AAAS Policy Brief: Climate Change and Regulatory Policy

• "Bush Takes a Final Swipe, and Salute, at CO2 Emissions Curbs."-Science (18 July 2008)
• "Oceans: Carbon Emissions and Acidification."-Science (4 July 2008)
• "Polar Bear Listing Opens Door to New Lawsuits"-Science (23 May 2008)
• "U.S. Supreme Court Gets Arguments for EPA to Regulate CO2"-Science (8 September 2006)
• "Global Warming Skeptic Argues U.S. Position in Suit"-Science (22 April 2005)
• "The CO2 Question"-Science (9 March 1984)
• "Environment"-Science (4 July 1980)
  

Links

• Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) main climate change page
• EPA: Climate Change - state and local governments information on state and local policy
• House Committee on Energy and Commerce Climate Change Legislation Design White Paper
• Pew Center on Global Climate Change Information on federal and state policy
• California Climate Change Portal Summary of state legislative action on climate change
• Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection Summary of regulations and standards
• Massachusetts Environmental Policy Act (MEPA) Greenhouse Gas Emissions Policy and Protocol

 

Bills introduced in the 110th Congress

These bills have provisions that regulate or monitor greenhouse gas emissions under one or more existing regulatory policy. Since most climate change bills use the Clean Air Act as the regulatory framework for controlling carbon dioxide as a pollutant, those that incorporate additional laws are listed.

• National Greenhouse Gas Registry Act of 2007 (S.1387) - Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act of 1986
• Global Warming Pollution Reduction Act (S.309) - NEPA, Securities Exchange Act of 1934
• Clean Air/Climate Change Act of 2007 (S.1168) - Clean Water Act
• Climate Stewardship and Innovation Act of 2007 (S.280) - National Institute of Standards and Technology Act, Global Change Research Act of 1990
• Lieberman-Warner Climate Security Act of 2008 (S.3036) - Clean Water Act, Securities Exchange Act of 1934
• Save Our Climate Act of 2007 (H.R.2069) - Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (adds carbon tax)
• Climate MATTERS Act of 2008 (H.R.6316) - Clean Water Act, Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (adds emissions registry)
  

For more information on energy related legislation, see the AAAS 2008 Legislative Tracker

Updated July 18, 2008