Weekly Climate Change Policy Update - August 18, 2008

Article by Kyle W. Danish, Shelley N. Fidler, Andrea Hudson Campbell and Kevin M. Gallagher

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Commentary

In an otherwise slow August, the staff of the House Energy and Commerce is drafting climate change legislation . . . A study in Energy Policy finds that a third of China's GHG emissions come from exports. The study might give further fuel to interests that are advocating that any Federal climate change legislation require submission of allowances for imports of energy-intensive goods from countries that do not have an emissions cap . . . A new report suggests that concern about climate change has dimmed in the U.S. public.