Is CO2 a Pollutant and Does EPA Have the Power to Regulate It?: Joint Hearing Before the Subcommittee on National Economic Growth, Natural Resources, and Regulatory Affairs of the Committee on Government Reform and the Subcommittee on Energy and Evironment [sic] of the Committee on Science, House of Representatives, One Hundred Sixth Congress, First Session, October 6, 1999U.S. Government Printing Office, 2000 - 187 pages |
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... elevated CO2 eat more than if fed the same plants grown at normal CO2 . Thus , losses to pests could po- tentially increase , or investments in pest control could increase . Second is weeds . Weeds tend to be stimulated as much by elevated ...
... elevated CO2 eat more than if fed the same plants grown at normal CO2 . Thus , losses to pests could po- tentially increase , or investments in pest control could increase . Second is weeds . Weeds tend to be stimulated as much by elevated ...
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... elevated CO2 on plants and ecosystems , and effects of CO2 on climate for the last 10 years . publishing more than 50 peer- reviewed scholarly papers on these topics , including 5 in the most prestigious scientific journals , " Science ...
... elevated CO2 on plants and ecosystems , and effects of CO2 on climate for the last 10 years . publishing more than 50 peer- reviewed scholarly papers on these topics , including 5 in the most prestigious scientific journals , " Science ...
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... increased consumption appears to be a response to the decreased protein levels in leaves of many plants grown at elevated CO2 . Second is weeds . Crop plants are not unique in the stimulation of their photosynthesis by elevated CO2 ...
... increased consumption appears to be a response to the decreased protein levels in leaves of many plants grown at elevated CO2 . Second is weeds . Crop plants are not unique in the stimulation of their photosynthesis by elevated CO2 ...
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... elevated CO2 on crop photosynthesis may be eliminated . The balance between effects of warming and effects of elevated CO2 will depend on the amount of warming and on the effects of climate change on precipitation . Changes in ...
... elevated CO2 on crop photosynthesis may be eliminated . The balance between effects of warming and effects of elevated CO2 will depend on the amount of warming and on the effects of climate change on precipitation . Changes in ...
Page 103
... high - yield cultivars . If the current storage of carbon in land ecosystems is not caused solely by elevated CO2 , it is unreasonable to link assumptions of future storage solely to atmospheric CO2 . With a balanced perspective on the ...
... high - yield cultivars . If the current storage of carbon in land ecosystems is not caused solely by elevated CO2 , it is unreasonable to link assumptions of future storage solely to atmospheric CO2 . With a balanced perspective on the ...
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Page 137 - Any national secondary ambient air quality standard prescribed, under subsection (a) shall specify a level of air quality the attainment and maintenance of which in the judgment of the Administrator, based on such criteria, is requisite to protect the public welfare from any known or anticipated adverse effects associated with the presence of such air pollutant in the ambient air.
Page 134 - The power of an administrative agency to administer a congressionally created . . . program necessarily requires the formulation of policy and the making of rules to fill any gap left, implicitly or explicitly, by Congress.
Page 63 - air pollutant' means an air pollution agent or combination of such agents. "(h) All language referring to effects on welfare includes, but is not limited to, effects on soils, water, crops, vegetation, manmade materials, animals, wildlife, weather, visibility, and climate, damage to and deterioration of property, and hazards to transportation, as well as effects on economic values and on personal comfort and well-being.
Page 132 - David M. Mclntosh Chairman, Subcommittee on National Economic Growth, Natural Resources, and Regulatory Affairs Committee on Government Reform US House of Representatives Washington, DC 20515-6143 Dear Mr.
Page 22 - municipality" means a city, town, borough, county, parish, district, or other public body created by or pursuant to State law. (g) The term "air pollutant" means any air pollution agent or combination of such agents, including any physical, chemical, biological, radioactive (including source material, special nuclear material, and byproduct material) substance or matter which is emitted into or otherwise enters the ambient air.
Page 33 - ... cause or contribute to, air pollution which may reasonably be anticipated to endanger the public health or welfare but for which standards have not been prescribed under subsection (a).
Page 18 - Under the act, adverse effects on public welfare are defined as adverse effects on soils, water, crops, vegetation, manmade materials, animals, wildlife, weather, visibility, and climate; damage to and deterioration of property; hazards to transportation; or adverse effects on economic values and on personal comfort and well-being.
Page 18 - hazardous air pollutant" means an air pollutant to which no ambient air quality standard is applicable and which in the judgment of the Administrator causes, or contributes to, air pollution which may reasonably be anticipated to result in an increase in mortality or an increase in serious irreversible, or incapacitating reversible, illness.
Page 37 - In our anxiety to effectuate the congressional purpose of protecting the public, we must take care not to extend the scope of the statute beyond the point where Congress indicated it would stop.