Introduction

This Article examines what the term "cooperation" means in major federal policies, state audit privilege/immunity laws, and state self-disclosure policies and rules in existence as of September 2003.

The United States is a party to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (Framework Convention),¹ which requires parties to implement programs and measures to reduce net greenhouse gas emissions.

Introduction

In a previous Article in ELR,¹ the authors examined issues related to international greenhouse gas emissions trading under the as-yet unratified Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.² This Dialogue builds upon, and assumes the reader's knowledge of, the previous Article.

Efficient combustion largely prevents the formation of many criteria pollutants.

The 1997 Kyoto Protocol provides for a 5% reduction in 1990 levels of greenhouse gases by 2008-2012 in order to stem global warming. The developed nations have agreed to specific greenhouse gas reduction levels; the U.S. quota reduction is 7%.¹ The Kyoto Protocol also provides broad objectives, the details of which are to be worked by the Conference of the Parties.

In 2001, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) issued its Third Assessment Report (TAR)¹ on the prospects for and likely impact of increases in global average temperature over the next century.

Many participants in the global warming debate recounted in this Article appear either to have been unaware of or have chosen to ignore numerous commitments made by the United States pursuant to the 1992 United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC or Convention).¹ For instance, on numerous occasions members of the U.S.

On January 5, 2002, the fourth day of the 102d annual meeting of the Association of American Law Schools (AALS) in New Orleans, Louisiana, the section on environmental law sponsored a well-attended, provocative panel discussion entitled "Global Climate Change Policy and Perspectives." The session was moderated by Prof. Mark Squillace of the University of Wyoming Law School. Participants included Haroon S.

Climate change is widely acknowledged as one of the greatest environmental challenges facing the United States and the international community.¹ The Bush Administration's rejection² of the Kyoto Protocol (the Protocol)³ and related activities have focused a significant amount of public attention on the issue, both at home and abroad.