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Assessing State Efforts To Integrate Transportation, Land Use And Climate, Rebecca Lewis, Robert Zako
Assessing State Efforts To Integrate Transportation, Land Use And Climate, Rebecca Lewis, Robert Zako
TREC Final Reports
Climate change is increasingly recognized as a threat to life on earth. “Continued emission of greenhouse gases will cause further warming and long-lasting changes in all components of the climate system, increasing the likelihood of severe, pervasive and irreversible impacts for people and ecosystems. Limiting climate change would require substantial and sustained reductions in greenhouse gas emissions” (International Panel on Climate Change, 2014, 8).
The transportation sector accounts for almost one-third of all greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) in the United States. Reducing GHG from transportation rests on the “three-legged stool” of improving vehicle efficiency, reducing the carbon content of fuels …
State Efforts To Fight Climate Change, Rebecca Lewis, Robert Zako
State Efforts To Fight Climate Change, Rebecca Lewis, Robert Zako
TREC Project Briefs
NITC Project Brief: A research project examines efforts in four states to reduce the greenhouse gas emissions caused by the transportation sector.