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Goals
Clean and Diversified Energy
Bring on-line 30,000 megawatts of new clean energy by 2015
Increase energy efficiency 20 percent by 2020
Develop adequate electricity transmission capacity for the region
Alternative Fuels
Promote the use of alternative transportation fuels to replace insecure imported oil used for transportation.
See related WGA Initiatives:
Clean and Diversified Energy
Forest Health
Biomass programs. |
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Objectives
Clean and Diversified Energy
Promote development, testing and deployment of clean and diversified energy sources
Alternative Fuels
WGA's regional task force is developing
a policy roadmap for alternative fuels in the West. This roadmap will:
- describe the potential resources, technologies, and capabilities of the western
states to develop alternative fuels and the policy measures needed to achieve this
potential;
• consider issues of sustainable feedstock development, optimal conversion
technologies, and tradeoffs between the market value and the social value of
potentially competing uses for the feedstocks;
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• consider cost and environmental impacts.
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Goals
Reduce anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions in a manner that:
(1) is consistent with the findings of scientific research;
(2) will not significantly harm the United States economy; and
(3) will encourage comparable action by other nations that are major trading partners and key contributors to global emissions.
Coordinate international research on climate change.
Coordinate policies to respond to climate change
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Objectives
Reduce carbon
Advocate deployment of clean and diversified energy sources
Advance energy efficiency policies
Support regional carbon sequestration partnerships
Prepare for impacts
Support National Integrated Drought Information System
Coordinate air quality research
Support forest health activities
Identify changes need in water policies
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