The Lieberman-Warner Climate Security Act of 2007 The Lieberman-Warner Climate Security Act of 2007 (S. 2191) is the first comprehensive global warming bill to make it through any committee in U.S. Congress. Reported out of committee in December 2007, the Climate Security Act of 2007 mandates economy-wide reductions in greenhouse-gas emissions. Visit website >> Also see this Summary of S. 2191 (PDF) from the Pew Center on Global Climate Change.

Regional vs. Federal Carbon Control Initiatives Peter Rohde, Senior Editor of Carbon News and Energy Washington, gave this presentation on state, regional and federal climate initiatives in December 2007 at Shaping Your Carbon Choices, our inaugural conference on carbon management. Visit conference page >>

International

• European Union Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS)
  
• International Aspects of a Carbon Cap and Trade Program, February 14, 2008 - U.S. Senate Committee on Finance
  
• Kyoto Protocol
  
• United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change

Federal

• Cap and Trade: Essentials (PDF) - U.S. EPA
  
• Comparison of Legislative Climate Change Targets in the 110th Congress - World Resources Institute
  
• Conference on the Design of a Carbon Cap and Trade System, April 4, 2007 (PDF) - U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources
  
• Economy-Wide Cap-and-Trade Proposals in the 110th Congress (PDF) - Pew Center on Global Climate Change
  
• EIA Analysis Of Draft Climate Change Legislation (PDF) - Energy Information Association
  
• Options for Federal Policies to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions - Resources for the Future

Municipal, State and Regional

• U.S. Mayors Climate Protection Center
  
• Midwest Greenhouse Gas Accord (PDF)
  
• Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative
  
• Western Climate Initiative