The Resource The use of offsets to reduce greenhouse gases
The use of offsets to reduce greenhouse gases
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- Summary
- Discussions about reducing greenhouse gases often focus on limiting the use of fossil fuels to generate electricity or power cars and trucks, yet a variety of other actions -- including disposing of waste in different ways, changing methods of farming, and lessening deforestation -- could also reduce the concentration of greenhouse gases (GHGs) in the atmosphere. Both existing climate policies, such as the European Union's Emission Trading System, and policies under consideration, such as the American Clean Energy and Security Act (ACESA) of 2009, which was recently passed by the House of Representatives, have recognized the potential for such actions to "offset" the extent to which the use of fossil fuels must be reduced to meet a chosen target for total GHG emissions. If such offsets, which can be defined as reductions in GHGs from activities not subject to limits on emissions, are less expensive than reductions from limiting the use of fossil fuels, they can reduce the overall economic cost of meeting a target for emissions. Yet the difficulty of verifying offset activities raises concerns about whether the specified target will actually be met; those concerns may be especially acute when, as under ACESA, allowable offsets include actions taken outside of the country setting the target for emissions
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (8 pages)
- Note
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- Title from title screen (viewed on August 17, 2009)
- "August 3, 2009."
- Label
- The use of offsets to reduce greenhouse gases
- Title
- The use of offsets to reduce greenhouse gases
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Discussions about reducing greenhouse gases often focus on limiting the use of fossil fuels to generate electricity or power cars and trucks, yet a variety of other actions -- including disposing of waste in different ways, changing methods of farming, and lessening deforestation -- could also reduce the concentration of greenhouse gases (GHGs) in the atmosphere. Both existing climate policies, such as the European Union's Emission Trading System, and policies under consideration, such as the American Clean Energy and Security Act (ACESA) of 2009, which was recently passed by the House of Representatives, have recognized the potential for such actions to "offset" the extent to which the use of fossil fuels must be reduced to meet a chosen target for total GHG emissions. If such offsets, which can be defined as reductions in GHGs from activities not subject to limits on emissions, are less expensive than reductions from limiting the use of fossil fuels, they can reduce the overall economic cost of meeting a target for emissions. Yet the difficulty of verifying offset activities raises concerns about whether the specified target will actually be met; those concerns may be especially acute when, as under ACESA, allowable offsets include actions taken outside of the country setting the target for emissions
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- GPO
- http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/collectionName
- HeinOnline U.S. Congressional Documents Library
- Government publication
- federal national government publication
- Illustrations
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- illustrations
- charts
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- TD885.5.G73
- LC item number
- U84 2009 ONLINE
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
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- dictionaries
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
- United States
- Series statement
- Economic and budget issue brief
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Greenhouse gas mitigation
- Carbon dioxide mitigation
- Air quality management
- United States
- Label
- The use of offsets to reduce greenhouse gases
- Note
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- Title from title screen (viewed on August 17, 2009)
- "August 3, 2009."
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
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- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- black and white
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 430836327
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (8 pages)
- Form of item
- online
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- c
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)430836327
- System details
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- Mode of access: World Wide Web
- System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader
- Label
- The use of offsets to reduce greenhouse gases
- Note
-
- Title from title screen (viewed on August 17, 2009)
- "August 3, 2009."
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- black and white
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 430836327
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (8 pages)
- Form of item
- online
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)430836327
- System details
-
- Mode of access: World Wide Web
- System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader
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