Department of Energy's Plan for Climate Change Technology Programs: Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Energy, Committee on Science, House of Representatives, One Hundred Ninth Congress, Second Session, September 20, 2006, Volume 4U.S. Government Printing Office, 2007 - 132 pages |
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