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Within the scientific community, there is a growing consensus that rising concentrations of certain trace gases in the earth’s atmosphere may lead to significant changes in climate. The greenhouse effect has evolved from a purely scientific issue to an important public policy debate. During the 100th US Congress (1988–9), more attention was devoted to hearings on the climate than to any other single environmental issue, including acid rain. The result has been a steady flow of legislative proposals to limit emissions of the major greenhouse gases: carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4), nitrous oxide (N20) and chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs).
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Manne, A.S., Richels, R.G. (1992). CO2 emission limits: an economic cost analysis for the United States of America. In: Sterner, T. (eds) International Energy Economics. International Studies in Economic Modelling. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-2334-1_18
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