White House announces federal agencies’ greenhouse gas emissions targets for 2016

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November 23, 2015

The Obama Administration released an executive order today outlining new greenhouse gas emissions targets for federal agencies for 2016. The Administration’s carbon reduction plan would cut carbon emissions from federal agencies by 41.8 percent from 2008 to 2025, higher than the previously announced target of 40 percent announced last March.

A White House press release lists some of the individual agencies and explains individual cuts that need to be made to reach the new goal for 2016. The agencies listed in the release include the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), the Department of Homeland Security, the Department of the Interior, and the Department of Energy (DOE). Plans include installing solar power technologies and other renewable power sources at some  DOE National Laboratories.

Sources: White House Press Release, eenews