Reducing
Greenhouses Gases from Transportation:
California
Strategies under AB 32, the Global Warming Solutions Act
Wednesday,
January 24th
2:00 – 3:30 P.M.
, 2247
Rayburn
House
Office
Building
The Environmental and
Energy Study Institute (EESI) and the Natural Resources
Defense Council (NRDC) invite you to a Congressional
briefing on transportation strategies to comply with
California
’s new law, the Global Warming Solutions Act (AB 32), that
requires statewide greenhouse gas emissions to return to 1990
levels by 2020. Like the rest of the nation,
California
’s transportation is 96 percent reliant on oil, and
transportation contributes 40 percent of the state’s global
warming pollution. Meeting the law’s requirement requires a
comprehensive strategy to improve petroleum-fueled vehicles,
reduce travel demand, and a switch to low carbon fuels.
The
Leadership of the 110th Congress has said that
addressing oil dependence and climate change are legislative
priorities. The
California
standard provides an important blueprint for the national
development of a comprehensive strategy to reduce global warming
pollution that enhances national and economic security, by
substantially reducing global petroleum consumption from
transportation. Our speakers will discuss key strategies
including
California
’s landmark Clean Cars Law (AB 1493, Pavley), including the
recently announced Low Carbon Fuel Standard.
Briefing
Speakers:
Roland Hwang, Vehicles
Policy Director, Natural Resources Defense Council
Presentation
(pdf)
Alex Farrell, Director
of the Transportation
Sustainability
Research
Center, University
of
California, Berkeley
Dan Sperling, Director
of the Institute
of Transportation
Studies, University
of
California, Davis
Farrell/Sperling
Joint
Presentation (pdf)
Audio Recording of Briefing and
Q&A
White
Paper: The Role of a Low Carbon Fuel Standard in Reducing
Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Protecting Our Economy
State
Of The State 2007:
Low Carbon Fuel Standard
This
briefing is open to the public and reservations are not
required. Please
call
Fred Beck
at 202-662-1892 or
Ann Bordetsky at 202-289-2364 for more information.
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