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				Air Pollution   Document Name    Date   Document Type  2009 Legislative Summary: Climate Change Mitigation   Jan. 4, 2010 Legislative Analysis 2010 Key Senate Vote: Greenhouse Gas Regulation   Jan. 3, 2011 Legislative Analysis 2010 Legislative Summary: Climate Change Mitigation     Legislative Analysis 2011 Durban Climate Change Conference; Canada Leaves Kyoto   Dec. 11, 2011 Primary Source 2012 Doha Climate Change Conference   Dec. 8, 2012 Primary Source 2012 Legislative Summary: Interior-Environment Appropriations   Jan. 14, 2013 Legislative Analysis A Bill Tailored to The Current Climate   Apr. 19, 2010 Legislative Analysis A Flap Opens Over Efforts to Close Ozone Hole   Feb. 26, 2007 Legislative Analysis A Green New Deal Primer   Mar. 25, 2019 Legislative Analysis A Problem Intertwined With Climate Policy   Sep. 20, 2010 Legislative Analysis A Shift in the Wind for Climate Politics   Dec. 2, 2013 Legislative Analysis A Temperate Take on the Climate Bill   Jul. 6, 2009 Legislative Analysis A To-Do List for the 115th Congress   Nov. 14, 2016 Legislative Analysis Acid Rain     Encyclopedia Entry Acid Rain, 1985-1986 Legislative Chronology   1985 - 1986 Legislative Analysis Adamo Wrecking Company v. United States: Brief Summary   Jan. 10, 1978 Case Summary After Floods, More States and Locals Planning for Climate Change   Sep. 12, 2016 Legislative Analysis Air Pollution     Encyclopedia Entry Air Pollution Conflict   Nov. 14, 2003 CQ Researcher Air Pollution Control, 1967 Legislative Chronology   1967 Legislative Analysis Air Pollution Variance Board of Colorado v. Western Alfalfa Corp.: Brief Summary   May 20, 1974 Case Summary Air Pollution, 1966 Legislative Chronology   1966 Legislative Analysis Air Quality Control Regions     Encyclopedia Entry Air Quality Index     Encyclopedia Entry Air Quality, 1970 Legislative Chronology   1970 Legislative Analysis Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation v. Environmental Protection Agency   Jan. 21, 2004 Case Summary Alternative Motor Fuels Act     Encyclopedia Entry Anatomy of a Vote: Methane Rule Disapproval   May 15, 2017 Legislative Analysis Anxious Coal Industry Deep in Emissions Debate   Mar. 19, 2007 Legislative Analysis Asthma Epidemic   Dec. 24, 1999 CQ Researcher Auto Pollution, Waste Disposal, 1965 Legislative Chronology   1965 Legislative Analysis Back Down to Earth: The Green Movement Reinvents Itself   Jul. 11, 2011 Legislative Analysis Big Tech Gets Big Help from Climate Change Skeptics   Jun. 24, 2019 Legislative Analysis 'Black Earth' Sprouts as Key to Carbon Reduction   Dec. 14, 2009 Legislative Analysis Bush and the Environment   Oct. 25, 2002 CQ Researcher Business Divided Over Approach to Climate Change   May 26, 2008 Legislative Analysis California Sues the EPA over Emissions Standards   Jan. 2, 2008 Primary Source Cap-and-Trade Efforts Risk World Trade Backlash   Jun. 8, 2009 Legislative Analysis Carbon Calculations Blowing in the Wind   Jan. 21, 2008 Legislative Analysis Carbon Dioxide     Encyclopedia Entry Carbon Emissions Rules Fly Into Court   Nov. 2, 2015 Legislative Analysis Carbon Sequestration     Encyclopedia Entry Carbon Trading   Nov. 1, 2008 CQ Global Researcher Carbon, From the Ground Up   Aug. 3, 2009 Legislative Analysis Carpooling Mandate, 1995-1996 Legislative Chronology   1995 - 1996 Legislative Analysis Chilled Relations In a Warmer Arctic   Apr. 20, 2009 Legislative Analysis China's Games: A Starting Line for an Emissions Race   Feb. 11, 2008 Legislative Analysis Clean Air Act     Encyclopedia Entry Clean Air Act Amendment Proposal, 1976 Legislative Chronology   1976 Legislative Analysis Clean Air Act Amendments, 1975 Legislative Chronology   1975 Legislative Analysis Clean Air Act Amendments, 1976 Legislative Chronology   1976 Legislative Analysis Clean Air Act Amendments: Auto Emission Controls, 1973 Legislative Chronology   1973 Legislative Analysis Clean Air Act Revisions, 1981-1982 Legislative Chronology   1981 - 1982 Legislative Analysis Clean Air Act Rewrite, 1999-2000 Legislative Chronology   1999 - 2000 Legislative Analysis Clean Air Act, 1997-1998 Legislative Chronology   1997 - 1998 Legislative Analysis Clean Air Act: Energy Amendments, 1974 Legislative Chronology     Legislative Analysis Clean Air Act   2005 - 2006 Legislative Analysis Clean Air Amendments, 1977 Legislative Chronology   1977 Legislative Analysis Clean Air Policy Gets a Little Murky   Aug. 4, 2008 Legislative Analysis Clean Air Proposal, 1975 Legislative Chronology   1975 Legislative Analysis Clean Air Regulations, 1997 Legislative Chronology   1997 Legislative Analysis Clean Air, 1987-1988 Legislative Chronology   1987 - 1988 Legislative Analysis Clean Air, 1989-1990 Legislative Chronology   1989 - 1990 Legislative Analysis Clean Air, 2003-2004 Legislative Chronology   2003 - 2004 Legislative Analysis Clean Air/Acid Rain, 1983-1984 Legislative Chronology   1983 - 1984 Legislative Analysis Climate Change has The Pentagon on A War Footing   Jun. 10, 2019 Legislative Analysis Climate Change Pledge Is No Easy Sell on Hill   Jan. 25, 2010 Legislative Analysis Climate Change   Jan. 27, 2006 CQ Researcher Climate Change   Feb. 1, 2010 CQ Global Researcher Climate Change   Jul. 14, 2013 CQ Researcher Climate Debate Heats Up Amid Floods   Jun. 1, 2015 Legislative Analysis Climate Scientists Agreeing Like Cats and Dogs   Oct. 13, 2014 Legislative Analysis Companies Warm to Climate Change   Apr. 21, 2008 Legislative Analysis Confronting Warming   Jan. 9, 2009 CQ Researcher Congressional Testimony by Robert Corell, Chairman of the Arctic Climate Impact Assessment Study, Revealing the Results of a Four-Year Study that Claims Arctic Warming Is the Result of Human Activity   Nov. 16, 2004 Primary Source Courts Push Agencies to Include Climate Costs in Energy Reviews   Apr. 23, 2018 Legislative Analysis Criteria Air Pollutants (Clean Air Act)     Encyclopedia Entry Curbing Climate Change   Feb. 1, 2007 CQ Global Researcher Cutting Carbon Emissions is a Very Taxing Issue   Dec. 9, 2019 Legislative Analysis Damage to Coral Reefs Affects Marine Life, Coastal Economies   Apr. 23, 2018 Legislative Analysis Deep in the Heart Of Defiance   Mar. 7, 2011 Legislative Analysis Democrats Appear Stymied on a Top Priority: Climate Legislation   Jul. 15, 2019 Legislative Analysis Democrats Decry Bush's Clean Air Plan As Favoring Industry Over Environment   Aug. 3, 2002 Legislative Analysis Department of Transportation v. Public Citizen   Jun. 7, 2004 Case Summary Dirty Air May Harm Kids More   Dec. 10, 2012 Legislative Analysis Dow Chemical Co. v. United States: Brief Summary   May 19, 1986 Case Summary Emissions Trading Program (Clean Air Measures)     Encyclopedia Entry Empty-Handed Before the World on Cap-and-Trade   Sep. 28, 2009 Legislative Analysis Energy and Climate   Jul. 24, 2009 CQ Researcher Energy: Taking a Longer View   Dec. 10, 2012 Legislative Analysis Engine Manufacturers Association v. South Coast Air Quality Management District   Apr. 28, 2004 Case Summary Environment Summit, 1991-1992 Legislative Chronology   1992 Legislative Analysis Environmental Defense v. Duke Energy Corp.,   Apr. 2, 2007 Case Summary Environmental Justice for All?   Mar. 19, 2012 Legislative Analysis Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Inspector General report: "Additional analyses of mercury emissions needed before EPA finalizes rules for coal-fired electric utilities."   Feb. 3, 2005 Primary Source Environmental Protection Agency Sanctions Moratorium, 1983-1984 Legislative Chronology   1983 - 1984 Legislative Analysis Environmental Protection Agency v. Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), Chevron USA Inc. v. NRDC, American Iron and Steel Institute v. NRDC: Brief Summary   Jun. 25, 1984 Case Summary Environmental Protection Agency v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Chevron USA v. NRDC, American Iron and Steel Institute v. NRDC: Ruling of the U.S. Supreme Court on Clean Air Act Enforcement by the Environmental Protection Agency   Jun. 25, 1984 Primary Source Environmental Technology R&D, 1993-1994 Legislative Chronology   1993 - 1994 Legislative Analysis EPA Announcement of New Regulations Governing the Installation of Air Pollution Equipment at Thousands of Industrial Plants in the United States   Nov. 22, 2002 Primary Source EPA Braces for Regulatory Smog Fight   Jun. 25, 2007 Legislative Analysis EPA Changes Lanes on Reformulated Gasoline   Mar. 31, 2014 Legislative Analysis EPA Easing on Summer Gas   Jun. 9, 2014 Legislative Analysis EPA Inspector General Report on Air Quality Rules   Sep. 30, 2004 Primary Source EPA Map Tracks What's Clogging Our Lungs   Feb. 11, 2013 Legislative Analysis EPA Policy Statements Withdrawing and Allowing Clinton Administration Regulation on Arsenic Levels in Water   Mar. 20, 2001 Primary Source EPA: 'Difficult Choices' Would Include Less Money for Water Projects   Mar. 10, 2014 Legislative Analysis Facing the 50-Year Carbon Challenge     Legislative Analysis Farm Country Dust-Up Over Clean-Air Rule   Sep. 12, 2011 Legislative Analysis Farmers are Coming Around on Climate Change   May 11, 2020 Legislative Analysis Farmers Look for Ways to Cut Carbon Hoofprint   Jan. 5, 2009 Legislative Analysis Fluorocarbons and the Environment, a Report of the Federal Task Force on Inadvertent Modification of the Stratosphere, Recommending Certain Aerosol Propellants Be Banned   Jun. 12, 1975 Primary Source For Group, EPA Turnabout Is Fair Play   Sep. 15, 2014 Legislative Analysis Fri v. Sierra Club (412 U.S. 541).: Brief Summary   Jun. 11, 1973 Case Summary GAO Scolds Administration on Costs of Climate Change   Jun. 11, 2018 Legislative Analysis Gasoline Additive Methyl Tertiary Butyl Ether (MTBE), 1999-2000 Legislative Chronology   1999 - 2000 Legislative Analysis General Accounting Office Statement on Global Warming to Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Technology: Climate Change: Preliminary Observations on the Administration's February 2002 Climate Initiative   Oct. 1, 2003 Primary Source General Motors Corp. v. United States: Brief Summary   Jun. 14, 1990 Case Summary Global Climate Change Prevention Act     Encyclopedia Entry Global Environment, 2003-2004 Legislative Chronology   2003 - 2004 Legislative Analysis Global Warming (Global Climate Change)     Encyclopedia Entry Global Warming Treaty   Jan. 26, 2001 CQ Researcher Global Warming, 1989-1990 Legislative Chronology   1990 Legislative Analysis Government Conformity with Antipollution Laws     Encyclopedia Entry Gradual Warming in the House GOP on Climate Issues   Oct. 16, 2017 Legislative Analysis 'Green' Funds Withering in Current Climate   Dec. 12, 2011 Legislative Analysis Greenhouse Gas Admissions   Oct. 19, 2009 Legislative Analysis Greenhouse Gases and Environmental Impact     Encyclopedia Entry Greenhouse Gases, A Case for the EPA   Apr. 9, 2007 Legislative Analysis Hancock v. Train: Brief Summary   Jun. 7, 1976 Case Summary Hazardous Air Pollutants     Encyclopedia Entry Haze and the Clean Air Act     Encyclopedia Entry Hot Enough to Cook the Bottom Line   Nov. 28, 2011 Legislative Analysis Hydrofluorocarbons: No Longer Up in the Air?   Jun. 17, 2013 Legislative Analysis Increased Algal Blooms Turn Surface Waters Into Toxic Stew   Apr. 23, 2018 Legislative Analysis Indoor Air Pollution, 1991-1992 Legislative Chronology   1991 Legislative Analysis Indoor Air Pollution, Overview     Encyclopedia Entry Indoor Air Pollution   Oct. 27, 1995 CQ Researcher Indoor Air, 1993-1994 Legislative Chronology   1993 - 1994 Legislative Analysis Industrial Union Department, AFL-CIO v. American Petroleum Institute; Marshall v. American Petroleum Institute: Brief Summary   Jul. 2, 1980 Case Summary Inhofe Smokes His Tires   Nov. 30, 2009 Legislative Analysis Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act (ISTEA)     Encyclopedia Entry Issues for the Next President: Climate Change   Nov. 5, 2012 Legislative Analysis Kerry Signs Paris Climate Deal   Apr. 25, 2016 Legislative Analysis 'KGL' and Other Terms of Art in the Climate Debate   Apr. 19, 2010 Legislative Analysis Last-Gasp Effort to Keep EPA's Authority Intact   Apr. 4, 2011 Legislative Analysis Market Leads the Way On Carbon Trading   Mar. 12, 2007 Legislative Analysis Massachusetts v. Environmental Protection Agency,   Apr. 2, 2007 Case Summary Melting Ice has Nations Scrambling for Arctic Access   Jun. 10, 2019 Legislative Analysis Mercury Limits Still Up in the Air   Dec. 5, 2011 Legislative Analysis Migration from Climate Impacts Threatens Stability Across the Globe   Jun. 10, 2019 Legislative Analysis Miscellaneous Pollution Legislation, 1966   1966 Legislative Analysis Mobile Sources of Air Pollution     Encyclopedia Entry Montreal Protocol on Substances That Deplete the Ozone Layer     Encyclopedia Entry More Info for Used-Car Buyers   Sep. 23, 2013 Legislative Analysis National Academy of Public Administration and the Environmental Protection Agency on Clean Air Regulations   Apr. 21, 2003 Primary Source National Academy of Sciences Study of Relationship Between Air Pollution and Lung Cancer   Sep. 10, 1972 Primary Source National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and United Nations (UN) Report on Environmental Effects of Ozone Depletion   Feb. 3, 1992 Primary Source National Ambient Air Quality Standards     Encyclopedia Entry New Air Quality Standards   Mar. 7, 1997 CQ Researcher New Studies Reveal Surprising Effects From Climate Change   Apr. 23, 2018 Legislative Analysis Next Battle Begins in War Between the States Over Climate Rules   Sep. 26, 2016 Legislative Analysis "No Regrets" and Global Warming     Encyclopedia Entry No Senate sequel for influential climate group   Mar. 29, 2010 Legislative Analysis Nonattainment Areas for Air Quality Standards     Encyclopedia Entry North American Precipitation Assessment Program     Encyclopedia Entry Nutritional Value of Food Crops Affected by Changing Climate   Apr. 23, 2018 Legislative Analysis Obama's Choice for EPA Chief Meets Little Criticism on Capitol Hill   Jan. 19, 2009 Legislative Analysis Of Elephants and Mouse Holes   Jun. 18, 2012 Legislative Analysis On the Campaign Trail, Climate Change Can No Longer Be Ignored   Mar. 18, 2019 Legislative Analysis Ozone Pact, 1987-1988 Legislative Chronology   1987 - 1988 Legislative Analysis Particulate Matter and Air Pollution Control     Encyclopedia Entry Parties Unite to Condemn VW Cheating -- and Government Response   Sep. 28, 2015 Legislative Analysis Past the Tipping Point: Adaptation, Resilience and Climate Change   May 26, 2014 Legislative Analysis Pennsylvania v. Delaware Valley Citizens' Council for Clean Air: Brief Summary   Jun. 26, 1987 Case Summary Pennsylvania v. Delaware Valley Citizens' Council: Brief Summary   Jul. 2, 1986 Case Summary People to Watch in 2019: Varshini Prakash   Feb. 4, 2019 Legislative Analysis Political Class: Defining Cap and Trade   Jul. 6, 2009 Legislative Analysis Pollution an Added Burden for Low-Income and Minority Communities   May 7, 2018 Legislative Analysis Pollution Part Of Pa. Solution   Mar. 5, 2012 Legislative Analysis Potential Effects of Global Climate Change on the United States. Report of the Environmental Protection Agency   Oct. 20, 1988 Primary Source President George Bush on Signing into Law Legislation Revising the Clean Air Act of 1970   Nov. 15, 1990 Primary Source Prevention of Significant Deterioration     Encyclopedia Entry Preview: Interior-Environment   Nov. 9, 2015 Legislative Analysis Proposed Ozone Standard Spurs Serious Smog Alert   Jul. 25, 2011 Legislative Analysis Reformulated Gasoline     Encyclopedia Entry Regulations Provide Fuel for Federalism   May 5, 2008 Legislative Analysis Religious Warming Activist Finds Himself on the Hot Seat   Jan. 29, 2007 Legislative Analysis Repairing a Frayed Connection   Sep. 15, 2014 Legislative Analysis Report by National Commission on Air Quality; Dissenting Statement by Commissioner R. Ayres   Mar. 2, 1981 Primary Source Report of the Ozone Trends Panel on Depletion of the Earth's Protective Ozone Layer   Mar. 15, 1988 Primary Source Report of the U.S. Global Change Research Program: "Climate Change Impacts on the United States: The Potential Consequences of Climate Variability and Change"   Jun. 12, 2000 Primary Source Republicans Slowly Warming to a Rapidly Growing Crisis   Apr. 1, 2019 Legislative Analysis Resignation Revives Debate Over EPA Role   Dec. 31, 2012 Legislative Analysis Ruckelshaus v. Sierra Club (463 U.S. 680): Brief Summary   Jul. 1, 1983 Case Summary Selling a Climate Change Bill to Coal Country   Feb. 15, 2010 Legislative Analysis Shifting Funds for Clean Air   Sep. 30, 2013 Legislative Analysis Smog and Its Health Effects     Encyclopedia Entry Snowmobile Rules Gliding in Yellowstone   Nov. 4, 2013 Legislative Analysis Some States Fight Climate Rules Even as They Comply   Dec. 14, 2015 Legislative Analysis Speech by Canadian Prime Minister Paul Martin on the Dangers of Climate Change   Dec. 7, 2005 Primary Source Sport Utility Vehicles and the Environment     Encyclopedia Entry State Implementation Plans for Antipollution Efforts     Encyclopedia Entry State Issues: Climate Change   Feb. 19, 2019 Legislative Analysis States Demand Their Say on Emissions Standards   Apr. 2, 2007 Legislative Analysis Stationary Sources of Air Pollution     Encyclopedia Entry Supreme Court Rules on EPA's Authority to Regulate Carbon Dioxide Emissions   Jun. 20, 2011 Primary Source Suspect Data Hurts Environmentalists' Cause   May 2, 2011 Legislative Analysis Tax Policy Cloudy on Carbon Credits   Dec. 28, 2009 Legislative Analysis Ted Stevens Gets Ever So Gently Greener   Jan. 15, 2007 Legislative Analysis The 'War on Science' Promises to Be a Long One   May 8, 2017 Legislative Analysis The Biggest Clunker of All?   Nov. 11, 2013 Legislative Analysis The Cost of Cruise Compliance   Feb. 24, 2014 Legislative Analysis The Hill's Got the Whole World's Ear on Climate Change   Dec. 7, 2009 Legislative Analysis 'The Hoax' Is Just Part of Inhofe's New Road Map   Jan. 26, 2015 Legislative Analysis The Price of the Climate Stalemate   Sep. 20, 2010 Legislative Analysis The State of the Union: Climate   Jan. 28, 2019 Legislative Analysis 'This Year We Got Zero Water'   Oct. 13, 2014 Legislative Analysis Tier 2 Standards for Emissions     Encyclopedia Entry Top Issues for 2011: Climate Change   Jan. 10, 2011 Legislative Analysis Top Money Manager Has Companies Scrambling to Act on Climate   Mar. 30, 2020 Legislative Analysis Traffic Congestion   Aug. 27, 1999 CQ Researcher Trump Administration Acknowledges a Coming Climate Catastrophe   Oct. 1, 2018 Legislative Analysis Trump Stifles Widely Backed Plan to Curb Powerful Greenhouse Gases   May 6, 2019 Legislative Analysis U.S. Military Bases Unprepared for the Gathering Storm   Jun. 10, 2019 Legislative Analysis U.S.-Canadian Coordinating Committee Report on Acid Rain   Feb. 21, 1983 Primary Source Under Pressure from Voters, More States Tackle Climate Change   Jul. 15, 2019 Legislative Analysis Union Electric Co. v. Environmental Protection Agency: Brief Summary   Jun. 25, 1976 Case Summary United States and China Agree to Historic Climate Change Pact   Nov. 12, 2014 Primary Source Utility Rules Under Rollback Pressure   Sep. 12, 2011 Legislative Analysis Vehicle Emissions, 1997-1998 Legislative Chronology   1997 - 1998 Legislative Analysis Volcanic Ash Spreads Across Europe   Apr. 20, 2010 Primary Source Voters Gave Climate No Love on Election Day   Nov. 26, 2018 Legislative Analysis Water Systems With Backlog of Needs Also Face Resilience Issues   Apr. 23, 2018 Legislative Analysis Whitman, Administrator of Environmental Protection Agency v. American Trucking Associations, Inc.   Feb. 27, 2001 Case Summary Windblown Pollution     Encyclopedia Entry
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