Obama Cuts Federal Carbon Emissions
President Barack Obama has signed another executive order mandating the reduction of carbon emissions. But critics of the president’s unilateral decisions on the environmental front will have a hard time finding a downside to this order.
The order, signed March 19, dictates that the federal government will cut its greenhouse gas emissions 40 percent over the next decade from 2008 levels and increase the share of renewable energy in the federal government’s electricity supply to 30 percent during the same period. Simultaneously, major firms that have contracts with the federal government, including Honeywell, IBM, General Electric and others, have pledged to reduce their own carbon footprint by 5 million metric tons compared to 2008 over the coming decade.
The White House asserts that it has the authority to issue executive orders such as this and to act without the express approval of Congress. But critics have challenged that contention.
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