1.Cutting Carbon Pollution from Power Plants:
Power plants are the largest concentrated source of emissions in the United States. They set up limit to release arsenic, mercury, and lead, but they did not release as much carbon pollution as they want. Now, many states, local governments, and companies plan to renew energy, and move to cleaner electricity sources. It was about 35 states have renewable energy targets in place, and more than 25 have set energy efficiency targets.
In April 2012, the Obama Administration proposed a carbon pollution standard for new power plants. And the Environmental Protection Agency’s proposal plan to have cleaner technologies to reduce carbon pollution that can improve public health, and afford power needed for economic growth. They are trying to drive American leadership in clean energy technologies, such as efficient natural gas, nuclear, renewables, and clean coal technology.
2.Reducing Other Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Curbing Emissions of Hydrofluorocarbons:
Hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), are greenhouse gases for refrigeration and air conditioning. A data shows HFCs that was nearly triple by 2030 in the United States.
The administration has try to reduce emissions of HFCs. They are flexible and powerful incentive in the fuel economy and carbon pollution standards for cars and trucks to encourage automakers to reduce HFC leakage and transition away from the most potent HFCs in vehicle air conditioning systems.
The Environmental Protection Agency use New Alternatives Policy Program to avoid using low-emissions technology to proved a nice climate-friendly chemicals, and reduce less harmful chemical alternatives.
3.Cutting Energy Waste in Homes, Businesses, and Factories
Reducing Energy Bills for American Families and Businesses:
Energy efficiency is good way of the clearest and save money, also reduce greenhouse gas emissions. In the President’s first term, the Department of Energy and the Department of Housing and Urban Development completed efficiency that was about one million homes, save more from their heating and cooling bills. President Obama’s goal of doubling energy productivity by 2030 relative to 2010 levels:
- Establishing a New Goal for Energy Efficiency Standards: In President Obama’s first term, the Department of Energy are plan the minimum efficiency standards for dishwashers, refrigerators, and many other products. the consumers will save about hundreds of billions of dollars in their bills, and save 85 million electricity power every two years. To make plan this success, the Administration is setting a new goal: Efficiency. The federal buildings set in the first and second terms combined will reduce carbon pollution by at least 3 billion metric tons cumulatively by 2030 – equivalent to nearly one-half of the carbon pollution from the entire U.S. energy sector for one year – while continuing to cut families’ energy bills.