We have big news: today a team of energy experts released a groundbreaking report that details multiple technically and economically feasible pathways to transition the United States off of fossil fuels.
This is huge.
We’ve known that the U.S. government needs to take bold action on climate to avoid irreversible catastrophic impacts. Now we have even more evidence that there are economically and technically achievable pathways to decarbonization.
This new report shows that it is feasible to stop using deadly fossil fuels and still fully power the U.S. economy. It provides detailed scenarios to place all sectors of the U.S. energy system on an emissions path consistent with returning global atmospheric CO2 to 350 ppm by 2100, which means global heating of 1 degree Celsius, not 2 degrees.
Read the full report and summary of findings here.
Evolved Energy Research and Deep Decarbonization Pathways Project energy experts Ben Haley, Ryan Jones, and Jim Williams co-authored the report. Williams is one of the nearly two-dozen pro bono experts supporting the 21 young Americans who brought the landmark constitutional climate lawsuit Juliana v. United States.
The Juliana plaintiffs are asking the Court to order the federal government to develop and implement a science-based national plan that will place the U.S. on an emissions cutting pathway consistent with a 1 degree Celsius and 350 ppm CO2 target. The report illustrates that the remedy sought by the Juliana plaintiffs is undeniably feasible and that the scale and speed of emissions reductions being sought is entirely possible. The report also provides crucial analysis and insights for advocates of a Green New Deal.
The adults in charge are out of excuses. The time for the great energy transition is now. It’s up to us to hold our leaders accountable. Join us in sharing this groundbreaking news on Twitter and Facebook.
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The Our Children’s Trust team