Global Climate Change and Greenhouse Emissions: Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Health and the Environment of the Committee on Energy and Commerce, House of Representatives, One Hundred Second Congress, First Session, February 21 and August 1, 1991, Volume 4U.S. Government Printing Office, 1991 - 424 pages |
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... century we will see warming of 1.5 to 4.5 degrees centigrade . This is an unprecedented rate of warming . It will occur thousands of times faster than any previous global temperature changes . While we cannot yet be certain of how we ...
... century we will see warming of 1.5 to 4.5 degrees centigrade . This is an unprecedented rate of warming . It will occur thousands of times faster than any previous global temperature changes . While we cannot yet be certain of how we ...
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... century may not seem like a clarion call , but it does serve as an urgent warning that we should act now . Fifteen thousand years ago when my State of Min- nesota was just 3 degrees cooler , not much more than 1 degree cooler , it sat ...
... century may not seem like a clarion call , but it does serve as an urgent warning that we should act now . Fifteen thousand years ago when my State of Min- nesota was just 3 degrees cooler , not much more than 1 degree cooler , it sat ...
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... century , there is no reliable evidence that these increases have con- tributed to global climate change . Indeed , if there has been an increase in the global temperature over the past one hundred years or so ( and there is genuine ...
... century , there is no reliable evidence that these increases have con- tributed to global climate change . Indeed , if there has been an increase in the global temperature over the past one hundred years or so ( and there is genuine ...
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... century for our children and our grandchil- dren . I commend you for doing so . Again , thank you for inviting me . Mr. WAXMAN . Senator , I thank you for being here and giving us your presentation . I thought my opening statement was ...
... century for our children and our grandchil- dren . I commend you for doing so . Again , thank you for inviting me . Mr. WAXMAN . Senator , I thank you for being here and giving us your presentation . I thought my opening statement was ...
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... century . Provide a brief description of the developments at the recent Framework Convention on Climate Change in Washington , D.C. Please describe the U.S. role at the Framework Convention . Please provide your Agency's views of the ...
... century . Provide a brief description of the developments at the recent Framework Convention on Climate Change in Washington , D.C. Please describe the U.S. role at the Framework Convention . Please provide your Agency's views of the ...
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