The Committee on Climate Change Science and Technology Integration was created as part of the Clear Skies Initiative in February 2002 by

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, as a Cabinet-level effort to coordinate

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science and technology research. The

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says: :"The

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and

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will lead the effort, in close coordination with the President's Science Advisor. The research effort will continue to be coordinated through the

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in accordance with the Global Change Research Act of 1990."

References

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