Case Study 4: Should the Senate Reconsider the Kyoto Protocol?

in-class handout for case study

EPA factsheet: background on Kyoto Protocol
 

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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)