National Action Plan for Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions: Hearing Before the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, United States Senate, One Hundred Third Congress, First Session ....U.S. Government Printing Office, 1993 |
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... sinks of all greenhouse gases , and the developed countries are expected to adopt national policies and measures to mitigate climate change and limit greenhouse gas emissions . Furthermore , the Convention calls for developed countries ...
... sinks of all greenhouse gases , and the developed countries are expected to adopt national policies and measures to mitigate climate change and limit greenhouse gas emissions . Furthermore , the Convention calls for developed countries ...
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... sinks that absorb greenhouse gases from the atmosphere , and public and private initiatives that provide both domestic and international emission reductions are all being considered as options by the working groups . The eventual ...
... sinks that absorb greenhouse gases from the atmosphere , and public and private initiatives that provide both domestic and international emission reductions are all being considered as options by the working groups . The eventual ...
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... sinks . Tree planting and forest conservation and management programs hold great potential for reducing atmospheric greenhouse gas concentrations . They can also provide other valuable benefits , such as protecting biodiversity . Forest ...
... sinks . Tree planting and forest conservation and management programs hold great potential for reducing atmospheric greenhouse gas concentrations . They can also provide other valuable benefits , such as protecting biodiversity . Forest ...
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... sinks , such as forests and agricultural systems . As a first step in the process of developing an action plan , the White House Conference on Global Climate Change on June 10 and 11 brought together nearly 800 concerned citizens to ...
... sinks , such as forests and agricultural systems . As a first step in the process of developing an action plan , the White House Conference on Global Climate Change on June 10 and 11 brought together nearly 800 concerned citizens to ...
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... sinks . More than 40 countries are engaged in this effort . We also are working with the IPCC and the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development ( OECD ) to train officials in other countries to prepare their inventories . If ...
... sinks . More than 40 countries are engaged in this effort . We also are working with the IPCC and the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development ( OECD ) to train officials in other countries to prepare their inventories . If ...
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Page 5 - Convention, stabilization of greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere at a level that would prevent dangerous anthropogenic interference with the climate system. Such a level should be achieved within a time-frame sufficient to allow ecosystems to adapt naturally to climate change, to ensure that food production is not threatened and to enable economic development to proceed in a sustainable manner.
Page 63 - Protocol for the period referred to in subparagraph (a), with the aim of returning individually or jointly to their 1990 levels these anthropogenic emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases not controlled by the Montreal Protocol.
Page 5 - Today, I reaffirm my personal, and announce our nation's commitment, to reducing our emissions of greenhouse gases to their 1990 levels by the year 2000.
Page 22 - ... First, a healthy economy is necessary for a healthy environment, and vice versa. Only a prosperous society can have the confidence and the means to protect its environment. Climate change mitigation through energy efficiency and intelligent, sustainable business practices is an integral part of our policies to protect our environment, promote economic growth, and provide millions of new, high-skill, high-wage jobs. Second, we must protect the environment at home and abroad. We share our atmosphere,...
Page 58 - The committee notes further that a decision by the executive branch to reinterpret the Convention to apply legally binding targets and timetables for reducing emissions of greenhouse gases to the United States would alter the "shared understanding...
Page 94 - continuous emission monitoring system" (CEMS) means the equipment as required by section 412, used to sample, analyze, measure, and provide on a continuous basis a permanent record of emissions and flow (expressed in pounds per million British thermal units (Ibs/mmBtu), pounds per hour (Ibs/hr) or such other form as the Administrator may prescribe by regulations under section 412). (8) The term "existing unit...
Page 25 - EPA's benefits assessment program has been designed to be comprehensive, and we will communicate to policymakers the best available information about the socioeconomic impacts of climate change. Mr. Chairman, thank you for your invitation to present testimony before the committee. This has been a welcome opportunity to discuss the administration's climate change policy. I would be pleased to answer any questions you may have.
Page 5 - We . . . must take the lead in addressing the challenge of global warming that could make our planet and its climate less hospitable and more hostile to human life. Today, I reaffirm my personal, and announce our Nation's commitment, to reducing our emissions of greenhouse gases to their 1990 levels by the year 2000. "I am instructing my administration to produce a cost-effective plan by August that can continue the trend of reduced emissions. This must be a clarion call, not for more bureaucracy...
Page 83 - NRDC strongly endorses the global warming policy annunciated by President Clinton on April 21, 1993. The President's commitment to reduce US emissions of greenhouse gases to 1990 levels by the year 2000 and to develop a plan "that can continue the trend of reduced emission...
Page 6 - Plan which will help enable the country to meet the President's commitment to reduce US greenhouse gas emissions to 1990 levels by the year 2000, and therefore, lower the threat of global warming. DOE was a catalyst to involve private industry to develop voluntary cost-effective programs and commitments to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the future.