The Global Warming Pollution Reduction Act of 2007 (S. 309) was proposed in the 110th United States Congress by Senators Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and Barbara Boxer (D-CA) on January 15, 2007. The United States Senate is the Upper house of the bicameral United States Congress, the Lower house being the House of Representatives Bernard "Bernie" Sanders (born September 8, 1941) is the junior United States Senator from Vermont, elected on November Barbara Levy Boxer (born 11 November 1940 is an American Democratic Politician and the current junior U
It was referred to the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works. The United States Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works is responsible for dealing with matters related to the environment and infrastructure [1]
The measure was intended to increase performance standards for electricity generation and motor vehicles with the option of an emissions "cap and trade" system. Emissions trading (or emission trading) is an administrative approach used to control Pollution by providing economic Incentives for The emissions cap would begin in 2010 with the aim of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 15 percent by 2020 and 83 percent by 2050. The legislation would also provide funding for R&D on geologic sequestration of carbon dioxide, among other projects; set emissions standards for new vehicles and a renewable fuels requirement for gasoline beginning in 2016; establish energy efficiency and renewable portfolio standards beginning in 2008 and low-carbon electric generation standards beginning in 2016 for electric utilities; and require periodic evaluations by the National Academy of Sciences to determine whether emissions targets are adequate. CO2 sequestration or "storage" is the storage of carbon dioxide (usually captured from the "atmosphere" in a solid material through biological or physical Emissions trading (or emission trading) is an administrative approach used to control Pollution by providing economic Incentives for [2]
Support, opposition and critiques
Environmental Defense called the bill one that "could jump start the needed emissions cuts" in the U. Environmental Defense Fund or EDF (formerly known as Environmental Defense) is a US -based nonprofit environmental advocacy group. S. , and commented that it would "cap and reduce tons of heat-trapping gases, and would do so at the levels and within the time frames demanded by the science. " It added, however, that like all bills, it has its pluses and minuses. [3]
The measure was supported by a variety of other environmental groups, including Greenpeace, the Sierra Club, the National Audubon Society and the Union of Concerned Scientists. Greenpeace, originally known as the Greenpeace Foundation, was founded in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada in 1972 Mission statement To explore enjoy and protect the wild places of the earth To practice and promote the responsible use of the earth's ecosystems and resources To educate and The National Audubon Society is an American non-profit Environmental organization dedicated to conservancy History The Union of Concerned Scientists was founded in 1969 by faculty and students of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, located in Cambridge Massachusetts [4]
The Sierra Club emphasized that reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 80% below 1990 levels by 2050 would greatly help stabilize global temperatures and contain carbon dioxide atmospheric concentrations. Global warming is the increase in the average measured temperature of the [5]
References
- ^ OpenCongress: S.309
- ^ Climate Change Bills of the 110th Congress Environmental Defense, May 29, 2007.
- ^ "Four principles for successful climate policy," Environmental Defense, 2007.
- ^ "Sanders, Leahy re-introduce Jeffords global warming bill," Associated Press (delivered by Boston. com), January 15, 2007.
- ^ "Energy: Global Warming Pollution Reduction Act," Sierra Club position on S. 309, 2007.
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