Subject: Clean Power Plan Puts U.S. Carbon Pollution Target in Reach news from Dan Lashof, NextGen Climate America
From: Daniel Lashof <[email-masked]>
To: Lauren Terrazas <[email-masked]>
Cc: Dan Lashof <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 7 Oct 2014 04:43:13 +0000

A new analysis<http://rhg.com/notes/is-the-us-on-track-epas-clean-power-plan-and-the-us-2020-climate-goal> from the Rhodium Group shows that the United States could reduce its emissions to 17 percent below 2005 levels by 2020 without enacting any new federal legislation.

A 17 percent reduction in U.S. emissions by 2020 is, of course, not the end all and be all of preventing climate disaster. But achieving that target - assumed to be an unattainable goal after federal legislation failed in 2010 - would be a significant accomplishment and would give the United Sates credibility to leverage more ambition from other countries in the Paris negotiations<https://nextgenamerica.org/climate-change/the-road-to-paris-runs-through-new-york-washington-and-beijing/>.
Today's post breaks down the numbers, offering an island of good news amidst the sea of recent apocalyptic developments:
https://nextgenamerica.org/epa-rule/clean-power-plan-puts-u-s-carbon-pollution-target-in-reach/
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