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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... economics . The economic potential , or the fraction of technical CHP potential that would be realized on the basis of relative economic attractiveness , was estimated from the payback periods . To estimate economic potential , an ...
... economics . The economic potential , or the fraction of technical CHP potential that would be realized on the basis of relative economic attractiveness , was estimated from the payback periods . To estimate economic potential , an ...
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... economic well - being , environmental quality , and national security : • Economically , expenditures on energy account for 7 to 8 percent of gross economic product in the United States and worldwide and a similar fraction of the value ...
... economic well - being , environmental quality , and national security : • Economically , expenditures on energy account for 7 to 8 percent of gross economic product in the United States and worldwide and a similar fraction of the value ...
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... economic betterment are the usual results . Energy is no less crucial to the environmental dimensions of human well - being than to the economic ones . It accounts for a striking share of the most troublesome environmental problems at ...
... economic betterment are the usual results . Energy is no less crucial to the environmental dimensions of human well - being than to the economic ones . It accounts for a striking share of the most troublesome environmental problems at ...
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... economies and the circumstance that more than a quarter of total world energy supply ( including more than half of the oil ) is traded internationally make energy a national security issue as well as an economic and environmental one ...
... economies and the circumstance that more than a quarter of total world energy supply ( including more than half of the oil ) is traded internationally make energy a national security issue as well as an economic and environmental one ...
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... economy into recession , at immense economic cost . High energy prices do even more damage to the poor than to the prosperous , because the poor spend a higher fraction of their income on energy , have smaller capacity to invest in ...
... economy into recession , at immense economic cost . High energy prices do even more damage to the poor than to the prosperous , because the poor spend a higher fraction of their income on energy , have smaller capacity to invest in ...
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Page 406 - the balance of evidence suggests a discernible human influence on global climate...
Page 302 - to describe and understand the interactive physical, chemical and biological processes that regulate the total Earth system, the unique environment that it provides for life, the changes that are occurring in this system, and the manner in which they are influenced by human actions.
Page 651 - Earth system science is to obtain a scientific understanding of the entire Earth system on a global scale by describing how its component parts and their interactions have evolved, how they function and how they may be expected to continue to evolve on all timescales.
Page 249 - Federal science and technology investments in areas ranging from information technology and health research, to improving transportation systems and strengthening fundamental research. The Council prepares research and development strategies that are coordinated across Federal agencies to form an investment package that is aimed at accomplishing multiple national goals. To obtain additional information regarding the NSTC, contact the NSTC Executive Secretariat at 202-456-6100 (voice).
Page 249 - President Clinton established the National Science and Technology Council (NSTC) by Executive Order on November 23, 1993. This cabinet-level council is the principal means for the President to coordinate science, space, and technology policies across the Federal Government. NSTC acts as a "virtual" agency for science and technology to coordinate the diverse parts of the Federal research and development enterprise.
Page 687 - National Science and Technology Policy, Organization, and Priorities Act of 1976.
Page 353 - Clinton The White House 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW Washington, DC 20500 Dear Mr. President: I am...
Page 430 - Department of Defense (DOD) Department of Energy (DOE) Department of Health and Human Services...
Page 647 - NIH, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), and the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP).
Page 407 - UNFCCC also establishes more specific obligations for developed countries, which have agreed to seek to reduce their emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases to 1990 levels by the year 2000.