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Greenhouse Gases can be Halved by Energy Efficiency & Renewables

Two new reports point the way to using renewable energy and energy efficiency to drastically cut the world's greenhouse gas emissions. A report from Greenpeace International and the European Renewable Energy Council asserts that renewable energy and energy efficiency can meet half the world's energy needs by 2050. The report, called "Energy [R]evolution" claims that the United States could cut its greenhouse gas emissions by nearly 75 percent in the same timeframe, and that it will be economically beneficial to do so.

That conclusion is supported by a similar report from the American Solar Energy Society (ASES), which shows that the United States could cut its greenhouse gas emissions between 60 and 80 percent by 2050 through the use of energy efficiency and renewable energy.

Greenpeace Report:
Energy [R]evolution - A Blueprint for Global Warming
(http://www.greenpeace.org/usa/press/reports/)

ASES Report:
Tackling Climate Change in the U.S.: Potential U.S. Carbon Emissions Reductions from Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency by 2030
(http://www.ases.org/climatechange/)

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