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A briefing hosted by the Environmental and Energy Study Institute (EESI) yesterday delved into the transportation’s impact on carbon emissions and examined different strategies that can be incorporated into upcoming climate and transportation legislation to reduce a sector of the economy that contributes 28% of the United State’s total Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions. Recognizing the profound link between transportation and climate change panel-member Paul Schmid, Legislative Assistant to Senator Tom Carper (D-Delaware), said that what’s needed is strong federal “transportation bill with a climate change focus and a climate bill with a transportation focus.”
The briefing focused on a report called Moving Cooler that was released in June and sponsored by a coalition of federal agencies, transportation organizations, and environmental groups. Between 1990 and 2006, transportation contributed almost one half of the increase in US GHG emission . EESI notes that:
“Despite prospects for more efficient vehicles and lower-carbon fuels, total carbon emissions from the transportation sector are projected to remain relatively unchanged unless rising trends in overall travel demand and improvements in system efficiency are addressed. Climate legislation that establishes a market price for carbon emissions is estimated to have a lesser effect on transportation emissions…”
[Editor's Note: This post was written by Aileen Carrigan, who returned to the United States in June after completing her fellowship as a transportation planner for the Rea Vaya project team.]
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