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Climate Change: Preliminary Observations on the Administration''s February 2002 Climate Initiative.

Publication: General Accounting Office Reports & Testimony
Publication Date: 01-NOV-03
Format: Online - approximately 604 words
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

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GAO-04-131T October 1, 2003

In 2002, the Administration announced its Global Climate Change Initiative. It included, among other things, a goal concerning U.S. carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gas emissions, which are widely believed to affect the earth's climate. The Administration's...

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...general goal was to reduce the growth rate of emissions, but not total emissions, between 2002 and 2012. Its specific goal was to reduce emissions intensity 18 percent, 4 percentage points more than the 14 percent decline already expected. Emissions intensity measures the amount of greenhouse gases emitted...

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