Case Study 4: Should the Senate Reconsider the Kyoto Protocol?
in-class
handout for case study
EPA
factsheet: background on Kyoto Protocol
Links:
Kyoto Protocol policy background:
Kyoto Protocol text
State
Department summary of Kyoto Protocol
Perspectives
on the Kyoto Protocol---links to a number of articles evaluting the protocol
Report
for Congress
EPA global warming action
National Center for
Public Policy Research: Ten Second Response
Exxon Mobil Oil Company Evaluation: Moving past Kyoto ...
Kyoto Protocol science/energy background:
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)
Climate Change 2001: The Scientific Basis (IPCC)
IPCC Emissions Scenarios
IPCC Projections for Future Climate Change
Union
of Concerned Scientists facts on global warming
U.S. Department
of Energy summary
Science: Dangerous climate impacts and the Kyoto Protocol (14 June 2002)
Financial Times (London): Jab at US over Kyoto Protocol 18 May 2001)
The Petition Project (anti-Kyoto Protocol):
The Petition Project (the La Jolla
based organization opposing the Kyoto Protocol)
Justification
for the petition
Oregon Institute of Science and Medicine
Global warming science background:
US
EPA Global Warming Site
Woods Hole Research Center: The Warming of the Earth
US Geological Survey: Global Change Research
American Geophysical Union: Climate Change and Greenhouse Gases (December 2002)
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration: Greenhouse Warming
Austrialian
Greenhouse Office review of the greenhouse science
Global Warming Information
Page www.globalwarming.org (anti-globalwarming)
Greening
the Earth Society (an organization promoting the advantages of rising CO2
EPA: Sea Level Rise Reports
American Geophysical Union Reviews in Geophysics: Global sea level change: Determination and interpretation. (Bruce Douglas)
Senate committee debate
Committee on
Energy and Natural Resources (25 March 1999)
Commerce Committee (18 May 2000)
Senator Chuck
Hagel. Testimony to US Senate Commerce Committee
Natural Resources Defense Council: Summary of US Stance on Kyoto Protocol
Marshall Institute: Candor about Kyoto
Globalwarming.org: debate comments circa 1998
SpaceDaily: US Senate panel approves key climate change legislation (3 August 2001)
Ratification of the Kyoto Protocol:
Ratification
of the Kyoto Protocol: What's really involved?
Environment
News Service: EU World Trip Confirms U.S. Isolation on Kyoto (11 April
2001)
Environment
News Service: European Parliament Votes to Ratify Kytoto Protocol (6 February
2002)
BBC News: Canada ratifies Kyoto Protocol (16 December 2002)