Fiscal Year 2000 Climate Change Budget Authorization Request: Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Energy and Environment of the Committee on Science, House of Representatives, One Hundred Sixth Congress, First Session, April 14, 1999, Volume 4U.S. Government Printing Office, 1999 - 1457 pages |
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... Figure 3 ; ⚫ reduction in energy consumption , Figure 4 ; ♢ money saved on utility bills , Figure 5 and ; ⚫ number of partners participating in climate change programs , Figure 6 . med FIGURE 1 : U.S. GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS : ANNUAL ...
... Figure 3 ; ⚫ reduction in energy consumption , Figure 4 ; ♢ money saved on utility bills , Figure 5 and ; ⚫ number of partners participating in climate change programs , Figure 6 . med FIGURE 1 : U.S. GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS : ANNUAL ...
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... FIGURE 4 : ANNUAL ENERGY SAVINGS In 1998 , EPA's climate technology programs saved enough energy to light 35 million homes for the entire year . Actual Goal 1995 Acrat 1997 1998 4999 2000 Actuat Actual Goal Actua ? Goa Goal Million ...
... FIGURE 4 : ANNUAL ENERGY SAVINGS In 1998 , EPA's climate technology programs saved enough energy to light 35 million homes for the entire year . Actual Goal 1995 Acrat 1997 1998 4999 2000 Actuat Actual Goal Actua ? Goa Goal Million ...
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... Figure Captions Figure 1. La Niña experimental climate forecast : Global temperature forecast for January - March 1999 The International Research Institute for Climate Prediction ( IRI ) is a new institute spon- sored by the USGCRP to ...
... Figure Captions Figure 1. La Niña experimental climate forecast : Global temperature forecast for January - March 1999 The International Research Institute for Climate Prediction ( IRI ) is a new institute spon- sored by the USGCRP to ...
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... Figure 8. Ocean circulation profiling floats The figure shows the trajectories of an array of about 400 Profiling Autonomous Lagrangian Circulation Explorer ( PALACE ) floats deployed at a depth of 1500 meters in the North Atlantic ...
... Figure 8. Ocean circulation profiling floats The figure shows the trajectories of an array of about 400 Profiling Autonomous Lagrangian Circulation Explorer ( PALACE ) floats deployed at a depth of 1500 meters in the North Atlantic ...
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... Figure 2.1 shows , the proportion of total R & D funded by industry has grown steadily over the last three decades : In 1970 , the government supplied 57 percent of all dollars spent on R & D in the United States ; in 1980 , industry ...
... Figure 2.1 shows , the proportion of total R & D funded by industry has grown steadily over the last three decades : In 1970 , the government supplied 57 percent of all dollars spent on R & D in the United States ; in 1980 , industry ...
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