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The Global Warming Pollution Reduction Act of 2007 () - a bill to amend the Clean Air Act to reduce emissions of carbon dioxide, and for other purposes. It was proposed in the 110th United States Congress by Senators Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and Barbara Boxer (D-CA) on January 15, 2007. It was referred to the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works.〔(OpenCongress: S.309 )〕 The measure was intended to increase performance standards for electricity generation and motor vehicles with the option of an emissions "cap and trade" system. The emissions cap would begin in 2010 with the aim of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 15 percent by 2020 and 83 percent by 2050. The legislation would also provide funding for R&D on geologic sequestration of carbon dioxide, among other projects; set emissions standards for new vehicles and a renewable fuels requirement for gasoline beginning in 2016; establish energy efficiency and renewable portfolio standards beginning in 2008 and low-carbon electric generation standards beginning in 2016 for electric utilities; and require periodic evaluations by the National Academy of Sciences to determine whether emissions targets are adequate.〔(Climate Change Bills of the 110th Congress ) ''Environmental Defense'', May 29, 2007.〕 ==Background== ''Senate Bill 309 (S.309) proposes to amend the Clean Air Act of 1970 to include CO2 emissions as a regulated pollutant in the U.S. It establishes a regulatory framework to nationally regulate CO2 emissions through a set of programs, regulations and market-based incentives. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is the agency directed to implement and enforce the provisions of the bill.〔() ''EPA'', 2012.〕 ''Bernie Sanders (Rep-VT) and Barbara Boxer (Rep-CA) proposed S. 309 in January 2007. This bill aims to reduce incrementally U.S. CO2 emissions from the highest polluting sectors, transportation and electric generation. Its goal is to reduce emissions to 80% of 1990 levels by 2050. In this report we discuss global warming and provide an analysis of how S.309 could be implemented if Congress passed it. The analysis focuses on the programs required to successfully implement this bill in the first year, from setting caps on emissions by industry through to designing a budget and staffing plan and implementation.' 〔() ''EPA'', 2012.〕 There have been introduced seven bills that address the global warming emissions. The Global Warming Pollution Reduction Act was passed based on it vigorous reduction deadlines on earlier timeline compared to other bills. This bill proposed the common “cap and trade” system, which became the major attraction to the bill. In 2010 the Global Warming Pollution Act should freeze global warming emission and continue to reduce year after year. As the consequences, it was predicted that the global warming emission should be reduced by 14% by 2020 and 83% by 2050. Moreover, the bill establishes strict parameters for power plants and automobiles and invests into new clean energy technologies. The President, Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, and Al Gore publicly supported the bill. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Global Warming Pollution Reduction Act of 2007」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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