Taking on the climate challenge

Journal Article · · Electric Perspectives; (United States)

OSTI ID:7246001

Draper, Jr, E L ^[1]

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1. American Electric Power Company, Columbus, OH (United States)

Electric utilities have heeded the call to reduce greenhouse gases in collaboration with the Department of Energy, but how will they do it and what does it mean for the future At the Rio Earth Summit in 1992, the United States joined a worldwide effort of staggering proportions, pledging to work toward the aim of reducing America's greenhouse-gas emissions to 1990 levels by the year 2000. President Clinton explicitly expressed the U.S. commitment to attaining that goal in his 1993 Earth Day pledge. Last October the Administration outlined 50 initiatives in the Global Climate Change Action Plan that could reduce greenhouse-gas emissions by the equivalent of 106 million metric tons of carbon per year. As the world community has looked to the United States for leadership to minimize greenhouse gases, the Clinton Administration has looked to the electric utility industry and others for strategies and solutions. In a spirit of cooperation, the electric industry has broken new ground and entered into a partnership with the Department of Energy (DOE) to limit greenhouse-gas emissions. Nearly 100 utilities have offered to find cost-effective ways to limit emissions through the Utility Climate Challenge.

• OSTI ID: 7246001
• Journal Information: Electric Perspectives; (United States), Journal Name: Electric Perspectives; (United States) Vol. 18:2; ISSN ELPED9; ISSN 0364-474X
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

29 ENERGY PLANNING, POLICY, AND ECONOMY
290200* -- Energy Planning & Policy-- Economics & Sociology
296000 -- Energy Planning & Policy-- Electric Power
AIR POLLUTION CONTROL
CLEAN AIR ACTS
CLIMATIC CHANGE
CONTROL
COOPERATION
ELECTRIC POWER INDUSTRY
ELECTRIC UTILITIES
GREENHOUSE GASES
INDUSTRY
INTERAGENCY COOPERATION
LAWS
POLLUTION CONTROL
POLLUTION LAWS
PUBLIC UTILITIES