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Improvements in energy intensity , that is , the amount of energy used to produce one unit of gross domestic product , markedly slowed down during the 1980s , and the use of energy continued to climb . Over the period from 1970 to 1988 ...
Improvements in energy intensity , that is , the amount of energy used to produce one unit of gross domestic product , markedly slowed down during the 1980s , and the use of energy continued to climb . Over the period from 1970 to 1988 ...
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draw from the experience of the 1970s and 1980s in the United States and Europe is that “ the dual goals of improved fuel efficiency ( and therefore lowered carbon dioxide emissions ) and lowered pollution emissions are complementary ...
draw from the experience of the 1970s and 1980s in the United States and Europe is that “ the dual goals of improved fuel efficiency ( and therefore lowered carbon dioxide emissions ) and lowered pollution emissions are complementary ...
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Improved and more equitable tenure stimulates better management of the land . Improvements in education and health facilities create a more receptive base for campaigns to popularize family planning . Such changes are often slow in ...
Improved and more equitable tenure stimulates better management of the land . Improvements in education and health facilities create a more receptive base for campaigns to popularize family planning . Such changes are often slow in ...
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| Title | Our Country, the Planet: Forging a Partnership for Survival |
| Author | S. S. Ramphal |
| Publisher | Lime Tree, 1992 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 6 Aug 2009 |
| ISBN | 0413455815, 9780413455819 |
| Length | 291 pages |
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