Global Climate Change and NEPA: The Difficulty with Cumulative Impacts Analysis

Abstract

This paper will provide a survey of the current requirements under the law for addressing global climate change in NEPA documents, along with various methodologies for quantifying the potential global climate change impacts of federal actions subject to NEPA.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 18, 2008
Accession Number
ADA485880

Entities

People

  • Marvin W. Tubbs Ii

Organizations

  • George Washington University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • California
  • Case Law
  • Climate Change
  • Climate Change Adaptation
  • Congress
  • Construction
  • Environment
  • Environmental Protection
  • Fossil Fuels
  • Governments
  • Greenhouse Effect
  • Greenhouse Gases
  • Law
  • Storm Surges
  • Surface Transportation
  • United States

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Economics
  • Wetland-Land-Environmental Management.