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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONTACT: Don Rheem
(202) 628-3622
GLOBAL CLIMATE COALITION PRESENTS NEW TECHNOLOGY EXPORT
GUIDE TO SECRETARY OF COMMERCE RON BROWN
Washington, DC, May 12, 1994....The Global Climate Coalition ((3CC) today unveiled
Theasource Guidefor Exporting, a compilation of U.S. Government and international
agency programs designed to assist U.S. companies seeking to export energy-efficient
goods and technology to foreign markets. The first copy was presented to Secretary of
Commerce Ron Brown by Jerry Jasinowski, president of the National Association of
Manufacturers and chairman of the GCC.
Jasinowski expressed appreciation to Secretary Brown, crediting him for his role in
helping to open doors for U.S. manufacturers abroad. "We look forward to continuing to
work with the Administration as strides are made in promoting the development and
export of energy efficient and environmental technology," said Jasinowski. "This
resource guide is intended as a first step in encouraging further business-government
cooperation and in providing the kind of information businesses can use to seek
opportunities to export goods, technology and know-how to foreign markets."
GCC Executive Director John Shlaes said the Global Climate Coalition is committed to
providing U.S. ingenuity and technology to increase growth and development in overseas
markets. "This resource guide will help U.S. companies to sort through a wide range of
U.S. government programs and assist in facilitating the export of environmental, energyefficient and other products," Shlaes explained.
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 Shlaes noted a recent Department of Energy report that emissions of carbon dioxide in the
developing world have surpassed those of the United States and other industrialized
nations. "Because the vast majority of future emissions will come from developing
countries, the export of environmental and energy-efficient technologies becomes ever
more important," said Shlaes. "Despite the scientific uncertainty surrounding the
predictions of climate change, GCC has always supported efforts that make good
economic sense and have the added benefit of reducing greenhouse gas emissions," he
added. "Increasing technol
produce significant improvements in energy efficiency and the environment in other parts
ofihe world, where emissions continue to grow."
The resource guide was developed by the GCC with cooperation from the Technology
Promotion Coordinating Committee and the U.S. Department of Commerce. Work on
the guide was coordinated by the GCC Technology Cooperation Committee, chaired by
Robert Cole, and was edited by William Merkin of Strategic Policy, Inc.
The Global Climate Coalition, the leading business voice on climate change issues, was
organized in 1989 to coordinate the active involvement of U.S. industry in the scientific
and policy debates on global climate change.
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