COMMITTEE ON SCIENCE F. JAMES SENSENBRENNER, JR., Wisconsin, Chairman SHERWOOD L. BOEHLERT, New York CONSTANCE A. MORELLA, Maryland KEN CALVERT, California THOMAS W. EWING, Illinois CHARLES W. "CHIP" PICKERING, Mississippi CHRIS CANNON, Utah PHIL ENGLISH, Pennsylvania TOM A. COBURN, Oklahoma GEORGE E. BROWN, Jr., California RMM* BART GORDON, Tennessee JAMES A. TRAFICANT, Jr., Ohio JAMES A. BARCIA, Michigan EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON, Texas ZOE LOFGREN, California MICHAEL F. DOYLE, Pennsylvania BOB ETHERIDGE, North Carolina CONTENTS Opening Statement by Representative Ken Calvert (CA-43), Chairman, Sub- Opening Statement by Representative Tim Roemer (IN-3), Ranking Minority Dr. Roy W. Spencer, Senior Scientist for Climate Studies, NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Global Hydrology and Climate Center, Huntsville, Dr. Aristides A. Patrinos, Associate Director of Energy Research and Director, Office of Biological and Environmental Research, U.S. Department of En- Oral Testimony....... Prepared Testimony Biography Dr. Ronald G. Prinn, TEPCO Professor of Atmospheric Chemistry and Direc- tor, Center for Global Change Science, Massachusetts Institute of Tech- Participation of Developing Countries in Kyoto Agreement Global Warming vs. Ice Age Natural Variability .... Past Climate Change Impact of Kyoto Agreement on Future Climate Change October 9, 1997: Countdown to Kyoto, Part II: Economics of a Global 97 Opening Statement by Representative Ken Calvert (CA-43), Chairman, Sub- 97 Opening Statement by Representative Tim Roemer (IN-3), Ranking Minority 98 Dr. W. David Montgomery, Vice President, Charles River Associates, Wash- 100 Mr. Marc W. Chupka, Acting Assistant Secretary for Policy and International 124 Dr. Joseph J. Romm, Acting Assistant Secretary for Energy Efficiency and 125 Mr. Micheal Buckner, Research Director, United Mine Workers of America, 138 |