1. Global Warming.
- Author
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Sissell, Kara
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GOVERNMENT policy on climate change , *CHEMICAL industry , *GREENHOUSE gas mitigation - Abstract
The article discusses policy developments in response to climate change, and the potential impacts of these developments on the chemical industry. In the U.S., presidential candidates Barack Obama and John McCain endorse a cap oil greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs). The United Nations (UN) will seek to finalize details on an international climate treaty in Copenhagen in December 2009, and European regulators are negotiating the third phase of the European Union's (EU) GHG Emission Trading System (ETS) to be voted on this fall.
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- 2008