Global Environment: A National Energy Strategy : Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Energy and Power of the Committee on Energy and Commerce, House of Representatives, One Hundred First Congress, Second Session, on H.R. 5521 a Bill to Establish ... the Global Environmental Consequences of Current Trends in Atmospheric Concentrations of Greenhouse Gases, September 13, 1990, Volume 4U.S. Government Printing Office, 1991 - 257 pages |
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Page 88 - Sharp Chairman, Subcommittee on Energy and Power Committee on Energy and Commerce United States House of Representatives Washington, DC 20515 Dear Mr.
Page 254 - The Honorable Philip R. Sharp Chairman, Subcommittee on Energy and Power Committee on Energy and Commerce US House of Representatives Washington, DC 20515 Dear Mr. Chairman: Thank you for the opportunity to discuss land withdrawal legislation for the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) at the November 7, 1991, hearing before your Subcommittee on Energy and Power.
Page 114 - Emissions resulting from human activities are substantially increasing the atmospheric concentrations of the greenhouse gases, carbon dioxide, methane, chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) and nitrous oxide. These increases will enhance the greenhouse effect, resulting on average in an additional warming of the Earth's surface.
Page 240 - A requirement for vehicle purchase cost sharing between private and public sector participants, with limitations on the percentage of the per vehicle cost that may be paid by federal funds; A...
Page 127 - An inter-agency task force will be created to identify Alaska oil production projects that would benefit from expedited processing of Federal permits, taking into account all regulatory, environmental, energy and other policy factors. For example, resolution of permitting problems could result in production of up to 100,000 b/d in 12 to 18 months from two developed fields in Alaska ' 8 Beaufort Sea ( Niakuk and Point Mclntyre ) . These' and other projects will be considered by the task force.
Page 105 - A keystone of this strategy is going to be the continuation of the successful policy of market reliance. And it's not going to be easy. We must balance — achieve balance — our increasing need for energy at reasonable prices, our commitment to a safer and healthier environment, our determination to maintain an economy that is second to none, and our goal to reduce dependence by ourselves and our friends and allies on potentially unreliable energy suppliers.
Page 127 - ... purposes of exploratory drilling costs by independent producers. These incentives would increase new exploratory drilling, especially by independent producers; would slow the abandonment of marginal wells; and would increase production from aging fields. The combined effect of the incentives is to add an estimated 172,000 to 196,000 b/d by 1995. The Administration will work with Congress to enact these incentives. o Accelerate Development of Alaska Energy Resources. Without...
Page 185 - ... movements of people. Major health impacts are possible, especially in large urban areas, owing to changes in availability of water and food and increased health problems due to heat stress spreading of infections. Changes in precipitation and temperature could radically alter the patterns of vectorborne and viral diseases by shifting them to higher latitudes, thus putting large populations at risk. As similar events have in the past, these changes could initiate large migrations of people, leading...
Page 237 - Lack of experience with EV performance; Without volume production, consumers are unable to evaluate the performance of EVs in actual on-the-road-use, and are unwilling to commit to the use of a large number of EVs until they are satisfied that EV performance characteristics are acceptable and that the vehicles will be cost competitive on a life cycle basis with conventionally-fueled vehicles.
Page 117 - CFC's, halons and carbon tetrachloride by the year 2000, and methyl chloroform by...