Global Warming: Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Energy and Power of the Committee on Energy and Commerce, House of Representatives, One Hundred Second Congress, Second Session, on the Role of the U.S. Government in the United Nations Negotiations on Global Warming Climate Change, March 3, 1992, Volume 4U.S. Government Printing Office, 1992 - 192 pages |
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... coal , and again I think we are making a significant amount of progress . I guess without being more specific , I would just say that I think that voluntary programs , following the models that we have al- ready laid out , are really ...
... coal , and again I think we are making a significant amount of progress . I guess without being more specific , I would just say that I think that voluntary programs , following the models that we have al- ready laid out , are really ...
Page 83
... coal mines . For example , property rights issues currently limit the recovery of " pipeline quality gas " emitted during coal mining in Appalachia . The underlying issues need to be examined with a view toward finding a solution ...
... coal mines . For example , property rights issues currently limit the recovery of " pipeline quality gas " emitted during coal mining in Appalachia . The underlying issues need to be examined with a view toward finding a solution ...
Page 84
... coal mines . Expanded International Markets Finally , EPA is helping develop international markets for efficient American technologies . At present , we have projects underway in China ( refrigerators and coalbed methane ) , Russia ...
... coal mines . Expanded International Markets Finally , EPA is helping develop international markets for efficient American technologies . At present , we have projects underway in China ( refrigerators and coalbed methane ) , Russia ...
Page 90
... carbon dioxide has been a principal focus of analysis of greenhouse gas limitation policies . Fossil fuel combustion is the main source of carbon dioxide emissions . Although all fossil fuels contain carbon , coal contains about 90.
... carbon dioxide has been a principal focus of analysis of greenhouse gas limitation policies . Fossil fuel combustion is the main source of carbon dioxide emissions . Although all fossil fuels contain carbon , coal contains about 90.
Page 91
... coal contains about 1.75 times as much carbon per unit of heat energy as natural gas and about 1.25 times that of ... coal it is also more carbon intensive than our major trading partners who rely more on nuclear power , hydropower , or ...
... coal contains about 1.75 times as much carbon per unit of heat energy as natural gas and about 1.25 times that of ... coal it is also more carbon intensive than our major trading partners who rely more on nuclear power , hydropower , or ...
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