Fiscal Year 2000 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, First Session, April 14, 1999, Volume 4U.S. Government Printing Office, 1999 - 1457 pages |
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... continue to increase rap- idly , we almost surely are headed to a much warmer planet . " - end of quote . Mr ... continuing shortfall of investment in clean energy technologies would likely translate into higher oil import dependence ...
... continue to increase rap- idly , we almost surely are headed to a much warmer planet . " - end of quote . Mr ... continuing shortfall of investment in clean energy technologies would likely translate into higher oil import dependence ...
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... continue collecting some of the most important existing long - term climate data sets is not assured . It is simply ... continuing development of USGCRP observational capabilities . Improving the U.S. climate observations capability has ...
... continue collecting some of the most important existing long - term climate data sets is not assured . It is simply ... continuing development of USGCRP observational capabilities . Improving the U.S. climate observations capability has ...
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... continue a “ business as usual ” emissions trajectory , atmospheric concentrations CO2 will exceed 700 ppm by the end of the next century . This would be a higher change , the IPCC projects that this emissions trajectory would level ...
... continue a “ business as usual ” emissions trajectory , atmospheric concentrations CO2 will exceed 700 ppm by the end of the next century . This would be a higher change , the IPCC projects that this emissions trajectory would level ...
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... continue to rise for centuries . An increase in the rate of evaporation as the climate warms , leading to 1 ) an increase in average global precipitation as well as frequency of intense rainfall and floods in some regions , and 2 ) to a ...
... continue to rise for centuries . An increase in the rate of evaporation as the climate warms , leading to 1 ) an increase in average global precipitation as well as frequency of intense rainfall and floods in some regions , and 2 ) to a ...
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... continue developing a next - generation wind turbine able that can produce power at a cost as low as 2.5 cents per kilowatt - hour in good wind regions , with a goal of having such turbines commercially available from U.S. manufacturers ...
... continue developing a next - generation wind turbine able that can produce power at a cost as low as 2.5 cents per kilowatt - hour in good wind regions , with a goal of having such turbines commercially available from U.S. manufacturers ...
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