Congress–uncharacteristically, these days–overwhelming agreed that energy efficiency is important by passing legislation to modify appliance efficiency standards and increase industrial and federal energy efficiency efforts. While these provisions were cherry picked as the least controversial among many others in several energy efficiency bills introduced in the House and Senate, President Obama’s signature on H.R. 6582, […]
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Policy Driving Down Projected U.S. Carbon Emissions
Based on EIA’s 2013 Annual Energy Outlook, policy and market factors–efficiency and fuel economy standards, specifically–are contributing significantly to reduced emissions. EIA projects that by 2040 the U.S. will produce more energy than it consumes, but thanks to evolving consumer preferences and technology innovation, the U.S is moving toward increased domestic production, higher use of […]
