New and updated publications from the Congressional Research Service include the following.
Net Neutrality: Back to the Future, CRS Legal Sidebar, May 30, 2017
East Asia’s Foreign Exchange Rate Policies, updated May 26, 2017
U.S. Carbon Dioxide Emissions Trends and Projections: Role of the Clean Power Plan and Other Factors, updated May 31, 2017
Respirable Crystalline Silica in the Workplace: New Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Standards, updated May 31, 2017
Cuba: U.S. Policy in the 115th Congress, May 26, 2017
Jordan: Background and U.S. Relations, updated June 1, 2017
Advanced Pilot Training (T-X) Program: Background and Issues for Congress, May 31, 2017
The transition to a clean energy future and diversified sources of energy requires a fundamental shift in how we produce and consume energy across all sectors of the U.S. economy.
A deeper understanding of methane could help scientists better address these impacts – including potentially through methane removal.
While it is reasonable for governments to keep the most sensitive aspects of nuclear policies secret, the rights of their citizens to have access to general knowledge about these issues is equally valid so they may know about the consequences to themselves and their country.
Advancing the U.S. leadership in emerging biotechnology is a strategic imperative, one that will shape regional development within the U.S., economic competitiveness abroad, and our national security for decades to come.