Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions In Federal Buildings, Facilities and Vehicles

The Alliance is pleased to contribute a chapter to the Presidential Climate Action Plan, which will provide the next President of the United States with guidelines for tackling the three interrelated problems of climate change, energy stability and national security. The Alliance report Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions In Federal Buildings, Facilities and Vehicles will serve as the foundation of the section to be titled Managing Federal Emissions—the actual chapter in the PCAP report will be slightly shorter, due to space constraints. This study includes policy recommendations to put the federal sector on track to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 80% below 1990 levels by 2050.

This paper is an updated version of the paper written for the first edition of the PCAP, completed before the passage of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (currently available on the Presidential Climate Action Plan Web site).

Led by the University of Colorado, PCAP includes input and contributions from leading representatives from academia, the sciences, business, and environmental advocacy organizations.