Florida Becomes Latest State to Cap Greenhouse Emissions
Florida has recently announced its plans to cap greenhouse gas pollution, making it the first state in the Southeast to adopt a greenhouse gas emissions cap.
Florida has recently announced its plans to cap greenhouse gas pollution, making it the first state in the Southeast to adopt a greenhouse gas emissions cap.
Governor Charlie Crist will detail his plans for reducing global warming pollution through a series of executive orders this week at the Florida Summit on Global Climate Change in Miami.
The Executive Orders are expected to set greenhouse gas emission reduction targets that will bring statewide emissions 80 percent below 1990 levels by the middle of this century, which is consistent with the reductions most scientists say the U.S. must achieve nationally to help avoid the worst consequences of climate change.
The executive orders also are expected to direct state agencies to implement the clean cars standard adopted by California and 11 other states, limit emissions from electric utilities, set efficiency standards for buildings and appliances, and require a percentage of power generation to come from renewable energy sources.
The announcement comes close on the heels of two other states — Hawaii and New Jersey — enacting their own statewide emissions caps. Seventeen others have adopted or are working on greenhouse gas emissions limits.
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