Environmental
Jul. 16, 2009
How Much Will U.S. Climate Change Efforts Really Benefit the World?
The United States may unilaterally impose restrictions on carbon emissions, but it will not solve the global climate change problem, writes Denis Binder.
The United States, and to a greater or lesser extent, the world is moving into a new global climate regime. California has enacted the Global Warming Solutions Act, which requires California to develop regulations that will reduce greenhouse gas emissions to 1990 levels by 2020, and then an additional 80 percent by 2050. The 1,300-page Waxman-Markey Bill has passed the House of Representatives and is winding its way through the Senate. Pre...
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