Fiscal Year 2001 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, Second Session, March 9, 2000, Volume 2U.S. Government Printing Office, 2001 |
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... economic growth projections . " Apparently , the baseline was discussed in the Climate Action Report for 1997. Please explain why initially EPA established baseline different than that baseline for 1990 if the objective of the programs ...
... economic growth projections . " Apparently , the baseline was discussed in the Climate Action Report for 1997. Please explain why initially EPA established baseline different than that baseline for 1990 if the objective of the programs ...
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... economic activity , increased electrification , and the technological characteristics of energy - using or -converting equipment -- are different from those in the 1997 CAR . Some of these changes are the result of reductions in funding ...
... economic activity , increased electrification , and the technological characteristics of energy - using or -converting equipment -- are different from those in the 1997 CAR . Some of these changes are the result of reductions in funding ...
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... economic and technical assumptions that underlie the projection methodology . Changes in each of these areas since issuance of the original CCAP have caused the projected difference in the growth of energy - related emissions between ...
... economic and technical assumptions that underlie the projection methodology . Changes in each of these areas since issuance of the original CCAP have caused the projected difference in the growth of energy - related emissions between ...
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... economic activity will occur in the services sector of the economy and a smaller share will occur in the more energy ... Economic Assumptions . Although relatively minor compared to the change in energy prices or industrial production ...
... economic activity will occur in the services sector of the economy and a smaller share will occur in the more energy ... Economic Assumptions . Although relatively minor compared to the change in energy prices or industrial production ...
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... economy and speed suggests this legislative action will increase projected emissions in 2000 by 4 MMTCÉ . Miscellaneous Policy and Funding Changes . The energy baseline used in the 1993 CCAP assumed adoption of the Administration's economic ...
... economy and speed suggests this legislative action will increase projected emissions in 2000 by 4 MMTCÉ . Miscellaneous Policy and Funding Changes . The energy baseline used in the 1993 CCAP assumed adoption of the Administration's economic ...
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