Administration Views on Global Climate Change: Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Economic Policy, Trade, and Environment of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, House of Representatives, One Hundred Third Congress, First Session, May 18, 1993, Volume 4U.S. Government Printing Office, 1993 - 35 pages |
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... going to be here . You were a great Member in the House and did a great job in the Senate , and we are honored that you are with us . Let me join the chairman in welcoming our former colleague and congratulating you again on your ...
... going to be here . You were a great Member in the House and did a great job in the Senate , and we are honored that you are with us . Let me join the chairman in welcoming our former colleague and congratulating you again on your ...
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... going to address some of that in my statement . But I couldn't agree with you more , that we have a major leadership responsibility around the world , and it is appro- priate that we exercise those responsibilities . Absolutely . Mr ...
... going to address some of that in my statement . But I couldn't agree with you more , that we have a major leadership responsibility around the world , and it is appro- priate that we exercise those responsibilities . Absolutely . Mr ...
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... going to deal seriously with the threat of global climate change , we must find ways to harness the dynamism and creativity of our private sector and put market forces to work in support of environmental goals . It is the ...
... going to deal seriously with the threat of global climate change , we must find ways to harness the dynamism and creativity of our private sector and put market forces to work in support of environmental goals . It is the ...
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... going to get fuel for that economy ? Clearly right now they are going to depend upon their coal reserves , which are effectively very high sulfur , dirty brown coal . The Chinese have come to realize that they have some major en ...
... going to get fuel for that economy ? Clearly right now they are going to depend upon their coal reserves , which are effectively very high sulfur , dirty brown coal . The Chinese have come to realize that they have some major en ...
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... going off on the deep end - but scientists have been talking about a new black plague that is going to be coming . It is not a disease but a worldwide outbreak of health problems because of the environment . I was interested , in ...
... going off on the deep end - but scientists have been talking about a new black plague that is going to be coming . It is not a disease but a worldwide outbreak of health problems because of the environment . I was interested , in ...
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Page 29 - Convention, stabilization of greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere at a level that would prevent dangerous anthropogenic interference with the climate system.
Page 30 - Protocol for the period referred to in subparagraph (a), with the aim of returning individually or jointly to their 1990 levels these anthropogenic emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases not controlled by the Montreal Protocol.
Page 31 - I reaffirm my personal, and announce our nation 's commitment to reducing our emissions of greenhouse gases to their 1990 levels by the year 2000. I am instructing my administration to produce a cost-effective plan . . . that can continue the trend of reduced emissions. This must be a clarion call...
Page 4 - Parties shall adopt national' policies and take corresponding measures on the mitigation of climate change, by limiting its anthropogenic emissions of greenhouse gases and protecting and enhancing its greenhouse gas sinks and reservoirs.
Page 5 - In order to promote progress to this end. each of these Parties shall communicate, within six months of the entry into force of the Convention for it and periodically thereafter, and in accordance with Article 12, detailed information on its policies and measures...
Page 30 - Convention, recognizing that the return by the end of the present decade to earlier levels of anthropogenic emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases not controlled by the Montreal Protocol would contribute to such modification, and taking into account the differences in these Parties...
Page 5 - We also must take the lead in addressing the challenge of global warming that could make our planet and its climate less hospitable and more hostile to human life. Today, I reaffirm my personal and announce our Nation's commitment to reducing our emissions of greenhouse gases to their 1990 levels by the year 2000. I am instructing my administration to produce a cost-effective plan by August that can continue the trend of reduced emission.
Page 5 - This must be a clarion call, not for more bureaucracy or regulation or unnecessary costs, but, instead, for American ingenuity and creativity, to produce the best and most energy-efficient technology.
Page 31 - The Administration is committed to see-ing the Convention promptly implemented, and, if necessary, strengthened. To this end, the Administration is taking a two-pronged approach: a domestic effort to reduce emissions and enhance sinks of greenhouse gases; and an international effort, including working to implement the convention, and to support developing countries, and countries moving toward free market economies, in meeting its goals.
Page 9 - Investment in environmental technology is one way to reach this goal, and we must poise our industrial sector for a leadership role in a future international economy that will reflect our global environmental imperatives. As President Clinton noted in his Earth Day speech, there will be, by the end of this decade, a $300 billion market for environmental technologies, and the United States must capture as much of that market — and the tens of thousands of jobs it will create — as possible. This...