President Obama has made a climate action plan to help reduce CO2 emission and make better alternatives to coal and fossil fuel burning. In his Climate Action Plan, he plans to deploy clean energy solutions to cut carbon pollution. As well as prepare for climate change and lead efforts to address global climate change around the world.
One of his most important initiatives is cutting carbon pollution from power plants. Obama administration is making new rules to cut carbon pollution just like cutting other dangerous toxins like mercury and arsenic. Power plants are the largest source of emissions in the U.S. Cutting carbon from power plants will be a huge step in reducing carbon emissions. Right now only state governments regulate energy, not the federal government. The Environmental Protection Agency is working to help meet standards and to lower carbon emissions in the United States.
Another important goal is cutting energy waste in homes, factories, and businesses. This can be achieved by setting new energy efficiency standards. Obama wants to double energy productivity by 2030. He has made a new minimum for standards of house equipment to save millions of dollars around the states. Cutting energy waste in homes will help because then we won’t use as much energy in our homes.
One last goal is increasing fuel economy standards. Heavy duty vehicles are the second largest source of greenhouse gas emissions. Therefore they need to be more efficient and make less emissions. Obama administration made the first ever fuel economy standards for model year 2014-2018 for trucks, busses, and vans. These new standards will reduce greenhouse emissions by 270 million metric tons and save 530 million barrels of oil. He also has established the standards of passenger vehicles to have 54.5 miles per gallon minimum by 2025. Which will save drivers around $8,000 in fuel cost.
These 3 initiative are the most important in reducing carbon emissions In the United States. His climate action plan will help a little bit in reducing greenhouse emissions but, the overall goal is to reduce them all around the world. Everyone needs to work together to reduce emissions not just our country alone.