Leaked Again: Secret CRS Reports for Environment Beat

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Here are the latest set of leaked explainers, written by the Congressional Research Service, that may be of use to environmental journalists. Congress does not allow CRS to publish them, so we thank the Federation of American Scientists' Project on Government Secrecy for doing so.

• "The Department of the Interior's Final Rule on Offshore Well Control," Congressional Research Service (IN10484), May 5, 2016, by Laura B. Comay.
• "The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP): Key Provisions and Issues for Congress," Congressional Research Service (R44489), May 4, 2016, by Ian F. Fergusson and Brock R. Williams.
• "Green Infrastructure and Issues in Managing Urban Stormwater," Congressional Research Service (R43131), May 2, 2016, by Claudia Copeland.
• "Clean Power Plan: Legal Background and Pending Litigation in West Virginia v. EPA," Congressional Research Service (R44480), April 27, 2016, by Alexandra M. Wyatt.
• "The Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative: Lessons Learned and Issues for Congress," Congressional Research Service (R41836), April 27, 2016, by Jonathan L. Ramseur.
• "Private Flood Insurance in the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP)," Congressional Research Service (IN10450), April 25, 2016, by Jared T. Brown and Baird Webel.
• "Funding for Carbon Capture and Sequestration (CSS) at DOE: In Brief," Congressional Research Service (R44472), April 19, 2016, by Peter Folger.
• "The National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program (NEHRP): Issues in Brief," Congressional Research Service (R43141), April 19, 2016, by Peter Folger.
• "Zika Response Funding: In Brief," Congressional Research Service (R44460), April 28, 2016, by Susan B. Epstein and Sarah A. Lister.
• "Zika Virus: Global Health Considerations," Congressional Research Service (IN10433), April 14, 2016, by Tiaji Salaam-Blyther.
• "Highway Bridge Conditions: Issues for Congress," Congressional Research Service (R44459), April 13, 2016, by Robert S. Kirk and William J. Mallett.
• "U.S. Carbon Dioxide Emission Trends and the Role of the Clean Power Plan," Congressional Research Service (R44451), April 11, 2016, by Jonathan L. Ramseur.