Proposed Programs
California state representative Ira Ruskin sponsored a carbon labeling bill—the Carbon Labeling Act of 2009—in the California state legislature, which has been voted out of the Assembly Committee on Natural Resources. The act would require the State Air Resources Board to develop and implement a program for the voluntary assessment, verification, and standardized labeling of the carbon footprint of consumer products sold in the state.
In July 2009, Wal-Mart announced an environmental labeling program for its products. The intent is to create over the next five years a universal rating system, that scores products based on how environmentally and socially sustainable they are over the course of their lives. Wal-Mart’s goal is to have other retailers eventually adopt the indexing system.
The United States is at risk of being left in the dust in the clean energy race. But we can catch up. A Clean Energy Standard, or CES which mandates that electric utilities generate a certain percentage of their power from clean energy sources, is an essential first step.
Read more about this topic: Carbon Emission Label
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