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(04/15/08): 2008 "Inventory of U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Sinks" is available. More information and a News Release.

(03/28/08): Draft "National Water Program Strategy: Response to Climate Change" is available for comment. Public webcast on 05/08/08. More information.

(03/14/08): EPA delivers analysis of Senate Bill S. 2191 "Lieberman-Warner Climate Security Act of 2008". More information.

(11/19/07): Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change completes Fourth Assessment Report on state of knowledge on Climate Change. More information.

(10/01/07): 2007 U.S Government Methane to Markets Accomplishments Report Now Available. More information.

(10/19/06): News Release - EPA's Climate Change Site replaces EPA's Global Warming Site. An archive of the Global Warming Site is available.

Climate Change or Global Warming?

"The phrase 'climate change' is growing in preferred use to 'global warming' because it helps convey that there are changes in addition to rising temperatures."

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