Californians and Sacramentans are choosing transportation methods — in the forms of trucks and SUVs — that produce more greenhouse gasses rather than less, and that could push the state’s attainment of greenhouse gas emission-cutting goals out by more than 100 years.
If California continues to operate at its current pace of carbon reductions, the state won’t reach its 2050 emissions reduction goals to reduce economy-wide emissions 80% below 1990 until 2157, according to a recent report from Next 10.
A new report from the non-partisan think tank Next 10 finds California needs to triple its greenhouse gas reduction targets if the state hopes to stymie carbon dioxide fueled climate change.
California is a national leader in cutting greenhouse gas emissions, but it is well short of meeting its climate goals for the next decade and won’t reach them for at least 30 years unless drastic action is taken, a study of the state’s green economy stated Tuesday.