Global Warming: Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Energy and Power of the Committee on Energy and Commerce, House of Representatives, One Hundred Third Congress, First Session, Part 3U.S. Government Printing Office, 1993 - 113 pages |
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... voluntary approaches to reducing emis- sions . Among the 50 or so programs undertaken in the action plan , one of the potentially most significant is the climate challenge . Earlier this year , the Department of Energy , under the ...
... voluntary approaches to reducing emis- sions . Among the 50 or so programs undertaken in the action plan , one of the potentially most significant is the climate challenge . Earlier this year , the Department of Energy , under the ...
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... voluntary programs that we saw being signed under the tent on the mall in the early spring . The Climate Challenge that involves the electric utility industry will just be scoreable at the end of this month as 1605 guidelines are ...
... voluntary programs that we saw being signed under the tent on the mall in the early spring . The Climate Challenge that involves the electric utility industry will just be scoreable at the end of this month as 1605 guidelines are ...
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... voluntary program with large industrial energy users who are , quite frankly , the largest emitters of greenhouse gasses . With only seven companies signed on to that program , they have pledged 10 million metric tons . These are very ...
... voluntary program with large industrial energy users who are , quite frankly , the largest emitters of greenhouse gasses . With only seven companies signed on to that program , they have pledged 10 million metric tons . These are very ...
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... voluntary actions to reduce or sequester greenhouse gases . The Department has made significant progress in implementing the President's plan since we last testified before this Subcommittee . We have spent this time designing the ...
... voluntary actions to reduce or sequester greenhouse gases . The Department has made significant progress in implementing the President's plan since we last testified before this Subcommittee . We have spent this time designing the ...
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... voluntary reporting system is nearly complete , detailed agreements between the Department and many other individual utilities will be announced before the end of the year . I believe that the Climate Challenge could become the model ...
... voluntary reporting system is nearly complete , detailed agreements between the Department and many other individual utilities will be announced before the end of the year . I believe that the Climate Challenge could become the model ...
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Page 51 - States shares with many countries its ultimate objective: stabilization of greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere at a level that would prevent dangerous anthropogenic interference with the climate system.
Page 9 - Harris and members of the subcommittee, it is a great pleasure for me to appear before you today in support of the legislation which you are considering.
Page 29 - STATEMENT OF HON. J. DENNIS HASTERT, A REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS FROM THE STATE OF ILLINOIS Thank you, Mr. Chairman for...
Page 112 - Council was formed in 1992 by businesses and industry trade associations sharing a commitment to realize our nation's economic, environmental and national security goals through the rapid deployment of clean and efficient natural gas, energy efficiency, and renewable energy technologies. Our members range in size from Fortune 500 enterprises to small entrepreneurial companies, to national trade associations.
Page 40 - Watson follows:] PREPARED STATEMENT OF DR. ROBERT T. WATSON, ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR FOR ENVIRONMENT, OFFICE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY POLICY Mr. Chairman and members of the subcommittee, my name is Robert Watson and I am the Associate Director for Environment in the Office of Science and Technology Policy. I appreciate the opportunity to meet with you this morning to discuss several important...
Page 43 - GtC/yr including emissions from fossil fuel combustion, cement production and land-use change), they would lead to a nearly constant rate of increase in atmospheric concentrations for at least two centuries, reaching about 500 ppmv (approaching twice the pre-industrial concentration of 280 ppmv) by the end of the 21st century.
Page 36 - Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy in the Executive Office of the President and to serve as Science and Technology Adviser to the President.
Page 112 - Future is pleased to submit testimony to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power of the House Energy and Commerce Committee conceming the US Govemment's greenhouse gas mitigation efforts and the important role we see industry playing in this effort.
Page 68 - ... pipelines with Unocal, Inc. He will be representing the Association of Oil Pipelines. And we have back Mr. Jerome J. McGrath, president of the Interstate Natural Gas Association of America. Gentlemen, if you will come forth and take your places, we are happy to have you with us. As I think you know, we will be happy to make your written statements a part of our record. And we will be happy to hear your oral presentations at this time. Why don't we begin with Mr. Horan? STATEMENTS OF JOSEPH G....
Page 20 - This program is jointly administered and contributed to by the Department of Energy, the Environmental Protection Agency, and the US Agency for International Development. The...