CAT's Proposed Reduction of Greenhouse Gases
Washington’s Climate Advisory Team (CAT) has recently published its guide to reducing Washington State’s greenhouse gases. This report was released on February 1, 2008. While comprehensive in nature, the report's goals can be summarized as follows:
- Build market-based mechanism to unleash investment in the creativity and innovation of Washington’s economy to deliver cost effective emission reductions.
- Establish emissions reporting so that progress in emission reductions can be tracked and acknowledged.
- Analyze greenhouse gas emissions and mitigation options early in decision-making, planning processes, and development projects.
- Invest in worker training for the emerging Clean Economy to ensure having a skilled workforce and to provide meaningful employment opportunities throughout the State.
- Build and continue to redesign communities that offer real and reliable alternatives to single occupancy vehicles.
- Ensure Washington has vehicles that are as efficient as possible and use non-carbon or lower carbon intensity fuels developed sustainably from regional resources.
- Focus investments in Washington’s transportation infrastructure to prioritize moving people and goods cleanly and efficiently.
- Design, build, upgrade, and operate new and existing buildings and equipment to maximize energy efficiency.
- Deliver energy from lower or non-carbon sources and more efficient use of fuels.
- Restore and retain the health and vitality of Washington’s farms and forest lands to increase carbon sequestration and storage in forests and forest products, reduce the releases of greenhouse gas emissions, and support the provision of biomass fuels and energy.
- Reduce waste and Washington’s emissions of GHGs through improved product choices and resource stewardship.
- Allocate sufficient state resources to maintain Washington’s leadership role regionally and nationally and to fulfill its responsibilities for structuring and guiding implementation of emission reduction strategies.
For further information regarding this proposal, visit the full report at this link.
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