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News(3/4/09): Draft Inventory of U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Sinks: 1990-2007 report available for comment. More information and a News Release. (1/26/09): President Obama Speech on Jobs, Energy Independence, and Climate Change (1/26/09): Executive Memorandum on Energy Security Act of 2007 (1/26/09): Executive Memorandum on State of California Request for Waiver (1/16/09): EPA releases SAP Report 4.1 titled Coastal Sensitivity to Sea-Level Rise: A Focus on the Mid-Atlantic Region. More information and a News Release. (1/13/09): EPA Recognizes Partners for Pursuing Renewable Energy Through the Creative Use of Landfill Gas. More information and a News Release. Climate Change or Global Warming?"The phrase 'climate change' is growing in preferred use to 'global warming' because it helps convey that there are changes in addition to rising temperatures." The National Academies ArchiveEPA's Climate Change Site replaces EPA's Global Warming Site. An archive of the Global Warming Site is available. |