According to the report, President Obama had promised to the public that “America would reduce its greenhouse gas emission in the range of 17 percent below 2005 levels if all other major economies agreed to limit their emissions as well.” (Climate Action Plan) In this report, there are many initiatives executive actions to achieve this goal, such as Increasing Fuel Economy Standards, Developing and Deploying Advanced Transportation Technologies and so on. so i have chosen three initiative actions from the report to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
Developing and Deploying Advanced Transportation Technologies
In the Transportation sector,Heavy-duty vehicles are the second largest source of green house gas emissions. (Climate Action Plan) In order to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, the US government have to developing and deploying advanced transportation technologies. they are mainly focus on biofuels, because it have been playing very important role in reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Also, the United States Navy and Departments of Energy and Agriculture would like to improve the technology of biofuels and extend this technology into military and commercial sectors.
Expanding Clean Energy Use and Cut Energy Waste
“Roughly 84 percent of current carbon dioxide emissions are energy-relate and about 65 percent of all greenhouse gas emissions can be attributed to energy supply and energy use.” (Climate Action plan)
Directly to this issue, the Obama Administration has published several policy:
• Financing and regulatory support for renewable and clean energy projects
• Actions to promote fuel switching from oil and coal to natural gas or renewables
• Support for the safe and secure use of nuclear power
• Cooperation on clean coal technologies
• Programs to improve and disseminate energy efficient technologies. (Climate Action plan)
The US government want to make agreement with more than 20 countries to help them to find the best strategies to reduce green house gas emissions and make their economies better.
Promoting American Leadership in Renewable Energy
President Obama said that he already has a goal to double renewable electricity generation in 2020. there are 2 steps that can make it happen.First, accelerating Clean Energy permitting, this will help to provide electricity to over 4.4 million homes and bring more than 17000 jobs into the state. Second, Expanding and Modernizing the Electric Grid, it can save people money and let more people know about clean energy. (Climate Action plan)