Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations for 1997: Hearings Before a Subcommittee of the Committee on Appropriations, House of Representatives, One Hundred Fourth Congress, Second Session, Part 8

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Page 428 - possible that the 120 governments represented in the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change were wrong in December when they concluded, "the balance of evidence ... suggests a discernible human influence on global climate," it seems imprudent to base federal energy R&D policy on that hope. Fortunately, the same investments that prevent industrial pollution and urban air pollution while lowering
Page 279 - are AGI Corporate Members. Founded in 1948. AGI provides information services to geoscientists, serves as a voice for shared interests in our profession, plays a major role in strengthening geoscience education, and strives to increase public awareness of the vital role the geosciences play in mankind's use of resources and interaction with the environment.
Page 16 - The American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), founded in 1852, is the oldest national engineering society in the United States. Membership, held by more than 120,000 individual professional engineers, is about equally divided among engineers in private practice; engineers working for federal, state
Page 176 - and archival organizations. Mr. Chairman, on behalf of the NCC member organizations and particularly the American Historical Association, the Organization of American Historians, and the Society of American Archivists, I thank you for the opportunity to come before this committee. I am here today to request funding
Page 495 - located in Wyoming, established by Executive order of the President, dated April 30, 1915: Provided, That the negotiation of changes to the unit plan contract with Chevron which governs operation of Elk Hills, where the purpose of the changes is to prepare for the divestiture of the Reserve, is prohibited. The
Page 208 - federal energy efficiency efforts. We also have a long history of supporting efforts to promote energy efficiency that rely not on mandatory federal regulations, but on partnerships between government and business and between the federal and State governments. I am here today, Mr.
Page 495 - of Energy to perform studies of the potential transfer out of Federal ownership, management or . control by sale, lease, or other disposition, in whole or in part, the facilities and functions of Naval Petroleum Reserve Numbered 1 (Elk Hills), located in Kern County, California, established by Executive order of the President, dated September 2, 1912, and Naval Petroleum Reserve Numbered 3 (Teapot
Page 176 - Testimony of Page Putnam Miller, Director of the National Coordinating Committee for the Promotion of History Before the Subcommittee on Interior and Related Agencies of the Appropriations Committee of the US House of Representatives
Page 208 - My name is David Nemtzow. I am the President of the Alliance to Save Energy, a bi-partisan, non-profit coalition of business, government, environmental, and consumer leaden dedicated to improving the efficiency with which
Page 395 - TESTIMONY by Scott Sklar Executive Director SOLAR ENERGY INDUSTRIES ASSOCIATION before the COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS SUBCOMMITTEE ON ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT US HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES on FISCAL YEAR 1997 APPROPRIATIONS for SOLAR ENERGY (AND RELATED) PROGRAMS of the US DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

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