Clean Air Act Oversight Issues: Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Clean Air, Wetlands, Private Property, and Nuclear Safety and the Committee on Environment and Public Works, United States Senate, One Hundred Seventh Congress, First Session, March 21, 2001, April 5, 2001, April 27, 2001--Salem, NH, May 2, 2001, August 1, 2001U.S. Government Printing Office, 2002 - 558 pages |
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Page 393 - stabilization of greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere at a level that would prevent dangerous anthropogenic interference with the climate system." (Article 2) This is not the same as stabilizing emissions. Because emissions accumulate in the atmosphere, the concentration of carbon dioxide will continue to rise indefinitely even if emissions are held at current levels or
Page 341 - The United States is a party to the Framework Convention on Climate Change, which has as its objective the stabilization of greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere at a level that would prevent dangerous anthropogenic interference with the climate system. This is not the same as stabilizing emissions.
Page 370 - In the light of new evidence, and taking into account the remaining uncertainties, most of the observed warming over the last 50 years is likely to have been due to the increase in greenhouse gas concentrations.
Page 377 - In the light of new evidence, and taking into account the remaining uncertainties, most of the observed warming over the last 50 years is likely to have been due to the increase in greenhouse gas concentrations,
Page 534 - The RFG program was designed to serve several goals. These include improving air quality and extending the gasoline supply through the use of oxygenates. Congress established the overall requirements of the RFG program by identifying the specific cities in which the fuel would be required, the specific performance standards, and
Page 370 - There is new and stronger evidence that most of the warming observed over the last 50 years is attributable to human activities." The best assessment of global warming
Page 370 - the balance of evidence suggests a discernible human influence on global climate" (IPCC 1996). Since then the evidence has become much
Page 332 - In the light of new evidence, and taking into account the remaining uncertainties, most of the observed warming over the last 50 years is likely to have been due to an increase in greenhouse gas concentrations.
Page 491 - new evidence and taking into account the remaining uncertainties, most of the observed warming over the last 50 years is likely to have been due to the increase in greenhouse gas concentrations
Page 379 - There is new and stronger evidence that most of the warming observed over the last 50 years is attributable to human activities.