ARCHIV: UMWELTTHEMEN UND KLIMAWANDEL

DATEN & FAKTEN

• Earth Day 2007, The White House, 20. April 2007
• Advancing Cooperation with Brazil on Biofuels, Office of the Spokesman/U.S. Department of State, 9. März 2007
• The National Parks Centennial Initiative, The White House, 7. Februar 2007
• Strengthening America's Energy Security and Improving the Environment, The White House, 24. Januar 2007
• Twenty In Ten: Strengthening America's Energy Security - 2007 State of the Union Policy Initiative, The White House, 23. Januar 2007
• The Advanced Energy Initiative: Ensuring a Clean, Secure Energy Future, The White House, 24. Mai 2006
• President Bush's Four-Part Plan to Confront High Gasoline Prices, The White House, 25. April 2006
• Earth Day 2006: Developing New Transportation Technology, The White House, 22. April 2006
• The U.S. and International Conservation - Partnership for a Better Environment (pdf), U.S. Department of State, 20. April 2006
• The Asia-Pacific Partnership on Clean Development and Climate, Bureau of Public Affairs/U.S. Department of State, 9. Februar 2006
• The Asia-Pacific Partnership on Clean Development and Climate, The White House, 11. Januar 2006
• President Bush Signs Into Law a National Energy Plan, The White House, 8. August 2005
• The Energy Bill: Good For Consumers, The Economy, And The Environment, The White House, 29. Juli 2005
• Vision Statement of Australia, China, India, Japan, the Republic of Korea, and the U.S. for a New Asia-Pacific Partnership on Clean Development and Climate, Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs/U.S. Department of State, 28. Juli 2005

A flock of ibis fly near the Kissimmee River in the Florida Everglades. Over the past 20 years, federal, state, and local partners have joined forces to counteract the effects of overdevelopment and ecosystem degradation. Everglades National Park is designated a World Heritage Site, an International Biosphere Reserve, and a Wetland of International Importance. (© AP/WWP)

• President Bush and the Asia-Pacific Partnership on Clean Development, The White House, 27. Juli 2005
• Action on Climate Change, Energy and Sustainable Development, The White House, 8. Juli 2005
• President Bush Is Addressing Climate Change, The White House, 30. Juni 2005
• Energy Security, Energy Efficiency, Renewables and Economic Development, The White House, 20. Juni 2005
• The United States and Canada Convene Fourth Bilateral Working Group on Climate Change, Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs/U.S. Department of State, 20. Juni 2005
• Climate Change Fact Sheet, The White House, 18. Mai 2005
• Promoting Energy Independence and Security, The White House, 27. April 2005
• Clean Energy Initiative: Powering Sustainable Development from Village to Metropolis, U.S. Agency for International Development, U.S. Department of Energy, und U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 20. April 2005
• Climate Change, The White House, 19. November 2004
• The Significance of Methane and U.S. Activities to Reduce Methane Emissions (pdf), Bureau of International Information Programs/U.S. Department of State, Juli 2004
• U.S.-EU Summit: Cooperation on the Development of the Hydrogen Economy, The White House, 26. Juni 2004
• Clean Diesel Programs, Environmental Protection Agency, 11. Mai 2004
• President Announces Wetlands Initiative on Earth Day, The White House, 22. April 2004
• President Bush's FY2005 Budget Will Continue Positive Environmental Progress, U.S. Department of Agriculture, 2. Februar 2004
• U.S. Department of Energy Releases Proposed Guidelines for the Voluntary Reporting of Greenhouse Gas Emissions, U.S. Department of Energy, 26. November 2003
• Climate Change, The White House, 30. September 2003
• Clear Skies: A Clear Improvement for the Environment, The White House, 16. September 2003
• President Bush Highlights Salmon Recovery Successes, The White House, 22. August 2003
• Congo Basin Forest Partnership: U.S. Contribution, Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs/U.S. Department of State, 12. August 2003
• Global Invasive Species Program: U.S. Contribution, U.S. Department of State, U.S. Department of Interior, U.S. Agency for International Development, 12. August 2003
• 2003 Environmental Enforcement Accomplishments, U.S. Department of Justice, 31. Juli 2003
• Tropical Forest Conservation Act, Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs/U.S. Department of State, 28. Juli 2003
• The President's Initiative Against Illegal Logging, U.S. Department of State, 28. Juli 2003
• The International Whaling Commission (IWC) 55th Annual Meeting in Berlin, Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs/U.S. Department of State, 16. Juni 2003
• United States Global Climate Change Policy, Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs/U.S. Department of State, 27. Februar 2003
• United States Policy on the Kyoto Protocol (pdf), Abteilung für Öffentlichkeitsarbeit, Amerikanische Botschaft in Wien, Österreich, Februar 2003
• The Arctic Council, Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs/U.S. Department of State, 31. Januar 2003
• The International Coral Reef Initiative, Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs/U.S. Department of State, 31. Januar 2003
• United States Global Climate Change Policy, Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs/U.S. Department of State, 23. Oktober 2002
• United States Record of Action to Address Climate Change Domestically, Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs/U.S. Department of State, 23. Oktober 2002

BERICHTE, DOKUMENTE und STELLUNGNAHMEN

• Press Briefing by Senior Administration Officials on the President's Trip to Europe and the G8 Summit, The Radisson Hotel, Rostock, Bundesrepublik Deutschland, 6. Juni 2007
• Press Briefing by Tony Snow and Jim Connaughton, Chairman of the Council on Environmental Quality, White House Conference Center Briefing Room, 31. Mai 2007
• United States Joins In Approving Summary Report on Climate Change Mitigation, Media Note, Office of the Spokesman/U.S. Department of State, 4. Mai 2007
• Press Briefing on the Third Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Report on Climate Change, mit Dr. Harlan Watson, U.S. Senior Climate Negotiator and Special Representative, U.S. Department of State; Jim Connaughton, Chairman, White House Council on Environmental Quality; und Stephen Eule, Director of the Climate Change Technology Program, U.S. Department of State, Via Teleconference, The White House, 4. Mai 2007
• Mitigation of Climate Change - Summary for Policymakers (pdf), Working Group III Contribution to the Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, 4. Mai 2007
• 2007 U.S.-EU Summit Statement: Energy Security, Efficiency, and Climate Change, The White House, 30. April 2007
• President Bush Commemorates Earth Day 2007, Calls for Good Stewardship of Land and Oceans, The White House, 20. April 2007
• Climate Change 2007: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability - Summary for Policymakers (pdf), Working Group II Contribution to the Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, 6. April 2007
• Post-Kyoto Surprise: America's Quiet Efforts to Cut Greenhouse Gases Are Producing Results, Rede von Kurt Volker, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for European and Eurasian Affairs, German Marshall Fund, Berlin, Germany, 12. Februar 2007
• The Physical Basis of Climate Change, Working Group I Contribution to the Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, 2. February 2007 (Summary for Policymakers (pdf))
• President Bush Discusses the National Parks Centennial Initiative, Harry F. Byrd, Sr. Visitor Center, Shenandoah National Park, Luray, Virginia, 7. Februar 2007
• Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Finalizes Report, Office of Science and Technology Policy, Executive Office of the President, Washington, D.C., 2. Februar 2007
• President's Radio Address, The White House, 27. Januar 2007
• Executive Order: Strengthening Federal Environmental, Energy, and Transportation Management, The White House, 24. Januar 2007
• President Bush Delivers State of the Union Address, United States Capitol, Washington, D.C., 23. Januar 2007
• President Bush Discusses Energy in Alabama, Hoover Public Safety Center, Hoover, Alabama, 28. September 2006
• Clean Energy for Tomorrow, Namensartikel von Paula Dobriansky, Under Secretary, U.S. Department of State, aus dem Electronic Journal Clean Energy Solutions, Bureau of International Information Programs, Juli 2006
• Setting the Record Straight: President Bush's Strong Record of Addressing Climate Change, The White House, 11. Juli 2006
• International Energy Annual 2004, Energy Information Administration/U.S. Department of Energy, Juli 2006
• International Energy Outlook 2006, Energy Information Administration/U.S. Department of Energy, Juni 2006
• Siting Critical Energy Infrastructure - An Overview of Needs and Challenges (pdf), White Paper, National Commission on Energy Policy, Juni 2006
• Clean Development and Climate, Rede von James L. Connaughton, Chairman of the White House Council on Environmental Quality Remarks, American Enterprise Institute, Washington, D.C., 22. Mai 2006
• President Discusses Energy Policy, Marriott Wardman Park Hotel, Washington, D.C., 25. April 2006

• Joint Statement by the United States and the European Commission Following the Second Joint Climate Change Science and Technology Workshop, Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs/U.S. Department of State, Washington, D.C., 16. März 2006
• Department of State Welcomes Efforts to Implement Stockholm Convention, Media Note, Office of the Spokesman/U.S. Department of State, 20. Dezember 2005
• Eleventh Session of the Conference of the Parties to the UN Convention on Climate Change (COP-11), Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs/U.S. Department of State, 28. November - 9. Dezember 2005
• Partnerships in Action: Energy Needs, Clean Development, and Climate Change (pdf), U.S. Department of State and Sustainable Development Partnerships, 28. November 2005
• Our Changing Planet - The U.S. Climate Change Science Program for Fiscal Year 2006, A Report by the Climate Change Science Program and The Subcommittee on Global Change Research, 9. November 2005
• President Bush Discusses Hurricane Relief in Address to the Nation, Jackson Square, New Orleans, Louisiana, September 15, 2005
• The State of Coral Reef Ecosystems of the United States and Pacific Freely Associated States: 2005, Report, Center for Coastal Monitoring and Assessment/U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 18. August 2005
• The Environment: Shared Goals and a Common Mission, Article by Paula Dobriansky, Under Secretary of State for Global Affairs, June 2005
• Tracking Environmental Progress - Earth Day 2005, 22. April 2005
• Air, Water in United States Cleaner than in 2001, Stellungnahme von President George W. Bush, The White House, 21. April 2005
• United States Marks 35th Anniversary of Earth Day, media note, Office of the Spokesman/U.S. Department of State, 21. April 2005
• Our Common Agenda, letter to the editor von Under Secretary of State for Global Affairs Paula Dobriansky und White House Council on Environmental Quality Chairman James Connaughton, International Herald Tribune, 19. & 22. Februar 2005
• United States Commitment to Address Climate Change, Presseerklärung, U.S. Department of State, 15. Februar 2005

• United States Global Climate Change Policy, Pressemappe für die Tenth Session of the Conference of Parties (COP 10), Buenos Aires, Argentinien, 6.-17. Dezember 2004; zusammengestellt vom Bureau of International Information Programs/U.S. Department of State
• Air Emissions Trends - Continued Progress Through 2003, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 22. September 2004
• Acid Rain Program 2003 Progress Report, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 22. September 2004
• Annual Energy Review 2003 (pdf), Energy Information Administration/U.S. Department of Energy, September 2004
• Environmental Compliance in U.S. Agricultural Policy: Past Performance and Future Potential (pdf), Bericht, Economic Research Service/U.S. Department of Agriculture, Juni 2004
• Energy Markets - Effects of Mergers and Market Concentration in the U.S. Petroleum Industry (pdf), Report to the Ranking Minority Member, Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, Committee on Governmental Affairs, U.S. Senate, Government Accountability Office, Mai 2004
• Climate Change Activities in the United States - 2004 Update (pdf), Pew Center on Global Climate Change, März 2004

• Hydrogen Posture Plan (pdf), U.S. Department of Energy, Februar 2004
• Air Quality Management in the United States, National Research Council, 2004
• Did you Know? - U.S. Record on the Enviroment, Bureau of International Information Programs/U.S. Department of State, Dezember 2003
• Research and Current Activities (pdf), U.S. Climate Change Technology Program, November 2003
• Technology Options - For the Near and Long Term (pdf), U.S. Climate Change Technology Program, November 2003
• Remarks by Secretary of State Colin L. Powell at the Earth Observation Summit, 31. Juli 2003
• U.S. Energy Scenarios for the 21st Century (pdf), Pew Center on Global Climate Change, Juli 2003
• The U.S. Climate Change Science Program: Vision for the Program and Highlights of the Scientific Strategic Plan, Bericht des Climate Change Science Program und des Subcommittee on Global Change Research, 24. Juli 2003
• Strategic Plan for the Climate Change Science Program, Endbericht des Climate Change Science Program und des Subcommittee on Global Change Research, Juli 2003
• Draft Report on the Environment, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 23. Juni 2003
• Leading By Example, A Report to the President on Federal Energy and Environmental Management (2000-2001) (pdf), Office of the Federal Environmental Executive/White House Task Force on Waste Prevention and Recycling, 2. Dezember 2002
• Emissions of Greenhouse Gases in the United States 2001 (pdf), Energy Information Administration/U.S. Department of Energy, Dezember 2002
• Our Changing Planet: The Fiscal Year 2003 U.S. Global Change Research Program and Climate Change Research Inititative (pdf), Ein Bericht des Climate Change Science Program und des Subcommittee on Global Change Research, Beilage zum Budget des Präsidenten für das Fiskaljahr 2003, November 2002
• Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (pdf), 11. Dezember 1997

CRS BERICHTE

• Global Climate Change (pdf), aktualisiert mit 12. Mai 2006
• Energy Policy: Conceptual Framework and Continuing Issues (pdf), 11. Mai 2006
• "Boutique Fuels" and Reformulated Gasoline: Harmonization of Fuel Standards (pdf), aktualisiert mit 10. Mai 2006
• Energy Tax Policy (pdf), aktualisiert mit 27. April 2006
• Oil and Gas Disruption from Hurricanes Katrina and Rita (pdf), aktualisiert mit 6. April 2005
• European Union Biofuels Policy and Agriculture: An Overview (pdf), 16. März, 2006
• Fuel Ethanol: Background and Public Policy Issues (pdf), 3. März 2006
• The Endangered Species Act (ESA) in the 109th Congress: Conflicting Values and Difficult Choices (pdf), aktualisiert mit 25. Januar 2006
• Energy: Useful Facts and Numbers (pdf), aktualisiert mit 10. Januar 2006
• Strategic Petroleum Reserve (pdf), aktualisiert mit 25. November 2005
• Clean Water Act Issues in the 109th Congress (pdf), aktualisiert mit 28. September 2005
• Global Climate Change: The Kyoto Protocol (pdf), aktualisiert mit 21. Juli 2005
• Energy Policy: Comprehensive Energy Legislation (H.R. 6, S. 10) in the 109th Congress (pdf), aktualisiert mit 28. Juni 2005
• Energy Tax Policy (pdf), aktualisiert mit 17. Juni 2005
• Clean Air Act: A Summary of the Act and Its Major Requirements (pdf), aktualisiert mit 9. Mai 2005
• Energy Policy: The Continuing Debate and Omnibus Energy Legislation (pdf), aktualisiert mit 23. Dezember 2004
• Global Climate Change: Market-Based Strategies to Reduce Greenhouse Gases (pdf), aktualisiert mit 18. November 2004
• Global Climate Change: U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions - Status, Trends, and Projections (pdf), aktualisiert mit 15. August 2003