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 Stories About: climate AND climate change mitigation AND energy AND greenhouse-gas emissions AND New Jersey
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New Jersey gets ambitious
Plans to make huge cuts in greenhouse gases |
David Roberts |
22 Jun 2007 |
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| Well it would be nice to know how they plan to do all this, but these certainly are ballsy goals out of New Jersey: Reduce greenhouse gases to 1990 levels by 2020 (a 13 percent drop) and 80 percent below current levels by 2050. Regulators have one year to measure current and 1990 emissions and recommend a plan for meeting the 2020 goal. By 2010, they must have a plan for reaching the 2050 target. To protect electric suppliers, the state will adopt meas ... |
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| Topics: climate, climate change mitigation, energy, greenhouse-gas emissions, New Jersey (all these topics) |
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