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October 19, 2000

The NCSE has been overhauling the Congressional Research Service section of its online environmental library. Abstract retrieval and searching was added to the CRS Search Engine in September. A slide show explaining the layout of the CRS database site and the search strategies available was added in October.  

A linked list of all of the newly added and updated CRS Reports can be found at the Newly Added page. A list of new reports only, grouped by categories can be found at the New by Category page.

Among the 58 new and 51 updated reports are the following:

Agriculture & Food

diamond.gif (121 bytes) Animal Agriculture: Current Issues: Appropriations for FY2001: U.S.

diamond.gif (121 bytes) Department of Agriculture and Related Agencies

diamond.gif (121 bytes) Biosafety Protocol for Genetically Modified Organisms: Overview

diamond.gif (121 bytes) Merger and Antitrust Issues in Agriculture

diamond.gif (121 bytes) Precision Agriculture: A Primer

Air

diamond.gif (121 bytes) Airport Improvement Program Reauthorization Legislation in the 106th Congress

diamond.gif (121 bytes) Airport and Airway Trust Fund Issues in the 106th Congress

diamond.gif (121 bytes) Diesel Fuel and Engines: An Overview of New Emissions Regulations

diamond.gif (121 bytes) Air Quality and Motor Vehicles: An Analysis of Current and Proposed Emission Standards

diamond.gif (121 bytes) Alcohol Fuels Tax Incentives and EPA's Renewable Oxygenate Requirement

Climate Change

diamond.gif (121 bytes) Global Climate Change Treaty

diamond.gif (121 bytes) Global Climate Change: A Survey of Scientific Research and Policy Reports

Energy & Transportation

diamond.gif (121 bytes) The Domestic Natural Gas Status

diamond.gif (121 bytes) Pipeline Safety: Federal Program and Reauthorization Issues

diamond.gif (121 bytes) Maglev as a High Speed Ground Transportation Alternative: Background and Developments

diamond.gif (121 bytes) Advanced Vehicle Technologies: Energy, Environment, and Development Issues

diamond.gif (121 bytes) Diesel Fuel and Engines: An Overview of New Emissions Regulations

diamond.gif (121 bytes) Energy Tax Policy: An Economic Analysis

diamond.gif (121 bytes) Alcohol Fuels Tax Incentives and EPA's Renewable Oxygenate Requirement

Federal Agencies

diamond.gif (121 bytes) NASA's Earth Science Enterprise

diamond.gif (121 bytes) DOE Security: Protecting Nuclear Material and Information

Lands, Forests & Natural Resources

diamond.gif (121 bytes) Natural Resources Issues in the 106th Congress

diamond.gif (121 bytes) The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge

diamond.gif (121 bytes) The National Forest Roadless Area Initiative

diamond.gif (121 bytes) Authority of a President to Modify or Eliminate a National Monument

diamond.gif (121 bytes) Vermont Agency of Natural Resources v. United States ex rel. Stevens: The Supreme Court Limits False Claims Actions Against States

diamond.gif (121 bytes) Federal Land Ownership: Constitutional Authority; the History of Acquisition, Disposal, and Retention; and Current Acquisition and Disposal Authorities

diamond.gif (121 bytes) Asbestos Compensation Act of 2000

diamond.gif (121 bytes) Federal Land Management: Appeals and Litigation

Marine

diamond.gif (121 bytes) Coastal Zone Management Reauthorization: An Overview

Water

diamond.gif (121 bytes) Arsenic in Drinking Water: Recent Regulatory Developments and Issues

diamond.gif (121 bytes) The Pendulum Swings Back: Standing Doctrine After Friends of the the Earth v. Laidlaw

 

 

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