Road from Kyoto

Road from Kyoto
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science
Publisher:
Total Pages: 1212
Release: 1999
Genre: Climatic changes
ISBN:

Economic Impacts of the Kyoto Protocol: Hearing Before the Committee on Energy & Natural Resources, U.S. Senate

Economic Impacts of the Kyoto Protocol: Hearing Before the Committee on Energy & Natural Resources, U.S. Senate
Author: Frank Murkowski
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
Total Pages: 95
Release: 2000-08
Genre:
ISBN: 0756701430

Hearing held on the 1997 Kyoto Protocol, in which the administration agreed to legally binding obligations to reduce U.S. greenhouse gas emissions to 7% below 1990 levels during the years 2008 to 2011. Witnesses: Sen. Daniel Akaka, Evan Bayh, Jeff Bingaman, Jim Bunning, Conrad Burns, Larry Craig, Peter Fitzgerald, Bob Graham, Chuck Hagel, Mary Landrieu, Blanche Lincoln, Frank Murkowski, & Craig Thomas; Jay Hakes, Admin., U.S. Energy Info. Admin.; Mary Novak, Energy Service, WEFA, Inc., Burlington, MA; Cecil Roberts, United Mine Workers of America; Margo Thorning, Amer. Council for Capital Formation; & Janet Yellen, Council of Economic Advisers.

Global Climate Change

Global Climate Change
Author: Horace M. Karling
Publisher: Nova Publishers
Total Pages: 220
Release: 2001
Genre: Science
ISBN: 9781560729990

Now that the Bush Administration has kiboshed the Kyoto Protocol, are efforts to curtail global warming dead? Are even more technical studies called for? The issue of global warming would appear to be one which will force pollution control even before the public will need to walk around with gas masks as part of their daily attire. Such controls, however, will require a gutsy administration in Washington which may not surface in the short run. This new book brings presents the issues of global climate change in a crystal clear manner leaving no doubt that a crisis is enveloping the world.