Obama Orders Reduction In Government’s Greenhouse Gas Emissions
NPR — President Obama signed an executive order at the White House today directing the federal government to cut its emissions of greenhouse gases by 40 percent within the next decade and to increase its use of renewable energy sources to 30 percent of total consumption.
“These are ambitious goals, but we know they’re achievable goals,” Obama said at the Energy Department, which he visited after signing the executive order at the White House.
