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Climate Change: Information on Limitations and Assumptions of DOE's Five-Lab Study

RCED-98-239 Published: Sep 08, 1998. Publicly Released: Sep 24, 1998.
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Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO provided information on the study conducted by five Department of Energy (DOE) national laboratories on reducing U.S. emissions through energy-efficient and low-carbon technologies, focusing on: (1) how the study's scope and methodology may limit its usefulness; (2) key assumptions that may have influenced the study's results; and (3) the study's role in the formulation of the October 1997 climate change proposal and the Kyoto Conference's emission-reduction goals for the United States.

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