New Legislation Pushes for Emissions Reductions, Low-Carbon Fuel Use
Recently proposed legislation by Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) would help promote U.S. energy independence and protect the environment by cutting greenhouse gas emissions.
Recently proposed legislation by Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) would help promote U.S. energy independence and protect the environment by cutting greenhouse gas emissions.
The bill would establish a national baseline for greenhouse gas emissions from transportation fuels and set an initial target of reducing emissions by at least 15 percent over the next two decades. It also promotes that expanded use of low-carbon fuels.
Greenhouse gas emissions from traditional gasoline use in the transportation sector accounts for roughly 30 percent of global warming pollution in the U.S.
Senator Obama has already cosponsored the Lieberman-McCain bill (S. 280), and the Sanders-Boxer bill (S. 309) that would cap greenhouse gas emissions. Promoting low-carbon fuels within that context is an important component of meeting an emissions cap, and the bill introduced recently puts the U.S. on a path toward that goal, according to Obama.
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