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Bill· SS. 483 (113th)open

Berryessa Snow Mountain National Conservation Area Act

United States · United States Congress · 6 March 2013

Berryessa Snow Mountain National Conservation Area Act - Establishes the Berryessa Snow Mountain National Conservation Area, to comprise approximately 349,850 acres of federal land within Napa, Lake, Mendocino, Solano, and Yolo Counties in California. States that the purpose of the Conservation Area is the conservation, protection, and enhancement of the ecological, scenic, wildlife, recreational, cultural, historical, natural, educational, and scientific resources of the lands included in the Area for the benefit and enjoyment of present and future generations. Continues to provide historical and adequate access to private inholdings in the Conservation Area. Allows only those uses of the Conservation Area that would further the purposes for which it is established. Requires a comprehensive plan for the protection and management of the federal lands included within the Conservation Area. Requires such plan to: (1) assess the impacts of climate change, (2) include a comprehensive weed management strategy, and (3) include a plan to address the public safety and environmental clean-up issues associated with illegal marijuana production. Permits grazing in the Conservation Area: (1) to continue, if established before this Act's enactment; (2) if not established before enactment, only to the extent that it is consistent with the purposes of the conservation area; or (3) through issuing annual targeted permits for the control of noxious weeds, fire suppression, or to provide other ecological benefits. Establishes the Berryessa Snow Mountain National Conservation Area Advisory Council to advise with respect to the preparation and implementation of the management plan. Requires the appointment of one Council member to represent Native American Tribes.

Question· writtenPQ 107asked

107. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Social Protection having regard to the variation in the costs of residential renting in the private sector at different locations throughout the country particularly the greater Dublin area, if she will again examine the inadequacy of the current maximum rent support available from her Department in north Kildare where the rent ceiling set by her Department is lower than some adjoining areas where the actual rent charged is lower; if her attention has been drawn to the distress caused to applicants on local authority housing waiting lists who are unable to access accommodation in the current market climate; if she will re-examine this situation as a matter of urgency; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11338/13]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 March 2013

107. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Social Protection having regard to the variation in the costs of residential renting in the private sector at different locations throughout the country particularly the greater Dublin area, if she will again examine the inadequacy of the current maximum rent support available from her Department in north Kildare where the rent ceiling set by her Department is lower than some adjoining areas where the actual rent charged is lower; if her attention has been drawn to the distress caused to applicants on local authority housing waiting lists who are unable to access accommodation in the current market climate; if she will re-examine this situation as a matter of urgency; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11338/13]

Question· writtenPQ 472asked

472. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if future climate legislation is to be brought before Dáil Éireann, if he will give an assurance that it will be poverty proofed in advance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10322/13]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 26 February 2013

472. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if future climate legislation is to be brought before Dáil Éireann, if he will give an assurance that it will be poverty proofed in advance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10322/13]

Bill· SS. 376 (113th)open

Drought Information Act of 2013

United States · United States Congress · 25 February 2013

Drought Information Act of 2013 - Amends the National Integrated Drought Information System Act of 2006 to specify that: (1) the Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere shall continue to support the National Integrated Drought Information System (NIDIS) Program, and (2) the program's purpose shall be to better inform and provide for more timely decisionmaking to reduce drought related impacts and costs. Revises NIDIS functions to require the NIDIS to, among other things: (1) provide certain information, forecasts, and assessments described in the Act on both national and regional levels; (2) build upon existing forecasting and assessment programs and partnerships, such as those with specified programs of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), extension system and economist offices of the Department of Agriculture (USDA), the National Institute of Food and Agriculture, and the Farm Service Agency; and (3) continue ongoing research activities related to drought and the role of extreme weather events and climate variability in drought. Requires the Under Secretary to provide a report to Congress concerning the NIDIS Program that includes a list of persons in the private sector with whom the Under Secretary collaborates on NIDIS implementation and a description of NIDIS outreach activities. Authorizes appropriations to carry out the Act through FY2018.

Bill· HRH.R. 764 (113th)referred

Coastal State Climate Change Planning Act

United States · United States Congress · 15 February 2013

Coastal State Climate Change Planning Act - Amends the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 to direct the Secretary of Commerce to establish a coastal climate change adaptation planning and response program to: (1) provide assistance to coastal states to voluntarily develop coastal climate change adaptation plans to minimize contributions to climate change and to prepare for and reduce the negative consequences that may result from climate change in the coastal zone, and (2) provide financial and technical assistance and training to enable coastal states to implement such plans through coastal states' enforceable policies. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to coastal states to develop such plans and to support projects that implement strategies contained in such plans. Requires the Secretary to promote and encourage the use of National Estuarine Research Reserves as sites for pilot or demonstration projects carried out with such grants.

Bill· SS. 332 (113th)referred

Climate Protection Act of 2013

United States · United States Congress · 14 February 2013

Climate Protection Act of 2013 - Amends the Clean Air Act to require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to impose: (1) a carbon pollution fee on any manufacturer, producer, or importer of a carbon polluting substance; and (2) a carbon equivalency fee on imports of carbon pollution-intensive goods. Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to transfer 50% of the amounts received each fiscal year as a result of the carbon equivalency fee to the Administrator and to the Secretary of Transportation (DOT). Requires the Administrator to use such amounts to: (1) provide amounts to state and local programs that assist communities in adapting to climate change, improving the resiliency of critical infrastructure, and protecting environmental quality and wildlife; and (2) meet international commitments made by the United States to assist with climate change adaptation. Requires the Secretary of Transportation to use such amounts to provide financial support: (1) to state and local programs that assist communities in improving the resiliency of critical infrastructure, and (2) for projects that provide preferential parking for carpools. Authorizes appropriations to the Administrator in an amount equal to a specified portion of the amounts received as a result of the carbon pollution fee to provide a monthly residential environmental rebate to legal U.S. residents. Requires the Administrator to promulgate regulations to establish an Office of Environmental Rebate Advocate to assist households with accessing and using the residential environmental rebate program. Establishes the Pollution Reduction Trust Fund to be used to facilitate the implementation of the carbon pollution reduction program. Directs the Administrator to establish the Sustainable Technologies Finance Program to provide financial assistance for projects that reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Amends the Safe Drinking Water Act to repeal the exemption from restrictions on underground injection of fluids or propping agents granted to hydraulic fracturing operations relating to oil and gas production activities under such Act. Requires state underground injection programs to direct a person conducting hydraulic fracturing operations to disclose: (1) before the commencement of such operations, the chemicals intended for use in underground injections; and (2) after the end of such operations, the chemicals actually used. Requires the applicable person using hydraulic fracturing, when a medical emergency exists and the proprietary chemical formula of a chemical used in such hydraulic fracturing is necessary for medical treatment, to disclose such formula or the specific chemical identity of a trade secret chemical to the state, the Administrator, or the treating physician or nurse upon request, regardless of the existence of a written statement of need or a confidentiality agreement. Authorizes such person to require the execution of such statement and agreement as soon as practicable. Directs the Administrator to prescribe an underground injection control program for a state, if the Administrator disapproves a state's program. Repeals provisions concerning optional demonstrations to the Administrator by states that show the effectiveness of such state programs relating to oil or natural gas. Authorizes civil penalties for violations of underground injection requirements. Requires the Administrator to: (1) report on the quantity of fugitive methane emissions resulting from any leak in natural gas infrastructure, and (2) enter into an agreement with the National Academy of Sciences to report on the quantity of U.S. GHG emissions not covered by a program under this Act and recommendations for programs to reduce such emissions. Expresses the sense of Congress that the United States should carry out activities to ensure that, by January 1, 2050, the total quantity of GHG emissions released in the United States is reduced by not less than 80% of the emissions released during 2005.

Question· writtenPQ 149asked

149. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government with regard to the climate Bill, if it will contain an independent expert committee to advise the Government on climate change; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7759/13]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 February 2013

149. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government with regard to the climate Bill, if it will contain an independent expert committee to advise the Government on climate change; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7759/13]

Question· writtenPQ 148asked

148. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government with regard to the climate Bill if it contains five-year carbon budgets that provide a clear pathway for emissions reductions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7758/13]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 February 2013

148. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government with regard to the climate Bill if it contains five-year carbon budgets that provide a clear pathway for emissions reductions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7758/13]

Question· writtenPQ 147asked

147. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if it will contain clearly defined targets for 2020 and 2050 to provide certainty in relation to his policy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7757/13]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 February 2013

147. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if it will contain clearly defined targets for 2020 and 2050 to provide certainty in relation to his policy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7757/13]

Question· writtenPQ 460asked

460. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the progress made to date in respect of the publication of the climate change Bill, with particular reference to future environmental and economic sustainability and the meeting of emission reduction targets of 80% by 2050; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6903/13]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 12 February 2013

460. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the progress made to date in respect of the publication of the climate change Bill, with particular reference to future environmental and economic sustainability and the meeting of emission reduction targets of 80% by 2050; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6903/13]

Question· writtenPQ 166asked

166. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his view on the effect that the decoupling process within common agricultural policy reform has had upon the scale and intensity of Irish farms and farming; if the trends towards larger, more intensive farming practice partially brought about as a result of the decoupling process has had an effect upon the State's overall ability to tackle the emission of climate-forcing agents from intensive farming as part of a wider programme of emissions reduction; the impact into the future that the full decoupling process is expected to have; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6912/13]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 12 February 2013

166. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his view on the effect that the decoupling process within common agricultural policy reform has had upon the scale and intensity of Irish farms and farming; if the trends towards larger, more intensive farming practice partially brought about as a result of the decoupling process has had an effect upon the State's overall ability to tackle the emission of climate-forcing agents from intensive farming as part of a wider programme of emissions reduction; the impact into the future that the full decoupling process is expected to have; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6912/13]

Question· writtenPQ 549asked

549. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will outline in tabular form the cost to the Exchequer of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change Summit in Doha, including accommodation, cost per person, the number of persons attending from the Irish delegation and the Departments/agencies or otherwise that they represented, flights, subsistence, visas and any other costs involved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5097/13]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 February 2013

549. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will outline in tabular form the cost to the Exchequer of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change Summit in Doha, including accommodation, cost per person, the number of persons attending from the Irish delegation and the Departments/agencies or otherwise that they represented, flights, subsistence, visas and any other costs involved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5097/13]

Question· writtenPQ 199asked

199. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the timeframe for the publication of a Climate Change Bill; his plans to tackle climate change; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5570/13]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 February 2013

199. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the timeframe for the publication of a Climate Change Bill; his plans to tackle climate change; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5570/13]

Question· writtenPQ 191asked

191. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the discussions he has held with his EU counterparts regarding climate change; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5572/13]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 February 2013

191. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the discussions he has held with his EU counterparts regarding climate change; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5572/13]

Question· writtenPQ 180asked

180. Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government when the Climate Change Bill will be published; the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5080/13]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 February 2013

180. Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government when the Climate Change Bill will be published; the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5080/13]

Question· writtenPQ 139asked

139. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to divide the proposed new legal regime for climate policy into two pieces of legislation, namely the low carbon Bill and the climate change Bill as referenced by the Taoiseach on 22 January 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5077/13]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 February 2013

139. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to divide the proposed new legal regime for climate policy into two pieces of legislation, namely the low carbon Bill and the climate change Bill as referenced by the Taoiseach on 22 January 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5077/13]

Bill· HRH.R. 518 (113th)referred

To amend the Reclamation States Emergency Drought Relief Act of 1991 for the purposes of extending the Reclamation States Emergency Drought Relief Act of 1991 through 2018, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 5 February 2013

Amends the Reclamation States Emergency Drought Relief Act of 1991 to: (1) extend authority for the drought program under such Act through FY2018, (2) authorize appropriations for such Act through FY2018, and (3) require cooperative drought contingency plans under such Act to provide for periodic review to address projected long-term climate variability and change.

Bill· Public2013/8lapsed

Climate Change Bill 2013

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 31 January 2013

Bill entitled an Act to set a target for the year 2050 for the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions; to establish the Department of the Taoiseach as the co-ordinating department under the Act; to confer powers on the Taoiseach to make regulations; to provide for carbon budgets; to establish an Office of Climate Change and Renewable Energy and a Climate Change Commission; to amend the Carbon Fund Act 2007; to put in place a framework and enabling provisions to meet European Union and international commitments on climate change; and to provide for related matters

Bill· SS. 106 (113th)referred

Public Access to Historical Records Act

United States · United States Congress · 23 January 2013

Public Access to Historical Records Act - Directs the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to establish an official dataset on the historical temperature record. Requires NASA to use the raw data related to temperature that is collected by applicable stations and vessels and to quantify the statistical uncertainty of each temperature observation and any subsequent products based on that observation. Requires the gaps that exist in temperature station and temperature reading data to be clearly and fully identified. Creates a panel to assist the Administrator in the establishment of the dataset. Requires the Administrator, at least once every three years, to contract with an appropriate independent entity to perform a verification and validation of the dataset and requires the publication of any algorithms utilized, and any determinations made, in verifying and validating the dataset. Requires persons and entities engaged in global climate research funded by the federal government to use the dataset as a source of data on the historical temperature record. Directs the Secretary of Commerce to provide for the immediate release of: (1) all raw temperature station data from cooperative observers and automated stations collected by the National Climatic Data Center, and (2) an analysis of the differences between raw and final temperature datasets collected by the Center.

Record· Brief regering2013Z00966adopted

Schriftelijke reactie op de ingediende motie van lid Van Tongeren (32813 nr. 30) betreffende het aan banden leggen van de overheidsfinanciering van grootschalige productie van biobrandstoffen uit landbouwgewassen

Netherlands · House of Representatives · 22 January 2013

Schriftelijke reactie op de ingediende motie van lid Van Tongeren (32813 nr. 30) betreffende het aan banden leggen van de overheidsfinanciering van grootschalige productie van biobrandstoffen uit landbouwgewassen

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