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Discussion-Continued

Consequences of Not Taking Action

Impacts of Increased Per Capita Energy Consumption

Meaningful Participation by Developing Countries

Potential of Rapid Climate Change

Sanctions for Failure to Meet Kyoto Protocol Requirements

Incentives for Industry to Take Early Action

Kyoto Protocol and National Sovereignty

Balancing Competing Interests_....

Possible Transfer of Business Operations Overseas

Impact of Kyoto Protocol on Domestic Energy Supply

Impact of Kyoto Protocol on Domestic Coal Use

Industry Support of Actions to Reduce Greenhouse Gases

Cost Effectiveness and Current U.S. Environmental Regulations

President's FY 1999 Budget Request for Climate Change R&D

Costs of Implementing the Kyoto Protocol

Global Climate Coalition's Role in Media Campaign Against the Treaty

Sanctions and Penalties for Not Meeting Kyoto Protocol Requirements

Monitoring and Enforcement of the Kyoto Protocol

Dates When the Kyoto Protocol is Open for Signature

Impact of International Emissions Trading

When to Move Forward with an International Agreement

Real Level of U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reductions in the Kyoto

Emissions Credit Scheme

Responsibility for Monitoring of and Compliance with the Kyoto Protocol.

Clean Development Mechanism and Impact on Energy Prices

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Additional Materials Submitted for the Record

Mr. Joseph Goffman, Senior Attorney, Environmental Defense Fund,

Washington, DC:

Dr. Daniel J. Dudek, and Joseph Goffman, "EMISSIONS BUDGETS:

Building An Effective International Greenhouse Gas Control Sys-

tem," Environmental Defense Fund, February 1997

"The Kyoto Protocol on Climate Change: Issues and Analysis," Envi-

ronmental Defense Fund, January 13, 1998

Daniel J. Dudek, Joseph Goffman, Deborah Salon, and Sarah Wade,

"More Clean Air for the Buck: Lessons Learned from the U.S.

Acid Rain Emissions Trading Program," Environmental Defense

Fund, November, 1997

Ms. Constance D. Holmes, Chairman, Global Climate Coalition, and Sen-

ior Vice President, Policy, The National Mining Association, Wash-

"Global Warming: The Economic Cost of Early Action, National Im-

pacts," WEFA, Inc., 1997

"Service Report: Analysis of Carbon Stabilization Cases," Prepared

for Office of Policy and International Affairs, U.S. Department

of Energy by Office of Integrated Analysis and Forecasting, Energy

Information Administration, SR-OIF/97-01, October 1997

Ronald J. Sutherland, "Climate Change Policy Commitments: A Re-

ality Check," Policy Analysis and Strategic Planning Department,

American Petroleum Institute, Discussion Paper #089, December

1997

Mr. Michael L. Marvin, Executive Director, The Business Council for

Sustainable Energy, Washington, DC:

"It Doesn't Have to Hurt: Efficient Clean, Low-Cost Approaches to

Carbon Reduction," A Report by the Alliance to Save Energy and

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Additional Materials Submitted for the Record Continued

Representative Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-TX):

"The Impact of Global Climate Change on Public Health," written

testimony of John Balbus, MD, MPH, Acting Chairman, Depart-

ment of Environmental and Occupational Health, George Wash-

ington University School of Public Health and Health Services;

and Member of the Environmental Advisory Committee, Physicians

for Social Responsibility, Washington, DC

Financial Disclosure Information

Answers to Post-Hearing Questions Submitted by Members of the Committee

The Honorable Kathleen A. McGinty, Chair, Council on Environmental

Quality, Executive Office of the President

Answers to Post-Hearing Questions Submitted by Chairman F. James Sen-

senbrenner, Jr.:

Documentation of 1997 Temperature Statistics

"1997 Warmest Year of Century, NOAA Reports," U.S. Department

of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

(NOAA) Press Release, NOAA 98–1, January 8, 1998

"Global Temperature Trends," National Aeronautics and Space Ad-

ministration (NASA) Goddard Institute for Space Studies

Temperature Record: Land-Based Versus Satellite Data

The Lancet Study on Particulate Matter-Related Health Impacts of

Greenhouse Gas Mitigation and Reduction in Deaths and Green-

house Gas Emissions Due to EPA's Recently Promulgated Fine

Particulate Standard

"Health and Environmental Effects of Particulate Matter," U.S. Envi-

ronmental Protection Agency, Fact Sheet, July 17, 1997

The Kyoto Protocol and the Rate of Increase of the Build-Up of

Greenhouse Gases in the Atmosphere and the Corresponding Tem-

perature Changes

Submission of the Kyoto Protocol to the Senate for Ratification and

"Meaningful Participation by Key Developing Countries"

Signing of the Kyoto Protocol

U.S. Reductions of Greenhouse Gas Emission Required by the Kyoto

Protocol/Emissions Trading

International Emissions Trading and the Costs of Kyoto Protocol

Robert Repetto and Duncan Austin, "The Costs of Climate Protection:

A Guide for the Perplexed," World Resources Institute, 1997

Clean Development Mechanism

Emissions from the Military

President's FY 1999 Budget Tax Credits for Highly Fuel Efficient

President's FY 1999 Budget Tax Credits for Energy Efficient Equip-

President's FY 1999 Budget Proposal for Two New Partnerships for

Heavy Trucks and Light Trucks, including Sport-Utility Vehicles

Fuel Efficient Vehicles

Administration's Economic Analysis of the Impact of the Targets

Reached in Kyoto

Administration Plans for Legislation and Regulations

Entry Into Force

Contradictions between the Kyoto Protocol and the Montreal Pro-

Roles of the Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) and the Chair

of CEQ in the Development of the Administration's Climate

Change Policy and in the Kyoto Protocol Negotiations

Answers to Post-Hearing Questions Submitted by Chairman F. James Sen-

senbrenner, Jr.-Continued

White House Task Force on Climate Change

Answers to Post-Hearing Questions Submitted by Representative Roscoe M.

Bartlett (R-MD):

Role of Nuclear Power in Reduction of Carbon Dioxide Emissions

Answers to Post-Hearing Questions Submitted by Democratic Members:

Discrepancies Among Economic Analyses of the Costs of Complying

with the Kyoto Protocol

Relationship of U.S. Commitments Under the Kyoto Protocol to

Changes Caused by Electricity Restructuring and Implementation

of the New, More Stringent, Clean Air Act Requirements

Military/National Security Implications of the Kyoto Protocol

Administration's Intentions to Implement the Kyoto Protocol in the

Absence of Senate Ratification

The Honorable Jay E. Hakes, Administrator, Energy Information Administra-

tion, U.S. Department of Energy

Answers to Post-Hearing Questions Submitted by Chairman F. James Sen-

senbrenner, Jr.:

Projection of Nuclear Power for Electricity Generation

Changes in EIA Projections for Energy Use and Carbon Emissions

Interagency Analysis Team (IAT)

Information Available to the Administration When President Clinton

Announced the U.S Proposal to Commit to a Binding Emissions

Target of 1990 Levels between 2008 and 2012

Information Available to the Administration When it Agreed to the

October 1997 EIA Service Report Entitled, Analysis of Carbon Sta-

bilization Case (SR-PIAF/97-01)

September 1997 "Five Lab Study"

Apparent Contradictions in Greenhouse Gas Emissions Estimates

Mr. David A. Smith, Director of Public Policy, AFL-CIO

Answers to Post-Hearing Questions Submitted by Chairman F. James Sen-

senbrenner, Jr.:

Kyoto Protocol and Worker Adjustment Assistance

Unresolved Issues in the Kyoto Protocol

Mr. Joseph Goffman, Senior Attorney, Environmental Defense Fund

Answers to Post-Hearing Questions Submitted by Chairman F. James Sen-

senbrenner, Jr.:

Support of the Kyoto Protocol by the Environmental Community

Mr. Michael L. Marvin, Executive Director, The Business Council For Sus-

tainable Energy

Answers to Post-Hearing Questions Submitted by Chairman F. James Sen-

senbrenner, Jr.:

Department of Energy Five-Laboratory Study Underestimate of the

Level and Overstatement of the Costs of Carbon Emission Reduc-

Potential for Carbon Emissions Reductions: Adoption of Residential

Model Energy Codes

Potential for Carbon Emissions Reductions: Commercial High-Effi-

ciency Lamps and Electronic Ballasts

Potential for Carbon Emissions Reductions: Replacement of Failed

Steam Traps in Industrial Processes

Potential for Carbon Emissions Reductions: Investing in Industrial

Insulation Opportunities

Answers to Post-Hearing Questions Submitted by Chairman F. James Sen-
senbrenner, Jr.-Continued

Potential for Carbon Emissions Reductions: Replacing Coal with Nat-
ural Gas in Electric Generation

Potential for Carbon Emissions Reductions: Wind Energy
Potential for Carbon Emissions Reductions: Photovoltaics

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Answers to Post-Hearing Questions Submitted by Representative Ralph M.
Hall (D-TX);

Members of The Business Council for Sustainable Energy

Role of the Council in the Position the Administration Took to Kyoto.
Ms. Constance D. Holmes, Chairman, Global Climate Coalition, and Senior
Vice President, Policy, The National Mining Association, Washington, DC ...
Answers to Post-Hearing Questions Submitted by Chairman F. James Sen-
senbrenner, Jr.:

Cost of Kyoto Protocol Emissions Trading Program
Global Climate Coalition Support of the Kyoto Protocol

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Unilateral Versus Multilateral Actions to Reduce Greenhouse Gas
Emissions

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Kyoto Protocol Entry Into Force in the Absence of U.S. Senate Ratifi-
cation

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909

Kyoto Protocol and the United Nations Framework Convention on Cli-
mate Change

FCCC/CP/1997/7, "Report of the Conference of the Parties on its
Third Session, held at Kyoto from 1 to 11 December 1997, Part
One: Proceedings," March 18, 1998 .....
FCCC/CP/1997/7/Corr. 1, "Report of the Conference of the Parties
on its Third Session, held at Kyoto from 1 to 11 December 1997,
Corrigendum," June 9, 1998
FCCC/CP/1997/7/Add. 1, "Report of the Conference of the Parties
on its Third Session, held at Kyoto from 1 to 11 December 1997,
Part Two: Actions Taken by the Conference of the Parties at its
Third Session," March 18, 1998 (The Kyoto Protocol is part of
this document. The Protocol should be read together with decisions
1/CP.3, 2/CP.3 and 3/CP.3 which are also contained herein.)
Text of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate
Change, as amended by the Conference of the Parties at its Third
Session

Other Relevant Documents

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"The Kyoto Protocol on Climate Change," Fact Sheet released by
the Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Sci-
entific Affairs, January 15, 1998

1053

Susan R. Fletcher, Global Climate Change Treaty: The Kyoto Pro-
tocol, Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress, CRS
Report 98-2 ENR, July 31, 1998

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"Cooperative Mechanisms Under the Kyoto Protocol: The Path For

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