ARCHIVE: ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES AND
CLIMATE CHANGE

FACT SHEETS

• Earth Day 2007, The White House, April 20, 2007
• Advancing Cooperation with Brazil on Biofuels, Office of the Spokesman/U.S. Department of State, March 9, 2007
• The National Parks Centennial Initiative, The White House, February 7, 2007
• Strengthening America's Energy Security and Improving the Environment, The White House, January 24, 2007
• Twenty In Ten: Strengthening America's Energy Security - 2007 State of the Union Policy Initiative, The White House, January 23, 2007
• The Advanced Energy Initiative: Ensuring a Clean, Secure Energy Future, The White House, May 24, 2006
• President Bush's Four-Part Plan to Confront High Gasoline Prices, The White House, April 25, 2006
• Earth Day 2006: Developing New Transportation Technology, The White House, April 22, 2006
• The U.S. and International Conservation - Partnership for a Better Environment (pdf), U.S. Department of State, April 20, 2006
• The Asia-Pacific Partnership on Clean Development and Climate, Bureau of Public Affairs/U.S. Department of State, February 9, 2006
• The Asia-Pacific Partnership on Clean Development and Climate, The White House, January 11, 2006
• President Bush Signs Into Law a National Energy Plan, The White House, August 8, 2005
• The Energy Bill: Good For Consumers, The Economy, And The Environment, The White House, July 29, 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, July 28, 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, July 27, 2005
• Action on Climate Change, Energy and Sustainable Development, The White House, July 8, 2005
• President Bush Is Addressing Climate Change, The White House, June 30, 2005
• Energy Security, Energy Efficiency, Renewables and Economic Development, The White House, June 20, 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, June 20, 2005
• Climate Change Fact Sheet, The White House, May 18, 2005
• Promoting Energy Independence and Security, The White House, April 27, 2005
• Clean Energy Initiative: Powering Sustainable Development from Village to Metropolis, U.S. Agency for International Development, U.S. Department of Energy, and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, April 20, 2005
• Climate Change, The White House, November 19, 2004
• The Significance of Methane and U.S. Activities to Reduce Methane Emissions (pdf), Bureau of International Information Programs/U.S. Department of State, July 2004
• U.S.-EU Summit: Cooperation on the Development of the Hydrogen Economy, The White House, June 26, 2004
• Clean Diesel Programs, Environmental Protection Agency, May 11, 2004
• President Announces Wetlands Initiative on Earth Day, The White House, April 22, 2004
• President Bush's FY2005 Budget Will Continue Positive Environmental Progress, U.S. Department of Agriculture, February 2, 2004
• U.S. Department of Energy Releases Proposed Guidelines for the Voluntary Reporting of Greenhouse Gas Emissions, U.S. Department of Energy, November 26, 2003
• Climate Change, The White House, September 30, 2003
• Clear Skies: A Clear Improvement for the Environment, The White House, September 16, 2003
• President Bush Highlights Salmon Recovery Successes, The White House, August 22, 2003
• Congo Basin Forest Partnership: U.S. Contribution, Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs/U.S. Department of State, August 12, 2003
• Global Invasive Species Program: U.S. Contribution, U.S. Department of State, U.S. Department of Interior, U.S. Agency for International Development, August 12, 2003
• 2003 Environmental Enforcement Accomplishments, U.S. Department of Justice, July 31, 2003
• Tropical Forest Conservation Act, Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs/U.S. Department of State, July 28, 2003
• The President's Initiative Against Illegal Logging, U.S. Department of State, July 28, 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, June 16, 2003
• United States Global Climate Change Policy, Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs/U.S. Department of State, February 27, 2003
• United States Policy on the Kyoto Protocol (pdf), Public Affairs Section, U.S. Embassy Vienna, Austria, February, 2003 (German version - pdf)
• The Arctic Council, Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs/U.S. Department of State, January 31, 2003
• The International Coral Reef Initiative, Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs/U.S. Department of State, January 31, 2003
• United States Global Climate Change Policy, Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs/U.S. Department of State, October 23, 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, October 23, 2002

REPORTS, DOCUMENTS and STATEMENTS

• Press Briefing by Senior Administration Officials on the President's Trip to Europe and the G8 Summit, The Radisson Hotel, Rostock, Germany, June 6, 2007
• Press Briefing by Tony Snow and Jim Connaughton, Chairman of the Council on Environmental Quality, White House Conference Center Briefing Room, May 31, 2007
• United States Joins In Approving Summary Report on Climate Change Mitigation, Media Note, Office of the Spokesman/U.S. Department of State, May 4, 2007
• Press Briefing on the Third Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Report on Climate Change, with 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; and Stephen Eule, Director of the Climate Change Technology Program, U.S. Department of State, Via Teleconference, The White House, May 4, 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, May 4, 2007
• 2007 U.S.-EU Summit Statement: Energy Security, Efficiency, and Climate Change, The White House, April 30, 2007
• President Bush Commemorates Earth Day 2007, Calls for Good Stewardship of Land and Oceans, The White House, April 20, 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, April 6, 2007
• Post-Kyoto Surprise: America's Quiet Efforts to Cut Greenhouse Gases Are Producing Results, Kurt Volker, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for European and Eurasian Affairs, Remarks at the German Marshall Fund, Berlin, Germany, February 12, 2007
• The Physical Basis of Climate Change, Working Group I Contribution to the Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, February 2, 2007 (Summary for Policymakers (pdf))
• President Bush Discusses the National Parks Centennial Initiative, Harry F. Byrd, Sr. Visitor Center, Shenandoah National Park, Luray, Virginia, February 7, 2007
• Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Finalizes Report, Office of Science and Technology Policy, Executive Office of the President, Washington, D.C., February 2, 2007
• President's Radio Address, The White House, January 27, 2007
• Executive Order: Strengthening Federal Environmental, Energy, and Transportation Management, The White House, January 24, 2007
• President Bush Delivers State of the Union Address, United States Capitol, Washington, D.C., January 23, 2007
• President Bush Discusses Energy in Alabama, Hoover Public Safety Center, Hoover, Alabama, September 28, 2006
• Clean Energy for Tomorrow, article by Paula Dobriansky, Under Secretary, U.S. Department of State, from the Electronic Journal Clean Energy Solutions, Bureau of International Information Programs, July 2006
• Setting the Record Straight: President Bush's Strong Record of Addressing Climate Change, The White House, July 11, 2006
• International Energy Annual 2004, Energy Information Administration/U.S. Department of Energy, July 2006
• International Energy Outlook 2006, Energy Information Administration/U.S. Department of Energy, June 2006
• Siting Critical Energy Infrastructure - An Overview of Needs and Challenges (pdf), White Paper, National Commission on Energy Policy, June 2006
• Clean Development and Climate, Remarks by James L. Connaughton, Chairman of the White House Council on Environmental Quality Remarks, American Enterprise Institute, Washington, D.C., May 22, 2006
• President Discusses Energy Policy, Marriott Wardman Park Hotel, Washington, D.C., April 25, 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., March 16, 2006
• Department of State Welcomes Efforts to Implement Stockholm Convention, Media Note, Office of the Spokesman/U.S. Department of State, December 20, 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, November 28 - December 9, 2005
• Partnerships in Action: Energy Needs, Clean Development, and Climate Change (pdf), U.S. Department of State and Sustainable Development Partnerships, November 28, 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, November 9, 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, August 18, 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, April 22, 2005
• Air, Water in United States Cleaner than in 2001, Remarks by President George W. Bush, The White House, April 21, 2005
• United States Marks 35th Anniversary of Earth Day, media note, Office of the Spokesman/U.S. Department of State, April 21, 2005
• Our Common Agenda, letter to the editor by Under Secretary of State for Global Affairs Paula Dobriansky and White House Council on Environmental Quality Chairman James Connaughton, International Herald Tribune, February 19 & 22, 2005
• United States Commitment to Address Climate Change, press statement, U.S. Department of State, February 15, 2005

• United States Global Climate Change Policy, press kit for the Tenth Session of the Conference of Parties (COP 10), Buenos Aires, Argentina, December 6-17, 2004; compiled by the Bureau of International Information Programs/U.S. Department of State
• Air Emissions Trends - Continued Progress Through 2003, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, September 22, 2004
• Acid Rain Program 2003 Progress Report, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, September 22, 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), Report, Economic Research Service/U.S. Department of Agriculture, June 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, May 2004
• Climate Change Activities in the United States - 2004 Update (pdf), Pew Center on Global Climate Change, March 2004

• Hydrogen Posture Plan (pdf), U.S. Department of Energy, February 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, December 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, July 31, 2003
• U.S. Energy Scenarios for the 21st Century (pdf), Pew Center on Global Climate Change, July 2003
• The U.S. Climate Change Science Program: Vision for the Program and Highlights of the Scientific Strategic Plan, Report by the Climate Change Science Program and the Subcommittee on Global Change Research, July 24, 2003
• Strategic Plan for the Climate Change Science Program, Final Report by the Climate Change Science Program and the Subcommittee on Global Change Research, July 2003
• Draft Report on the Environment, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, June 23, 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, December 2, 2002
• Emissions of Greenhouse Gases in the United States 2001 (pdf), Report, Energy Information Administration/U.S. Department of Energy, December 2002
• Our Changing Planet: The Fiscal Year 2003 U.S. Global Change Research Program and Climate Change Research Inititative (pdf), A Report by the Climate Change Science Program and the Subcommittee on Global Change Research, A Supplement to the President's Fiscal Year 2003 Budget, November, 2002
• Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (pdf), December 11, 1997

CRS REPORTS

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