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Question· writtenPQ 517asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 April 2007
511 Mr. O’Dowd asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the reason the targets outlined in the first climate change strategy were not met; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 53asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 April 2007
37 Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will provide a breakdown of the way in which the €6.9 million allocated to the Environmental Research, Technological Development and Innovation Programme, funded under the National Development Plan 2000 to 2006 is being spent; his further plans to provide funding for climate change research; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 51asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 April 2007
40 Mr. Hayes asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his view on the latest climate change report from the Environmental Protection Agency; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 50asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 April 2007
35 Mr. Hayes asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on the findings of the Environmental Protection Agency that sea levels around Ireland will rise by six meters; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· Schriftliche Frage16/4973open
Germany · German Bundestag · 5 April 2007
Report· HearingH.Hrg.110published
United States · United States House of Representatives · 29 March 2007
Bill· HRH.R. 1832 (110th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 29 March 2007
National Hurricane Research Initiative Act of 2007 - Requires the Under Secretary for Oceans and Atmosphere of the Department of Commerce and the Director of the National Science Foundation (NSF) to establish a National Hurricane Research Initiative and to cooperate with other specified federal agencies to carry it out. Requires such Initiative to set research objectives (based on a National Science Board report on the need for such Initiative) to: (1) make recommendations to the Board; (2) assemble the expertise of U.S. science and engineering capabilities through a multi-agency effort focused on infrastructure, the natural environment, and improving understanding of hurricane prediction, intensity, and mitigation on coastal populations; and (3) make grants for hurricane research, including regarding hurricane dynamics, modification, and observation, air-sea interaction, relationships between hurricanes and climate, predicting flooding and storm surge, coastal infrastructure, building construction, emergency communication networks, information utilization by public officials, and sharing computational capability. Directs the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, through the National Science and Technology Council, to coordinate U.S. activities related to the Initiative as a formal program with a well-defined organizational structure and execution plan. Directs the Under Secretary and the Director to: (1) establish a National Infrastructure Database to catalog infrastructure, provide information to improve information public policy related to hurricanes, and provide data to improve researchers' abilities to measure hurricane impacts in order to improve building codes and urban planning; and (2) develop a National Hurricane Research Model to conduct integrative research and facilitate the transfer of research knowledge to operational applications.
Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 104 (110th)open
United States · United States Congress · 29 March 2007
Expresses the sense of the Congress that the United States should act to reduce risks posed by global climate change and to foster economic growth by: (1) participating in negotiations under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and leading efforts in other international fora with the objective of securing U.S. participation in agreements that advance and protect U.S. interests, that establish mitigation commitments by all countries that are major emitters of greenhouse gases, that establish flexible international mechanisms to minimize the cost of efforts by participating countries, and that achieve a significant long-term reduction in global greenhouse gas emissions; and (2) establishing a bipartisan observer group in the House of Representatives and the Senate to monitor international negotiations on climate change and to ensure that the advice and consent function of the Senate is exercised to facilitate timely consideration of any applicable treaty.
Bill· SS. 1018 (110th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 28 March 2007
Global Climate Change Security Oversight Act - Requires the Director of National Intelligence to submit to Congress a National Intelligence Estimate on the anticipated geopolitical effects of global climate change and the implications of such effects on U.S. national security. Requires the Director to prepare the estimate using the mid-range projections of the fourth assessment report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change to make assessments and recommendation concerning the risks posed by global warming and the security implications, opportunities, and consequences of global warming. Requires the Secretary of Defense to report to Congress on the projected impact on the military installations, capabilities, and operations of the effects of global climate change as assessed in the estimate and to recommend research and analysis needed to further assess the impacts on the military of global climate change as assessed in the estimate. Expresses the sense of Congress that the Secretary should address the findings of the estimate regarding the impact of global climate change and potential implications of such impact on the Armed Forces and for the size, composition, and capabilities of Armed Forces in the next Quadrennial Defense Review. Requires the Secretary of State to report to Congress on the potential for: (1) large migration flows in countries of strategic interest or humanitarian concern as a response to changes in climate and the implications for U.S. security interests; and (2) diplomatic opportunities and challenges facing U.S. policy makers as a result of social, economic, or political responses of groups or nations to global changing climate. Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to research the impacts of global climate change on military operations, doctrine, organization, training, material, logistics, personnel, and facilities, and the actions needed to address those impacts.
Bill· HRH.R. 1728 (110th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 28 March 2007
Global Warming Education Act - Requires the National Science Foundation to establish a Global Warming Education Program to: (1) broaden the understanding of human induced global warming, possible long and short-term consequences, and potential solutions; (2) apply the latest scientific and technological discoveries to provide learning opportunities to people; and (3) emphasize actionable information to help people understand and to promote implementation of new technologies, programs, and incentives related to energy conservation, renewable energy, and greenhouse gas reduction. Requires such Program to include: (1) a national information campaign to disseminate information on and promote implementation of the new technologies, programs, and incentives; and (2) a competitive grant program to provide grants to states, municipalities, educational institutions, and other organizations to create materials relevant to global warming and climate science, develop climate science K-12 curriculum and supplementary educational materials, or publish global warming and climate science information.
Report· HearingH.Hrg.110published
United States · United States House of Representatives · 27 March 2007
Resolution· SCONRESS.Con.Res. 24 (110th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 23 March 2007
Permits the Live Earth organization and the Alliance for Climate Protection to sponsor the Live Earth Concert as a free public event on the Capitol grounds on July 7, 2007. Requires the sponsors to enter into an agreement with the Architect of the Capitol and the Capitol Police Board under which the sponsors agree to: (1) reimburse the U.S. Capitol Police for all costs incurred (including additional personnel costs and overtime) in meeting the security related needs at the event; and (2) comply with the requirements of this Act. Revokes the authority to hold the event on the Capitol grounds if the sponsors fail, or are unable, to enter into such agreement within 14 days before the scheduled date of the event.
Question· Mündliche Frage16/4802open
Germany · German Bundestag · 23 March 2007
Report· HearingH.Hrg.110published
United States · United States House of Representatives · 21 March 2007
Record· Divisionvote_2carried
Ireland · Seanad Éireann · 21 March 2007
The Seanad divided: Tá,
Question· writtenPQ 79asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 21 March 2007
115 Mr. Gilmore asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will report on the recent EU conference on climate change in Brussels; the results that were arrived at; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Report· HearingH.Hrg.110published
United States · United States House of Representatives · 20 March 2007
Report· HearingH.Hrg.110published
United States · United States House of Representatives · 20 March 2007
Question· writtenPQ 878asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 20 March 2007
946 Mr. G. Mitchell asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the cost of energy used running his Department in the year 2002; the cost of doing so in 2006; the quantity of energy used in each of these years to which this cost relates; and his plans to reduce this usage as a contribution to meeting concerns regarding climate change.
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Question· writtenPQ 840asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 20 March 2007
911 Mr. G. Mitchell asked the Minister for Defence the cost of energy used running his Department in the year 2002; the cost of doing so in 2006; the quantity of energy used in each of these years to which this cost relates; and his plans to reduce this usage as a contribution to meeting concerns regarding climate change.
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Question· writtenPQ 750asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 20 March 2007
816 Mr. G. Mitchell asked the Minister for Education and Science the cost of energy used running her Department in the year 2002; the cost of doing so in 2006; the quantity of energy used in each of these years to which this cost relates; and her plans to reduce this usage as a contribution to meeting concerns regarding climate change.
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Question· writtenPQ 641asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 20 March 2007
711 Mr. G. Mitchell asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the cost of energy used running her Department in the year 2002; the cost of doing so in 2006; the quantity of energy used in each of these years to which this cost relates; and her plans to reduce this usage as a contribution to meeting concerns regarding climate change.
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Question· writtenPQ 597asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 20 March 2007
667 Mr. G. Mitchell asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the cost of energy used running his Department in the year 2002; the cost of doing so in 2006; the quantity of energy used in each of these years to which this cost relates; and his plans to reduce this usage as a contribution to meeting concerns regarding climate change.
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Question· writtenPQ 567asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 20 March 2007
636 Mr. G. Mitchell asked the Minister for Transport the cost of energy used running his Department in the year 2002; the cost of doing so in 2006; the quantity of energy used in each of these years to which this cost relates; and his plans to reduce this usage as a contribution to meeting concerns regarding climate change.
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Question· writtenPQ 531asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 20 March 2007
601 Mr. G. Mitchell asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the cost of energy used running his Department in the year 2002; the cost of doing so in 2006; the quantity of energy used in each of these years to which this cost relates; and his plans to reduce this usage as a contribution to meeting concerns regarding climate change.
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Question· writtenPQ 510asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 20 March 2007
579 Mr. G. Mitchell asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the cost of energy used running his Department in the year 2002; the cost of doing so in 2006; the quantity of energy used in each of these years to which this cost relates; and his plans to reduce this usage as a contribution to meeting concerns regarding climate change.
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Question· writtenPQ 489asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 20 March 2007
558 Mr. G. Mitchell asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the cost of energy used running his Department in the year 2002; the cost of doing so in 2006; the quantity of energy used in each of these years to which this cost relates; and his plans to reduce this usage as a contribution to meeting concerns regarding climate change.
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Question· writtenPQ 471asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 20 March 2007
540 Mr. G. Mitchell asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the cost of energy used running his Department in the year 2002; the cost of doing so in 2006; the quantity of energy used in each of these years to which this cost relates; and his plans to reduce this usage as a contribution to meeting concerns regarding climate change.
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Question· writtenPQ 455asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 20 March 2007
524 Mr. G. Mitchell asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the cost of energy used running his Department in the year 2002; the cost of doing so in 2006; the quantity of energy used in each of these years to which this cost relates; and his plans to reduce this usage as a contribution to meeting concerns regarding climate change.
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Question· writtenPQ 345asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 20 March 2007
413 Mr. G. Mitchell asked the Minister for Health and Children the cost of energy used running her Department in the year 2002; the cost of doing so in 2006; the quantity of energy used in each of these years to which this cost relates; and her plans to reduce this usage as a contribution to meeting concerns regarding climate change.
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Question· writtenPQ 232asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 20 March 2007
300 Mr. G. Mitchell asked the Minister for Finance the cost of energy used running his Department in the year 2002; the cost of doing so in 2006; the quantity of energy used in each of these years to which this cost relates; and his plans to reduce this usage as a contribution to meeting concerns regarding climate change.
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Question· writtenPQ 151asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 20 March 2007
218 Mr. G. Mitchell asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the cost of energy used running his Department in the year 2002; the cost of doing so in 2006; the quantity of energy used in each of these years to which this cost relates; and his plans to reduce this usage as a contribution to meeting concerns regarding climate change.
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Question· writtenPQ 114asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 20 March 2007
181 Mr. G. Mitchell asked the Taoiseach the cost of energy used running his Department in the year 2002; the cost of doing so in 2006; the quantity of energy used in each of these years to which this cost relates; and his plans to reduce this usage as a contribution to meeting concerns regarding climate change.
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Question· writtenPQ 102asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 20 March 2007
167 Mr. Gormley asked the Minister for Finance the way he outlined the global threat of climate change at the recent Irish-American partnership breakfast held in Chicago, USA.
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Bill· SS. 931 (110th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 20 March 2007
National Hurricane Research Initiative Act of 2007 - Requires the Under Secretary for Oceans and Atmosphere of the Department of Commerce and the Director of the National Science Foundation (NSF) to establish a National Hurricane Research Initiative and to cooperate with other specified federal agencies to carry it out. Requires such Initiative to set research objectives (based on a National Science Board report on the need for such Initiative) to: (1) make recommendations to the Board; (2) assemble the expertise of U.S. science and engineering capabilities through a multi-agency effort focused on infrastructure, the natural environment, and improving understanding of hurricane prediction, intensity, and mitigation on coastal populations; and (3) make grants for hurricane research, including regarding hurricane dynamics, modification, and observation, air-sea interaction, relationships between hurricanes and climate, predicting flooding and storm surge, coastal infrastructure, building construction, emergency communication networks, information utilization by public officials, and sharing computational capability. Directs the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, through the National Science and Technology Council, to coordinate U.S. activities related to the Initiative as a formal program with a well-defined organizational structure and execution plan. Directs the Under Secretary and the Director to: (1) establish a National Infrastructure Database to catalog infrastructure, provide information to improve information public policy related to hurricanes, and provide data to improve researchers' abilities to measure hurricane impacts in order to improve building codes and urban planning; and (2) develop a National Hurricane Research Model to conduct integrative research and facilitate the transfer of research knowledge to operational applications.
Bill· HRH.R. 1590 (110th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 20 March 2007
Safe Climate Act of 2007 - Amends the Clean Air Act to direct the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to promulgate: (1) targets for a 2% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions each year from 2010-2050; and (2) regulations requiring reductions to meet such targets, including by setting caps on emissions of sources and sectors with the largest emissions or the best opportunities to reduce them, by issuing and authorizing trading of emission allowances, and by imposing penalties for excess emissions. Requires relevant federal agencies to finalize a rule to carry out the National Academies' recommendations for regulatory action needed to reduce atmospheric greenhouse gas concentrations or explain their reasons for declining to act. Requires the President to submit to Congress a plan for the distribution of emission allowances (including through auctions) and the use of proceeds (to be deposited in a Climate Reinvestment Fund) for specified goals, including mitigating the effects of energy cost increases and climate change. Requires the EPA to ensure that emissions and allowances are accurately tracked, reported, and verified. Authorizes the emission reduction regulations to include: (1) additional requirements for any source or sector; and (2) performance standards, best management practices, and technology-based requirements. Requires such regulations to set standards for the reduction of greenhouse emissions from motor vehicles at least as quickly as the standards adopted by the California Air Resources Board at its September 2004 hearing. Requires the EPA to revise such standards in 2014 and every five years thereafter to further reduce emissions. Amends the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 to direct the Secretary of Energy to: (1) require, beginning in 2010, an annual increase in the percentage of electric energy generated from renewable sources that is sold at the retail level in the United States and to require such percentage to be at least 20% of the total electricity sold by 2020; and (2) set end-user savings targets for retail electric-energy and natural gas suppliers. Authorizes DOE to: (1) increase the required percentage of end-user savings for years after 2020; and (2) allow suppliers to achieve the targets through a market-based trading system.
Report· HearingH.Hrg.110published
United States · United States House of Representatives · 19 March 2007
Report· HearingH.Hrg.110published
United States · United States House of Representatives · 15 March 2007
Report· HearingH.Hrg.110published
United States · United States House of Representatives · 14 March 2007
Bill· HRH.R. 1507 (110th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 13 March 2007
Salmon Economic Analysis and Planning Act - Requires the Secretary of Commerce to enter into an arrangement with the National Academy of Sciences for scientific analysis of federal salmon protection, restoration, and recovery actions. Requires such analysis to include: (1) the biological effectiveness of current recovery actions for Columbia and Snake River Basin salmon and steelhead populations; (2) a comparison of the effectiveness of salmon recovery actions; and (3) an identification of limiting factors and global climate change on salmon recovery actions. Requires the Comptroller General to study the potential effects and costs of partially and fully removing the four lower Snake River dams, including those on: (1) the economy of surrounding communities; (2) freight transportation; (3) irrigation; (4) energy production; and (5) the extinction of salmon and steelhead populations in the Snake River. Requires the Comptroller General to study the accuracy of the engineering costs associated with dam removal as determined by the February 2002 Army Corps of Engineers Lower Snake River Juvenile Salmon Migration Feasibility Report/Environmental Impact Statement.
Resolution· SCONRESS.Con.Res. 17 (110th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 9 March 2007
Permits the Live Earth organization and the Alliance for Climate Protection to sponsor the Live Earth Concert as a free public event on the Capitol grounds on July 7, 2007.
Bill· HRH.R. 1451 (110th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 9 March 2007
New Options Petroleum Energy Conservation Act of 2007 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a tax credit for investment in a climate neutral combustion facility. Defines "climate neutral combustion facility" as any facility which: (1) burns matter to produce electricity; (2) captures and uses carbon dioxide released during combustion to recover hydrocarbon fuel; and (3) produces no emissions of mercury or greenhouse gasses and no emissions that form fine particulate, smog, or acid rain. Extends through 2012 the tax credits for investment in solar energy property and for residential energy efficient property expenditures. Directs the Secretary of Energy to establish a program to award $1 billion to the first U.S. automobile manufacturer who manufactures and sells in the United States 60,000 midsized sedans which operate on gasoline and can travel at 100 miles per gallon. Authorizes appropriations for the development of advanced lithium ion battery technology. Allows a taxpayer election to expense biofuel refining property.
Report· HearingS.Hrg.110-94published
United States · United States Senate · 8 March 2007
Question· writtenPQ 283asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 March 2007
285 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the grade and job description and role of the environmental economist employed by his Department and who works as part of the team to provide advice on climate change.
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Resolution· Selbständiger Entschließungsantrag130/A(E)selbständiger entschließungsantrag
Austria · National Council · 7 March 2007
Antrag der Abgeordneten Dr. Eva Glawischnig-Piesczek, Kolleginnen und Kollegen betreffend Offensive für wirksamen Klimaschutz in Österreich
Resolution· Unselbständiger Entschließungsantrag42/UEAunselbständiger entschließungsantrag
Austria · National Council · 7 March 2007
Unselbständiger Entschließungsantrag der Abgeordneten Dr. Ruperta Lichtenecker, Kolleginnen und Kollegen betreffend Österreichs Position zur Klimaschutz- und Energiepolitik beim Europäischen Rat in Brüssel am 8. und 9. März 2007
Report· HearingH.Hrg.110published
United States · United States House of Representatives · 7 March 2007
Question· writtenPQ 495asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 27 February 2007
558 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans to appoint a special adviser or Minister of State with responsibility for climate change issues; if this possibility has been examined; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 494asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 27 February 2007
557 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if there is an official in his Department who has the task of advising him on climate change and energy issues.
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Question· writtenPQ 130asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 27 February 2007
170 Mr. Perry asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if some of the moneys being used to purchase carbon credits abroad will be used here to encourage research and development into climate change; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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