This is how halving the US’s greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 can be donePhoto: Pixabay/WitiziaThe United States has pledged to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by half within a decade in what is to be a massive task, yet given effective policies, scientists stress, it can be achieved. First, because most of the country’s emissions result from power generation and transportation, clean energy in the electricity grid will need to be doubled to 80% from the current share of 40% in order that greenhouse gas emissions can be halved by 2030. Many of the health benefits will occur in disadvantaged and low-income communities disproportionately exposed to emissions from vehicles, power plants and factories. “Since announcing the nation’s emissions reduction pledge at the 2021 United Nations climate conference, the United States has taken steps in the right direction,” the scientist adds. What we are hoping is that this study will give some level of a blueprint of how it could be done.”

Source: The Guardian June 03, 2022 03:48 UTC