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The draft 1990-2005 Greenhouse Gas Emissions Inventory has been made available for public comment.

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change releases Summary for Policymakers for the report "Climate Change 2007: The Physical Science Basis", approved by the U.S. government. More information.

News Release - EPA's Climate Change Site replaces EPA's Global Warming Site. An archive of the Global Warming Site is available.

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