Global Warming Solutions

On May 28, Rep. Ed Markey (Mass.) unveiled new legislation to address global warming. The “Investing in Climate Action and Protection Act” (iCAP Act) would reduce global warming emissions in line with the latest science while protecting American consumers and building a clean energy economy. The iCAP Act’s cap-auction-and-trade program would reduce global warming emissions to 2005 levels by 2012, to 20 percent below 2005 levels by 2020, and to 85 percent below 2005 levels by 2050. Read the release.

More and more Americans are concerned about what global warming will mean for the health and well-being of future generations. We’re working in the states and at the federal level to reduce global warming pollution by at least 15 percent by 2020 and 80 percent by 2050—the science-based reductions needed to protect future generations.

Environment America has been instrumental in passing global warming solutions at the state level, including statewide limits on global warming pollution in California and New Jersey, global warming emission standards for cars in 12 states, and limits on global warming emissions from power plants in the Northeast and elsewhere. At the same time, we have been building support for strong federal action on global warming.