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Energy Efficiency and Renewables Reducing Greenhouse Gases

the report estimated that emissions would drop 18.6 percent below 1990 levels by 2020.

Massachusetts positioned for steep global warming gas reductions -Boston Globe  By Beth Daley, 5 Feb 2010 As national legislation to reduce global warming emissions has stalled in Congress, Massachusetts is on target to reduce its own emissions more than 18 percent below 1990 levels in the next decade, according to a draft technical report released by the state today.

The finding, environmentalists said, bucks the idea that greenhouse gas reductions are too financially burdensome to do. Since 2007, the administration of Governor Deval Patrick has put in place ambitious energy efficiency programs, renewable energy goals, and smart growth policies among other initiatives.

Those recent efforts represent about two-thirds of the expected emission reductions by 2020, state officials said. Federal and pre-existing state efforts comprise much of the rest.”This analysis shows that, under Governor Patrick, Massachusetts is making great strides in reducing greenhouse gas emissions,” said Energy and Environmental Affairs Secretary Ian Bowles. “It also shows measures that save money and create clean energy jobs, like energy efficiency and renewables, have a big environmental payoff.”……….
when factoring in policies the Patrick Administration has enacted along with federal efforts and some pre-existing state policies, the report estimated that emissions would drop 18.6 percent below 1990 levels by 2020.

Massachusetts positioned for steep global warming gas reductions -The Green Blog – A Boston Globe blog on living Green in Boston

February 6, 2010 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | climate change, ENERGY, USA | energy efficiency, renewable energy, renewables