U.S. Climate Change Policy
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15-04-2015
This document reviews and updates the previous 2013 report providing an overview of the climate change policy in the United States. Starting with the emissions trend it then makes some general remarks about policy making in the U.S. before entering into concrete climate policy, both domestically and at international level. Finally, there is a section displaying three climate topics of mutual interest for the EU and the U.S. This document was provided by Policy Department A for the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety (ENVI) in view of the ENVI delegation to Washington from 16-19 March 2015.
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- America
- carbon capture and storage
- climate change policy
- deterioration of the environment
- economic geography
- electrical and nuclear industries
- ENERGY
- energy efficiency
- energy policy
- ENVIRONMENT
- environmental policy
- GEOGRAPHY
- greenhouse gas
- international affairs
- INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
- LAW
- national law
- natural gas
- oil industry
- political geography
- power plant
- PRODUCTION, TECHNOLOGY AND RESEARCH
- renewable energy
- soft energy
- sources and branches of the law
- technology and technical regulations
- UN Framework Convention on Climate Change
- United States