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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... reductions in greenhouse gases ; and so we will begin to have a clear record of what is being achieved and who is achieving it so that if the Congress and the administration at a later point decide to have a control program , they will ...
... reductions in greenhouse gases ; and so we will begin to have a clear record of what is being achieved and who is achieving it so that if the Congress and the administration at a later point decide to have a control program , they will ...
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... reductions in net greenhouse gas emissions . Parallel to the efforts we are making in the United States , we believe very strongly that we need to make cooperative efforts with the developing countries to address climate change . As you ...
... reductions in net greenhouse gas emissions . Parallel to the efforts we are making in the United States , we believe very strongly that we need to make cooperative efforts with the developing countries to address climate change . As you ...
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... reducing greenhouse gas emissions . All OECD countries agree that we have a responsibility to take measures to mitigate climate change . At issue here is whether , in the process , we should address all greenhouse gases or just CO2 ...
... reducing greenhouse gas emissions . All OECD countries agree that we have a responsibility to take measures to mitigate climate change . At issue here is whether , in the process , we should address all greenhouse gases or just CO2 ...
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... reductions is essential . Achieving targets depends on factors beyond our control , e.g. , population and economic growth rates and the relative prices of fuels . We cannot , nor should we , legally bind this country to a commitment ...
... reductions is essential . Achieving targets depends on factors beyond our control , e.g. , population and economic growth rates and the relative prices of fuels . We cannot , nor should we , legally bind this country to a commitment ...
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... reductions such a tax will actually achieve , if ultimately adopted . Certainly , in the United States widespread support for such a tax seems to be lacking . this regard , DRI recently estimated that such a tax would need to be as much ...
... reductions such a tax will actually achieve , if ultimately adopted . Certainly , in the United States widespread support for such a tax seems to be lacking . this regard , DRI recently estimated that such a tax would need to be as much ...
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