New or updated reports from the Congressional Research Service include the following.
The Depreciating Dollar: Economic Effects and Policy Response, February 23, 2012
Monetary Policy and the Federal Reserve: Current Policy and Conditions, January 30, 2012
Evaluating the Current Stance of Monetary Policy Using a Taylor Rule, January 30, 2012
Who Earns Pass-Through Business Income? An Analysis of Individual Tax Return Data, February 16, 2012
Taiwan: Major U.S. Arms Sales Since 1990, February 24, 2012
Changes in the Arctic: Background and Issues for Congress, February 27, 2012
Energy Projects on Federal Lands: Leasing and Authorization, February 1, 2012
Financial Performance of the Major Oil Companies, 2007-2011, February 17, 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.