Energy Policy Act of 1992 and the President's Climate Change Action Plan: Hearing Before the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, United States Senate, One Hundred Third Congress, Second Session ... May 10, 1994, Volume 4U.S. Government Printing Office, 1994 - 157 pages Distributed to some depository libraries in microfiche. |
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Page 25 - 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 56 - 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 12 - ... effort. Research priorities to reduce energy demand include advanced building systems, transportation equipment and systems, and manufacturing technology to reduce energy and material requirements. Research priorities for low-carbon energy supply technologies could include sustainable biomass energy systems, advanced natural gas turbine and fuel cell technologies, regeneration systems, energy storage systems, renewable energy technologies, hydrogen fuel systems, and continued research into nuclear...
Page 27 - These Parties may implement such policies and measures jointly with other Parties and may assist other Parties in contributing to the achievement of the objective of the Convention and.
Page 66 - To the extent that the measures in the Action Plan will generate true cost-effective energy savings, we believe that American industry will respond positively to the program. GLOBAL CONCERNS The Administration has correctly acknowledged that the President's "commitment...
Page 56 - Thank you Mr. Chairman and members of the Committee. I am Daniel Lashof, a senior scientist with the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC). Previously I was an Environmental Scientist at the Environmental Protection Agency, where I was the lead author of the Draft Report to Congress Policy Options for Stabilizing Global Climate.
Page 27 - ... information and assessment on climate change and its impacts, as well as relevant technical, social and economic information. Based on this review, the Conference of the Parties shall take appropriate action, which may include the adoption of amendments to the commitments in subparagraphs (a) and (b) above. The Conference of the Parties, at its first session, shall also take decisions regarding criteria for joint implementation as indicated in subparagraph (a) above.
Page 22 - PRESIDENT'S CLIMATE CHANGE ACTION PLAN The President's Climate Change Action Plan was developed to reduce "greenhouse...
Page 66 - There is no disagreement over the theory that there is a natural "greenhouse effect" which keeps the Earth warmer than it would otherwise be, and that atmospheric accumulations of several greenhouse gases are increasing. However, there is still substantial uncertainty about the importance of human-induced global warming.
Page 112 - Finally, we realize that future economic and energy market conditions may require additional actions in order to return greenhouse gas emissions to 1990 levels by the year 2000.