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The Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming addressed our nation's energy, economic and national security challenges during the 110th and 111th Congresses.

This is an archived version of the committee's website, where the public, students and the media can continue to access and learn from our work.

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There are many Federal agencies that provide information on Global Warming and Energy Independence. Here are just a few:

USAID Global Climate Change Program
Argonne National Laboratory Environmental Science Division
Center for Disease Control and Prevention: Climate Change
Department of Agriculture: USDA Global Climate Change Program Office
Department of Energy
DOE 'Energy Savers' Blog
DOE 'Energy Empowers' Blog

Department of State
Department of Transportation: Transportation and Climate Change Clearinghouse
Energy Information Administration
Energy Star
Environmental Protection Agency
Federal Resources for Educational Excellence
Fish and Wildlife Service
Library of Congress
NASA
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association (NOAA)
National Institute of Health: Environmental Health Sciences, Climate Change & Energy Project
National Science Foundation
National Resources Conservation Service
Smithsonian Environmental Research Center
The White House: Energy and Environment
The White House: Council on Environmental Quality
Tribal Energy and Environmental Information Clearinghouse
US Arctic Research Commission
US Climate Change Science Program
US Climate Change Technology Program
United States Trade and Development Agency: Climate Change Sector, Environmental Sector, Renewable Energy Sector
US Forest Service
US Geological Survey

Several news outlets have produced the following animated and interactive features on global warming and energy topics:

MSNBC
Warming world
Greenhouse effect
10 hot green job industries to watch in 2009
ABC News
Global warming page
CBS News
Global warming page
National Geographic
What is global warming?
Solutions
Videos
USAToday
Making sense of global warming
Nature Reports
Climate change
Washington Post
Exploring Antarctica

Other Links of Note:

CARMA -Carbon Monitoring for Action

  • A massive database containing information on the carbon emissions of over 50,000 power plants and 4,000 power companies worldwide. Power generation accounts for 40% of all carbon emissions in the United States and about one-quarter of global emissions. CARMA is the first global inventory of a major, emissions-producing sector of the economy.

 

PLEASE NOTE: Neither the U.S. House of Representatives nor the Select Committee is responsible for content of external links posted on this page.

 


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