Written by Michael McKenna on May 17, 2021. Posted in Latest news
Team Biden’s Promises On Climate Change Badly Failing
ev chargers califIf you blinked, you may have missed it, but as part of his climate summit in April, President Biden promised to reduce U.S. emissions of greenhouse gases by 50% by 2030.
This promise follows President Obama’s pledge to reduce emissions by 28% by 2025 (both from a 2005 baseline).
In 2019, net greenhouse gas emissions in the United States were about 5.769 billion tons. In 2005, they were 6.635 billion tons.
To meet Mr. Obama’s promise, U.S. emissions would need to fall to 4.777 billion tons — or about 15% in the next 42 months or so. It is possible, but not likely.
To meet Mr. Biden’s pledge, emissions would have to fall to about 3.3 billion tons, or more than 40% lower than current emissions in eight years. The pace of reductions would have to triple pretty much immediately.
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