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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... Greenhouse Gas Emissions Are Responsible For At Least Part of the Earth Surface Warming Reliance on the National Research Council for Outside Input Recommendation of Recent National Research Council Reports U.S. National Assessment of ...
... Greenhouse Gas Emissions Are Responsible For At Least Part of the Earth Surface Warming Reliance on the National Research Council for Outside Input Recommendation of Recent National Research Council Reports U.S. National Assessment of ...
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... greenhouse gas emissions is due to the continued but slowing growth in projected baseline emissions . Among all gases , net carbon emissions increase the most in absolute terms , while emissions from halogenated gases , although small ...
... greenhouse gas emissions is due to the continued but slowing growth in projected baseline emissions . Among all gases , net carbon emissions increase the most in absolute terms , while emissions from halogenated gases , although small ...
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... greenhouse gas emissions in 1990 were 1,458 MMTCE . percent above ⚫ Estimated U.S. greenhouse gas emissions in 1995 were 1,559 MMTCE - 6.9 the 1990 level , and somewhat above the short - term increase projected in the first U.S. ...
... greenhouse gas emissions in 1990 were 1,458 MMTCE . percent above ⚫ Estimated U.S. greenhouse gas emissions in 1995 were 1,559 MMTCE - 6.9 the 1990 level , and somewhat above the short - term increase projected in the first U.S. ...
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... emissions . This baseline calculation attempts to project the level of greenhouse gas emissions in 2000 absent any 1993 CCAP actions . It necessarily involves critical assumptions about energy prices , economic growth , etc. In the ...
... emissions . This baseline calculation attempts to project the level of greenhouse gas emissions in 2000 absent any 1993 CCAP actions . It necessarily involves critical assumptions about energy prices , economic growth , etc. In the ...
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... emissions due to decreases in fuel economy as average speed increases . A review of state speed limit practices ... Greenhouse Gas Emissions Greenhouse gases other than carbon dioxide -- such as methane , nitrous oxide , halogenated and ...
... emissions due to decreases in fuel economy as average speed increases . A review of state speed limit practices ... Greenhouse Gas Emissions Greenhouse gases other than carbon dioxide -- such as methane , nitrous oxide , halogenated and ...
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