Global Climate Change: Adequacy of the National Action Plan : Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Economic Policy, Trade, and Environment of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, House of Representatives, One Hundred Third Congress, First Session, March 1, 1993, Volume 4U.S. Government Printing Office, 1993 - 121 pages |
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... rates , if emissions are higher than anticipated . The most recent DOE / EIA reference case projection indicates that carbon dioxide emissions will increase by some 160 million metric tons of carbon by the year 2000 relative to 5.
... rates , if emissions are higher than anticipated . The most recent DOE / EIA reference case projection indicates that carbon dioxide emissions will increase by some 160 million metric tons of carbon by the year 2000 relative to 5.
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... carbon di- oxide emissions by the year 2000 by about 100 million metric tons of carbon based on the calculations in the existing plan . That leaves a gap of some 60 million metric tons of carbon that need to be made up . In my testimony ...
... carbon di- oxide emissions by the year 2000 by about 100 million metric tons of carbon based on the calculations in the existing plan . That leaves a gap of some 60 million metric tons of carbon that need to be made up . In my testimony ...
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... tons equivalent of carbon in 1990 to 170 MMTC's in 2000 and that it will keep rising after the year 2000 to 183 metric tons of carbon equivalent in 2005 and 221 by 2020. That is not stabilization ; that is growth in CO2 emission . Mr ...
... tons equivalent of carbon in 1990 to 170 MMTC's in 2000 and that it will keep rising after the year 2000 to 183 metric tons of carbon equivalent in 2005 and 221 by 2020. That is not stabilization ; that is growth in CO2 emission . Mr ...
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... tons of carbon emitted per year . That is about 1 ton of carbon per person on the planet . The U.S. average is about 5 tons of carbon as carbon dioxide per person . The average for India or China on a per capita basis is about .01 tons ...
... tons of carbon emitted per year . That is about 1 ton of carbon per person on the planet . The U.S. average is about 5 tons of carbon as carbon dioxide per person . The average for India or China on a per capita basis is about .01 tons ...
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... carbon dioxide emissions will increase from 1340 million metric tons of carbon ( MMTC ) in 1990 to 1500 MMTC in 2000. Thus an emission reduction relative to the reference case of 160 MMTC by 2000 is needed to return emissions to 1990 ...
... carbon dioxide emissions will increase from 1340 million metric tons of carbon ( MMTC ) in 1990 to 1500 MMTC in 2000. Thus an emission reduction relative to the reference case of 160 MMTC by 2000 is needed to return emissions to 1990 ...
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