Climate Treaty: Hearing Before the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, United States Senate, One Hundred Fifth Congress, First Session ... September 30, 1997, Volume 4U.S. Government Printing Office, 1998 - 124 pages |
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Page 28 - Our ability to quantify the human influence on global climate is currently limited because the expected signal is still emerging from the noise of natural variability, and because there are uncertainties in key factors.
Page 62 - the balance of evidence suggests a discernible human influence on global climate...
Page 60 - ... preventive steps are justified. II. Economic studies have found that there are many potential policies to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions for which the total benefits outweigh the total costs. For the United States in particular, sound economic analysis shows that there are policy options that would slow climate change without harming American living standards, and these measures may in fact improve US productivity in the longer run.
Page 90 - The US Chamber of Commerce is the world's largest business federation, representing more than three million businesses and organizations of every size, sector, and region. More than...
Page 28 - None of the studies cited above has shown clear evidence that we can attribute the observed (climate] changes to the specific cause of increases in greenhouse gases.
Page 26 - Nevertheless, the balance of evidence suggests that there is a discernible human influence on global climate.
Page 20 - Energy taxes are highly regressive by nature. Families, regardless of income, must heat and cool their homes, cook their food, wash their clothes and travel to work For example, the US Department of Energy estimates that a family with an annual income of less than $10,000 still spends nearly $1,000 per year in energy costs in the home. Energy taxes, or equivalent carbon permit schemes, will be crushing for low-income workers and seniors living on fixed incomes. Not only will they pay higher costs...
Page 31 - The challenge is not to find the best policy today for the next 100 years, but to select a prudent strategy and to adjust it over time in the light of new information.
Page 62 - We endorse those reports and observe that the further accumulation of greenhouse gases commits the earth irreversibly to further global climatic change and consequent ecological, economic and social disruption. The risks associated with such changes justify preventive action through reductions in emissions of greenhouse gases.
Page 18 - UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA Mr. Chairman and members of the committee: My name is Joseph P.