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Report on World Shipping's High Level of Carbon Dioxide Emissions

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BBC: “Global emissions of carbon dioxide from shipping are twice the level of aviation, one of the maritime industry’s key bodies has said.”

  • The report referenced in the BBC article was published by Intertanko: A comprehensive strategy for the reduction of air pollution from ships: “Moves in the U.S. launching unilateral legislation which would limit the sulphur content of fuel for ships in U.S. ports to 0.1% by 2010 has focused minds in the international shipping industry and at the IMO on the necessity of coming up on time with a comprehensive, practical, efficient, strategy to reduce air pollution from ships in the medium term as well as in the long-term.”
  • U.S. Marine Vessels Emissions Reduction Act of 2007

    • CDT Comments on FTC's Spyware Principles

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    CDT: “As it seeks models to address the mounting issues surrounding online behavioral targeting, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) should begin by applying the principles it developed to guide its anti-spyware enforcement efforts, CDT said today. In comments submitted to the FTC in advance of its upcoming “town hall” meeting on behavioral advertising, CDT pointed… Continue Reading

    Senate Intelligence Committee Passed Legislation to Modernize FISA

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    Press release, October 18, 2007: “Senator Jay Rockefeller and Senator Kit Bond, Chairman and Vice Chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee…announced that the Senate Intelligence Committee passed legislation to modernize FISA. The bill, which passed by a strong bipartisan vote, will improve the recently enacted Protect America Act that aimed to fix collection problems related… Continue Reading

    CBO Testimony on Projecting the Costs to Care for Veterans of U.S. Military Operations in Iraq and Afghanistan

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    House Veterans Affairs’ Committee Hearing Examines the Long-Term Costs of the Current Conflicts, October 17, 2007: “Since 2001, 1.6 million servicemembers have been deployed. According to the Congressional Budget Office, nearly half of those deployed have separated from the active component or have become eligible for VA care as reservists. One-third of these have sought… Continue Reading

    New GAO Reports: Air Traffic Control Costs , CFTC, Defense Trade, State Dept. Overseas Posts

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    Assigning Air Traffic Control Costs to Users: Elements of FAA’s Methodology Are Generally Consistent with Standards but Certain Assumptions and Methods Need Additional Support, GAO-08-76, October 19, 2007 Commodity Futures Trading Commission: Trends in Energy Derivatives Markets Raise Questions about CFTC’s Oversight GAO-08-25, October 19, 2007 Defense Trade: Clarification and More Comprehensive Oversight of Export… Continue Reading

    Commission for Environmental Cooperation Report on Industrial Toxic Releases

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    Press release: “The latest Taking Stock report from the Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC) reveals that a continued decline in releases of toxic chemicals to the environment—15 percent for the United States and Canada from 1998 to 2004—is being driven by a group of industrial facilities that are the largest generators of emissions. The CEC… Continue Reading

    Ceres Report – Insurer Responses to Climate Change

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    Ceres: “Global warming and the growing incidence of extreme weather events pose an enormous challenge to the insurance industry. This summer’s devastating floods in Europe and wildfires in the West are only the latest reminder of why investors and consumers are concerned about the impacts of climate change on insurers. This report focuses on the… Continue Reading