Direct Testimony of Thomas M. Hildebrand - Consumer Advocate ...
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FRIENDS 3,<br />
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Neb% Horne<br />
News Archive<br />
June 10: 2006<br />
Global Warming Attributable to Human Activities<br />
Giobai V'riarmins refers to the !ncreaSes i<br />
temperature <strong>of</strong> the Earth's atmosphere a<br />
which iiave been observed iii recent decades<br />
According to the National Academy <strong>of</strong> Scleixes be<br />
Eaflh's surface temperatilre has risen by aboiii ,I<br />
degree Fahrenheit in the oast cenkq wirb<br />
9 during the pas: !WO decades<br />
There is new and stronger evidence that most <strong>of</strong> the wamiing ever rhe last 50 yeais 1s attriouta5le<br />
to numan activities. Air travel. household vehicles, appliances and hea!ing:cooiing units create<br />
buridup <strong>of</strong> greenhouse gases - primarily carbon dioxide. methane. and nitrous oxide The Energy<br />
Informatiorl Administration (Department <strong>of</strong> Energy) estiinates thar iii the U S the average annual<br />
cx$oiT dioxide emissions per person is 20 metric ions<br />
Ways to Reduce Carbon Dioxide Emissions<br />
There are two oradical ways to reduce carbon dioxide emissions.<br />
e Mod:Q iiiirnan activities that add more carbon dioxide to the atnmphere. and/or<br />
?!an! ww trees and preserve existing trees and piant cornniunilies that sequeste: :s;b3?<br />
Saturai!y<br />
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Carbon sequeslraiion is<br />
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the process through which agricultural and focestw practices reiwvi.<br />
carbon<br />
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dioxide (C02) fror the atmosphere. Preseiviqg an average acre <strong>of</strong> Fcresi :he Uni:ed<br />
Slates keeps mere than 26O;OOO pounds OT carbon dioxide obi <strong>of</strong> the atniosnher'e (Source<br />
EPAIGiobal Environment and Technology Foundation.)<br />
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Forest PracWOffsSft Global Warming<br />
Foiestrg practices periormed evey day by our consewatioi? parrners-repianting trees :em:vinij<br />
invasive wecies that affect forest habitat. and reducing the tma: <strong>of</strong> fifes and fuel loads--prov;de<br />
a positive influence on the global warming trend.<br />
fake Actlot: to Reduce Your Carbon "Fetotprini"<br />
Contributing to healthy forests <strong>of</strong>fers Friends <strong>of</strong>the Fores! the unique CppQKUnity to <strong>of</strong>fset tAee!r<br />
carbon "footprint" by neutralizing their effect on global c!imate change Ycur finaiwal conPibutioand<br />
volunteer efforts wiii help us complete more forest projects. and in turn will help yoc iediicr<br />
vosr net contribution to Gtobal Warming. Hsb today'<br />
'he stor$ begs the question if preserving an acre <strong>of</strong> forest keeps 260 000 ibs <strong>of</strong> C02 out ~f the<br />
abrosphere that apparently is a 'steady state ' rfow much C02 does a healthy forest<br />
seqiiester (many forests are adding fiber volume) Goes a forest at climax sequester as much<br />
C92 as a growing forest? Climax forests likely are adding carbon io tne sot' but not necessariiy<br />
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