Global Warming: Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Energy and Power of the Committee on Energy and Commerce, House of Representatives, One Hundred Second Congress, Second Session, on the Role of the U.S. Government in the United Nations Negotiations on Global Warming Climate Change, March 3, 1992, Volume 4U.S. Government Printing Office, 1992 - 192 pages |
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... more efficient production and transportation equipment , payroll tax cuts could be granted to business to offset higher operating costs and thus minimize the inflation shock , or some combination of recycling options could be used .
... more efficient production and transportation equipment , payroll tax cuts could be granted to business to offset higher operating costs and thus minimize the inflation shock , or some combination of recycling options could be used .
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The IPCC Assessment Supplement released last month suggests that the increase in forcing due to emissions of CFCs may have been substantially offset by the effects of stratospheric ozone depletion to which they contribute .
The IPCC Assessment Supplement released last month suggests that the increase in forcing due to emissions of CFCs may have been substantially offset by the effects of stratospheric ozone depletion to which they contribute .
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I think that offsets can be obtained far more cheaply than a carbon tax would indicate . I think the National Academy of Sciences study indicates that many offsets are obtainable at the cost of a couple of dollars per ton , not $ 140 ...
I think that offsets can be obtained far more cheaply than a carbon tax would indicate . I think the National Academy of Sciences study indicates that many offsets are obtainable at the cost of a couple of dollars per ton , not $ 140 ...
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Doesn't that pose great opportunities for us to have a known high cost area that is desperately searching for low cost offsets which we may well be able to provide in our own country ? Mr. REINSTEIN . Well , I'm not sure , given the ...
Doesn't that pose great opportunities for us to have a known high cost area that is desperately searching for low cost offsets which we may well be able to provide in our own country ? Mr. REINSTEIN . Well , I'm not sure , given the ...
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We propose to continue the Nation's leading energy conservation program and , following the spirit of bills presented by Congressman Cooper , Congressman Synar , and others , to begin purchasing emissions offsets as well as renewable ...
We propose to continue the Nation's leading energy conservation program and , following the spirit of bills presented by Congressman Cooper , Congressman Synar , and others , to begin purchasing emissions offsets as well as renewable ...
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