TR News May–June 2010: Climate Change: Curbing Transportation's Contribution (2010) / Chapter Skim
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TR N EW S 26 8 M AY –J UN E 20 10 6 In May 2010, the National Research Council ofthe National Academies released reports in theAmerica's Climate Choices suite of studiesrequested by the U.S. Congress to inform and guide the nation's response to climate change.
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TR N EW S 268 M AY–JUN E 2010 7 collectively, these changes pose risks for a range of human and environmental systems. Although much remains to be learned, the core phenomenon, scientific questions, and hypotheses have been examined thoroughly and have proved firm in scientific debate and after careful evaluation of alternative explanations.
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TR N EW S 26 8 M AY –J UN E 20 10 8 per year; the United States is second to China as a contributor to global CO2 emissions.
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TR N EW S 268 M AY–JUN E 2010 9 to a reduction of emissions by 80 to 50 percent, respectively, from 1990 levels -- a major departure from business-as-usual emission trends (see Figure 1, page 8)
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