Click & Print: 2018 HOUSE-SENATE CALENDAR
Nonpartisan Reports on Environment, Climate Change
- CRS: Evolving Assessments of Human and Natural Contributions to Climate Change Feb 2018
- Link: Climate Science Special Report Oct 2017
- PDF: Climate Science Special Report Oct 2017
- GAO: Information on Potential Economic Effects Could Help Guide Federal Efforts to Reduce Fiscal Exposure. Findings: Cost to taxpayers from natural disasters made more severe by climate change could amount to more than $1 trillion by 2039 unless the federal government starts taking steps to slow global warming and prepare for its effects. Oct 2017
- U.S. Global Change Research Program Climate Change Science Special Report (CSSR) Aug 13 2017
- CRS: Climate Change: Frequently Asked Questions about the 2015 Paris Agreement June 2017
- CRS: Paris Agreement_ U.S. Climate Finance Commitments June 2017
- CRS: US Climate Change Regulation and Litigation – Selected Legal Issues April 2017
- CRS: Withdrawal from International Agreements – Legal Framework, the Paris Agreement and the Iran Nuclear Agreement Feb 2017
- CRS Legal Sidebar: Can the President Withdraw from the Paris Agreement? Dec 2016
- GAO: Selected Governments Have Approached Adaptation through Laws and Long-Term Plans June 2016
- GAO: A National System Could Help Federal, State, Local, and Private Sector Decision Makers Use Climate Information Dec 2015
- Text of PARIS AGREEMENT Nov 2015
- GAO: Climate Change – Energy Infrastructure Risks and Adaptation Efforts Mar 2014
- CBO: Border Adjustments for Economy Wide Policies That Impose a Price on Greenhouse Gas Emissions Dec 2013
- CBO: Effects of a Carbon Tax on the Economy and the Environment May 2013
- CRS: Climate Change – Conceptual Approaches and Policy Tools Aug 2011
Nonpartisan Reports on Energy, Electricity, and FERC
- CRS: Nuclear Energy – Overview of Congressional Issues Nov 2017
- CRS: 21st Century U.S. Energy Sources – A Primer May 2017
- CRS: Presidential Permit Review for Cross-Border Pipelines and Electric Transmission April 2017
- CRS: DOE’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy March 2017
- CBO: Testimony on Federal Support for Developing, Producing, and Using Fuels and Energy Technologies March 2017
- CRS: Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Incentives: A Summary of Federal Programs Dec 2016
- CRS: Energy Tax Policy: Issues in the 114th Congress June 2016
- CRS: Pipeline Transportation of Natural Gas and Crude Oil – Federal and State Regulatory Authority March 2016
- CBO: Federal Support for the Development, Production, and Use of Fuels and Energy Technologies Nov 2015
- CRS: Cybersecurity Issues for the Bulk Power System June 2015
- CBO: The Economic and Budgetary Effects of Producing Oil and Natural Gas From Shale Dec 2014
- CRS: Customer Choice and the Power Industry of the Future Sept 2014
- CRS: Physical Security of the U.S. Power Grid_High-Voltage Transformer Substations June 2014
- CRS: Electrical Power – Overview of Congressional Issues Jan 2013
- CBO: Effects of Federal Tax Credits for the Purchase of Electric Vehicles Sept 2012
- CRS: Weather-Related Power Outages and Electric System Resiliency Aug 2012
- CBO: Federal Efforts to Reduce the Cost of Capturing and Storing Carbon Dioxide June 2012
- CBO: Energy Security in the United States May 2012
- CRS: Energy Storage for Power Grids and Electric Transportation_ A Technology Assessment March 2012
- CRS: U.S. Renewable Electricity Generation – Resources and Challenges Aug 2011
- CRS: The Federal Government’s Role in Electric Transmission Facility Siting Oct 2010
