Nonstrategic Nuclear Weapons, and More from CRS
New and updated reports from the Congressional Research Service that Congress has declined to make readily available to the public include the following.
Extraterritorial Application of American Criminal Law, February 15, 2012
Civilian Extraterritorial Jurisdiction Act: Federal Contractor Criminal Liability Overseas, February 15, 2012
Nonstrategic Nuclear Weapons, February 14, 2012
The U.S. Export Control System and the President’s Reform Initiative, February 16, 2012
NATO Common Funds Burdensharing: Background and Current Issues, February 15, 2012
The Federal Budget: Issues for FY2013 and Beyond, February 17, 2012
Reducing the Budget Deficit: Policy Issues, February 15, 2012
Burma’s Political Prisoners and U.S. Sanctions, February 13, 2012
Previewing the Next Farm Bill, February 15, 2012
In an ideal world, we would not have state or federal climate intervention research bans. We would have researchers and institutions that would not shy away from revealing the good, the bad, and the ugly of these technologies and doing so responsibly.
“What excites me is that it’s very tempting to be very discouraged, and say, ‘Oh, we’ve got these archaic institutions that are calcified and you could never change them.’ But I think we’re in the middle of a technological revolution that will upend lots of things, and does provide a window.”
Ask people what worries them most right now, and they’ll say the cost of living and their livelihoods, not climate change. But those concerns are not separate.
After a year-long delay, this April, EPA released the latest air toxics data, which only included raw air data downloads. This year, for the first time in nearly 25 years, the air toxics data did not include cancer risk estimates.