Shaping Oregon Climate Policy in Light of the Kyoto Protocol
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I. Climate Science . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210 R A. Basic Concepts and Historical Patterns . . . . . . . . 210 R B. Climate-Change Trends and Projected Impacts at the Global Level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212 R C. Climate-Change Trends and Projected Impacts in the Pacific Northwest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214 R II. International Climate Policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215 R A. The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216 R B. The Kyoto Protocol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217 R III. Climate-Policy Efforts at the State and Local Levels—Filling and Rebuking the Federal Regulatory Void . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221 R A. State and Local Climate Policies and Programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222 R B. Climate-Change Litigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224 R C. Climate Policy in the State of Oregon . . . . . . . . . 227 R D. The Oregon Standard—A Regulatory Cornerstone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230 R IV. Utilizing the Protocol to Shape Oregon Climate Policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233 R A. A Comparative Analysis of the Standard and the Protocol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233 R
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