Road from Kyoto: Hearing Before the Committee on Science, U.S. House of Representatives, One Hundred Fifth Congress, Second Session, Part 1U.S. Government Printing Office, 1999 |
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... Effects of Particulate Matter , " U.S. Envi- ronmental Protection Agency , Fact Sheet , July 17 , 1997 526 ........ The Kyoto Protocol and the Rate of Increase of the Build - Up of Greenhouse Gases in the Atmosphere and the ...
... Effects of Particulate Matter , " U.S. Envi- ronmental Protection Agency , Fact Sheet , July 17 , 1997 526 ........ The Kyoto Protocol and the Rate of Increase of the Build - Up of Greenhouse Gases in the Atmosphere and the ...
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... effects on our economy , our international competitiveness , our employment level or our national sovereignty . The GCC welcomes this opportunity to offer the Committee its views on the Kyoto Protocol and its very real implications for ...
... effects on our economy , our international competitiveness , our employment level or our national sovereignty . The GCC welcomes this opportunity to offer the Committee its views on the Kyoto Protocol and its very real implications for ...
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... effects years after the volcano . So what nature does kind of dwarfs what we are able to do in affecting the climate . I'm not sure what present CO2 levels are . When I was doing my research , they were .04 percent . That is barely ...
... effects years after the volcano . So what nature does kind of dwarfs what we are able to do in affecting the climate . I'm not sure what present CO2 levels are . When I was doing my research , they were .04 percent . That is barely ...
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... effect or " y " effect ? Have we plotted out that ? Ms. MCGINTY . Well , let me make two points with regard to that . First , our scientists tell us that unless we begin to bring worldwide emissions of greenhouse gasses down by 2013 ...
... effect or " y " effect ? Have we plotted out that ? Ms. MCGINTY . Well , let me make two points with regard to that . First , our scientists tell us that unless we begin to bring worldwide emissions of greenhouse gasses down by 2013 ...
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... effect on emissions worldwide , but could have an extremely neg- ative effect on our economy . This concept of trading credits , which has been brought up , cheaper energy costs overseas which would be a potential problem , would have ...
... effect on emissions worldwide , but could have an extremely neg- ative effect on our economy . This concept of trading credits , which has been brought up , cheaper energy costs overseas which would be a potential problem , would have ...
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Page 1030 - States should cooperate to promote a supportive and open international economic system that would lead to economic growth and sustainable development in all countries, to better address the problems of environmental degradation.
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