Informing an Effective Response to Climate Change (2010)

Chapter: Appendix D: State Greenhouse Gas Emissions Targets and Baselines

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Suggested Citation: "Appendix D: State Greenhouse Gas Emissions Targets and Baselines." National Research Council. 2010. Informing an Effective Response to Climate Change. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/12784.

APPENDIX D
State Greenhouse Gas Emissions Targets and Baselines

State

Target Reductions

Baseline Year

WA

1990 levels by 2020, 25% below 1990 levels by 2035, and 50% below 1990 levels by 2050

1990

MT

1990 emission levels by 2020

1990

OR

10% below 1990 levels by 2020 and 75% below 1990 levels by 2050

1990

CA

1990 levels by 2020, and 80% below 1990 levels by 2050

1990

UT

2005 levels by 2020

2005

CO

20% below 2005 levels by 2020 and 80% below 2005 levels by 2050

2005

AZ

2000 levels by 2020, and 50% below 2000 levels by 2040

2000

NM

2000 emission levels by 2012, 10% below 2000 levels by 2020, and 75% below 2000 emission levels by 2050

2000

HI

Reduced to 1990 levels by 2020

1990

MN

15% by 2015, 30% by 2025, and 80% by 2050, based on 2005 levels

2005

MI

20% below 2005 levels by 2025 and 80% below 2005 by 2050

2005

IL

1990 levels by 2020 and 60% below 1990 levels by 2050

1990

FL

2000 levels by 2017, 1990 levels by 2025, and 80% below 1990 levels by 2050

2000, 1990

VA

30% below business as usual by 2025

Below BAU

MD

25% below 2006 levels by 2020

2006

NJ

1990 levels by 2020 and to 80% below 2006 levels by 2050

1990, 2006

NY

5% below 1990 levels by 2010, and 10% below 1990 levels by 2020

1990

CT

10% below 1990 levels by 2020

1990

RI

1990 levels by 2010, 10% below 1990 levels by 2020, and 75-85% below 2001 levels in the long term

1990, 2001

MA

10% and 25% below 1990 levels by 2020, as well as targets for 2030 and 2040

1990

Suggested Citation: "Appendix D: State Greenhouse Gas Emissions Targets and Baselines." National Research Council. 2010. Informing an Effective Response to Climate Change. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/12784.

State

Target Reductions

Baseline Year

MH

1990 levels by 2010, 10% below 1990 levels by 2020, and 75%-85% below 2001 levels in the long term

1990, 2001

VT

1990 levels by 2010, 10% below 1990 levels by 2020, and 75%-85% below 2001 levels in the long term

1990, 2001

ME

1990 levels by 2010, 10% below 1990 levels by 2020, and 75%-80% below 2003 levels in the long term

1990, 2003

Suggested Citation: "Appendix D: State Greenhouse Gas Emissions Targets and Baselines." National Research Council. 2010. Informing an Effective Response to Climate Change. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/12784.
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Suggested Citation: "Appendix D: State Greenhouse Gas Emissions Targets and Baselines." National Research Council. 2010. Informing an Effective Response to Climate Change. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/12784.
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