; Carol Hardy Vincent, Robert Bamberger, David M. Bearden, M. Lynne Corn, Robert Esworthy, Ross W. Gorte, Marc Humphries, Pervaze A. Sheikh, David L. Whiteman, Blake Alan Naughton, Roger Walke and R. Sam Garrett; 85 p. Update: Previous releases: November 19, 2007 July 20, 2007 June 25, 2007.... [expand]  [read report] Abstract: The annual consideration of appropriations bills (regular, continuing, and supplemental) by Congress is part of a complex set of budget processes that also encompasses the consideration of budget resolutions, revenue and debt-limit legislation, other spending measures, and reconciliation bills. I.... [expand]  [read report] Topics: Federal Agencies, Natural Resources, Information
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		RL33720 - Imports of Canadian Waste 4-Feb-2008; James E. McCarthy; 10 p. Update: Previous releases: November 8, 2007 March 16, 2007 .... [expand]  [read report] Abstract: Private waste haulers and Canadian cities – including the city of Toronto – ship large quantities of waste to the United States. More than four million tons (as many as 400 truckloads a day) were shipped in 2005, according to the Ontario Ministry of the Environment. Three-quarters of this waste g.... [expand]  [read report] Topics: Waste Management, International, Information
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		RL33584 - AIDS in Africa 2-Feb-2008; Nicolas Cook; 30 p. Update: Previous releases November 24, 2006 .... [expand]  [read report] Abstract: AIDS than any other world region. In 2007, the United Nations reports, there were about 22.5 million HIV-positive persons in Africa, which has nearly 12% of the world’s population but about 68% of the global total of infected persons. The adult rate of infection in Africa in late 2005 was 6.1%, c.... [expand]  [read report] Topics: International, Population, Information
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		RL34241 - Voluntary Carbon Offsets: Overview and Assessment 7-Nov-2007; Jonathan L. Ramseur; 15 p. Abstract: Businesses and individuals are buying carbon offsets to reduce their “carbon footprint” or to categorize an activity as “carbon neutral.” A carbon offset is a measurable avoidance, reduction, or sequestration of carbon dioxide (CO2) or other greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Offsets generally f.... [expand]  [read report] Topics: Climate Change, Economics & Trade, Information
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