Clean Air Issues in the 110th Congress: Climate Change, Air Quality Standards, and Oversight

Details

• Creators:
  McCarthy, James E.
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Climate change
  • Greenhouse gases
  • Congressional hearings
  • Legislation
  • Emissions trading
• Publication/ Report Number:
  RL33776
• Resource Type:
  Research Paper
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States
• Corporate Publisher:
  Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service
• Abstract:
  Attention to environmental issues in the 110th Congress focused early and heavily on climate change — the state of the science, and whether (and, if so, how) to address greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Fourteen bills had been introduced to establish GHG emission caps as of April 2008, and hearings on climate change have been held by at least 10 committees. The Lieberman-Warner bill to establish a capand- trade system for GHG emissions (S. 2191) was reported by the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, May 20, 2008. Senate debate began on a modified version of the bill (S. 3036) June 2.
• Format:
  PDF
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/17290/dot_17290_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 213.03 KB]
• Collection(s):
  Transportation Resilience and Vulnerability Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:75bd937a6766d062a075e108c9dd9f4c005925f519ba07b718f0fb29c6f895ec