Obama Administration to Cut Greenhouse Gas Emissions
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President Obama announced Friday that the federal government will take steps to reduce production of greenhouse gases 28 percent by 2020, according to CNN.
The Obama administration passed an executive order in October that forces federal agencies to increase their energy efficiency, reduce waste, conserve water, and reduce greenhouse gas emissions by the end of this month, among other goals. According to White House officials, the order will also create an undetermined number of private-sector jobs.
"As the largest energy consumer in the United States, we have a responsibility to American citizens to reduce our energy use and become more efficient," the president said in a statement. "Our goal is to lower costs, reduce pollution and shift federal energy expenses away from oil and towards local, clean energy," President Obama said in his speech on Friday.
He also stressed the importance of encouragement of American innovation, stressing that the energy industry is the best field for such a goal to come to fruition.
By achieving their set goal of increasing energy efficiency, the federal government would save between $8 billion and $11 billion over the next ten years, according to White House officials.
The Obama Administration is also currently pushing to create nationwide legislation that would tax carbon emissions.
The federal government spent $24.5 billion on energy and fuel alone in 2008.
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