Each standard is the simple reciprocal of an associated CO2 emission reduction scenario.
The government has made a commitment to tackle climate change and has set a 3% annual emission reduction target.
But natural gas combined cycle is not a system of emission reduction.
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The EPA is saying with a straight face that natural gas combined cycle is an emission reduction system that has been adequately demonstrated for coal power plants.
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This will most likely entail increasing the corn ethanol mix in petroleum, running up food costs, depleting water supplies, and causing environmental land damage while affording no net CO2 emission reduction.
Some governments, including France's and Britain's, are so convinced of the benefits of green investment that they think the commission's near-term goal of a 20% emission reduction by 2020 is too low.
"Tidal turbine technology is one of the key renewable technologies that will help the UK achieve the carbon dioxide emission reduction targets and is a clean, sustainable replacement for ever more expensive fossil fuels, " she said.
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While it's important to spend time on the biggest issues of the day, and truly understand policy proposals for health care reform or carbon emission reduction, it's also critical to keep one's legislative goals in mind.
It also said "great uncertainty" remained over the planned transition at the end of the year from Cert (Carbon Emission Reduction Target) to the UK government's "Green Deal" - a scheme which aims to improve the energy efficiency of homes by eliminating the need for householders to pay upfront for efficiency measures.
At issue is the sale by Hungary's Ministry of Environment and Water of 800, 000 certified emission-reduction credits (CERs).
Moreover, backing carbon-efficient building is one way to meet emission-reduction targets by 2020, as the government is committed to doing.
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While the re-election of President Obama is seen good news for green tech companies, whether the government will increase its financial support and successfully push for emission-reduction policies remain to be seen.
But he refuses to sign onto mandatory emission-reduction obligations, preferring to encourage the development of new technologies and other voluntary measures, and won't participate in any talks toward a global agreement that do not include energy guzzlers from the developing world.
But in the meantime, there is evidence that factories are ramping up production of HFC-22 in order to boost emissions of HFC-23, so that they can make windfall profits from cutting back on HFC-23 later and selling the emission-reduction credits, says Michael Wara of Stanford University.
Under Kyoto, the developed countries committed to cutting their greenhouse gas emissions by varying amounts, which averaged out to a 5.2% reduction below 1990 emission levels.
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