While any such official planning of significant CO2e output cuts is to be welcomed,
hyping the target numbers to the public seems just counterproductive,
given the need to build trust around the issue.

The UNFCCC baseline for national cuts in emissions is 1990,
and the projected peak of Florida's output is 2010,
but instead of either of these dates, 2005 has been chosen as the baseline,
which just happens to give a notional 50% cut by 2025.

Assuming that America will one day return to diplomatic relations
with the rest of the world (as opposed to current pseudo-imperial ones)
the UNFCCC 1990 baseline is very likely to be acknowledged
since the US has in fact already signed up to it. [Berlin, 1995].
So hadn't Florida better participate now
rather than backtracking before its electorate in the future ?

In doing so it would then be aiming for around a 36% cut by 2025,
which would be comfortably close to the EU (multilateral) target of a 30% cut by 2020.

Regards,

Billhook