New at Reason: Ron Bailey Crunches the Climate Change Numbers

September 22, 2009

Today, President Barack Obama opened the United Nations climate change summit in New York City. The goal of this week's meeting is a new global treaty aimed at getting developed countries to cut their greenhouse gas emissions by 20 percent below the level they emitted in 1990. But as Science Correspondent Ronald Bailey reports, activists want the U.S. and other developed countries to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by at least 40 per cent below 1990 levels. Leaving aside the possible impact of such dramatic cuts on the economy, Bailey writes, is it even possible for Americans to cut emissions enough to reach the goal in the next decade?

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