Fiscal Year 2001 Climate Change Budget Authorization Request: Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Energy and Environment of the Committee on Science, House of Representatives, One Hundred Sixth Congress, Second Session, March 9, 2000U.S. Government Printing Office, 2001 |
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Page 575 - Policies that have federalism implications" refers to regulations, legislative comments or proposed legislation, and other policy statements or actions that have substantial direct effects on the States, on the relationship between the national government and the States, or on the distribution of power and responsibilities among the various levels of government.
Page 419 - Federal mandate that may result in the expenditure by State, local, and tribal governments, in the aggregate, or by the private sector, of $100,000,000 or more (adjusted annually for inflation) in any 1 year...
Page 140 - Committee, shall prepare and submit to the President and the Congress an assessment which-- (1) integrates, evaluates, and interprets the findings of the Program and discusses the scientific uncertainties associated with such findings; (2) analyzes the effects of global change on the natural environment, agriculture, energy production and use, land and water resources, transportation, human health and welfare, human social systems, and biological diversity; and (3) analyzes current trends in global...
Page 190 - Purpose and Scope The purpose of this report is to describe the...
Page 162 - The purpose of the clean development mechanism shall be to assist Parties not included in annex I in achieving sustainable development and in contributing to the ultimate objective of the Convention, and to assist Parties included in annex I in achieving compliance with their quantified emission limitation and reduction commitments under article 3.
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Page 502 - ... (c) Energy efficiency standards for each type (or class) of covered products prescribed under this section shall be designed to achieve the maximum improvement in energy efficiency which the Secretary determines is technologically feasible and economically justified.
Page 606 - These pledges have come through the Edison Electric Institute, the American Public Power Association, and the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association.
Page 537 - ... (3) the total projected amount of energy savings likely to result directly from the imposition of the standard, (4) any lessening of the utility or the performance of the covered products likely to result from the imposition of the standard...
Page 9 - Other initiatives, many of which include private-sector partnerships or support, also involve the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, the National Science Foundation, the Department of Energy, the Department of Defense, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, the National Library of Medicine, the Library of Congress, and the Smithsonian Institution (63).