var statedata = new Array("", "", "", "", "States with GHG Emissions Targets", "On September 8, 2006, Arizona Governor Janet Napolitano issued Executive Order 2006-13, which established a statewide goal to reduce Arizona’s GHG emissions to 2000 levels by 2020, and 50 percent below 2000 levels by 2040. ", "", "", "States with GHG Emissions Targets", "On June 1, 2005, Ca. Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger issued Executive Order S-3-05, establishing statewide GHG emission reduction targets of 2000 levels by 2010, 1990 levels by 2020, and 80 percent below 1990 levels by 2050. On Sept. 27, 2006, Governor Schwarzenegger signed the Global Warming Solutions Act, AB 32, which capped the state’s GHG emissions at 1990 levels by 2020. This is the first statewide program in the country to mandate an economy-wide emissions cap that includes enforceable penalties.", "States with GHG Emissions Targets", "On April 22, 2008, Governor Bill Ritter issued Executive Order D-004-08, which sets the statewide greenhouse gas emissions goal at 20% below 2005 levels by 2020 and 80% below 2005 levels by 2050. ", "States with GHG Emissions Targets", "On June 2, 2008, Connecticut Governor Jodi Rell signed into law House Bill 5600, which sets a statewide Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions reduction target of 10 percent below 1990 levels by 2020. Additionally, barring intervention at the federal level or through the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI), the act requires an 80 percetn GHG reduction below 2001 levels by 2050. Connecticut is one of ten states participating in RGGI, which is set to launch a regional CO2 cap-and-trade program on January 1, 2009.", "", "", "States with GHG Emissions Targets", "On July 13, 2007, Florida Governor Charlie Crist issued Executive Order 07-127, which established statewide GHG emission reduction targets of 2000 levels by 2017, 1990 levels by 2025, and 80 percent below 1990 levels by 2050.", "", "", "States with GHG Emissions Targets", "On June 30, 2007, Hawaii Governor Linda Lingle signed into law Act 234, the Global Warming Solutions Act of 2007, which mandates that statewide GHG emissions be reduced to 1990 levels by 2020.", "", "", "States with GHG Emissions Targets", "On February 13, 2007, Governor Rod Blagojevich of Illinois announced new statewide greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reduction targets of 1990 levels by 2020 and 60 percent below 1990 levels by 2050.
Press Release", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "States with GHG Emissions Targets", "On May 21, 2003, Maine Governor John Baldacci signed into law the Act to Provide Leadership in Addressing the Threat of Climate Change, which established statewide GHG emission reduction targets of 1990 levels by 2010, 10 percent below 1990 levels by 2020, and 75-80 percent below 2003 levels in the long term. Maine set similar targets in 2001 when it signed onto the Climate Change Action Plan developed by The New England Governors and the Eastern Canadian Premiers.", "States with GHG Emissions Targets", "On May 7, 2009, Maryland Governor Martin O’Malley signed into law the Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reduction Act of 2009, which contains a greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reduction target for the state. The legislation sets the target at 25 percent below 2006 levels by 2020 and requires that a task force create and submit a plan for achieving this target; the plan is to be adopted by December 2012. As a whole, emission reduction measures in the plan must provide a net economic benefit to the state and a net increase in jobs.
The GHG emission reduction target set by this legislation is more stringent than the target set by the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI), a regional cap-and-trade program to which Maryland belongs. RGGI caps carbon dioxide emissions for electric utilities and will achieve a 10 percent reduction in emissions from 2009 levels by 2018. Maryland’s legislation also has a broader scope than RGGI, covering sources across the economy except the manufacturing sector. ", "States with GHG Emissions Targets", "The 2008 Global Warming Solutions Act requires an 80 percent reduction in greenhouse gas emissions below 1990 levels by 2050. The Act further calls for the Secretary of Energy and Environmental Affairs to set an interim target of between 10 and 25 percent below 1990 levels by 2020, as well as targets for 2030 and 2040. Previously, the Commonwealth had reduction goals of 1990 levels by 2010 and 10 percent below 1990 levels by 2020, with a long-term goal of reducing emissions to avoid dangerous climate change.", "States with GHG Emissions Targets", "On July 29, 2009 Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm issued Executive Directive 2009-4 which sets a goal to reduce the state’s greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions to 20 percent below 2005 levels by 2025 and 80 percent below 2005 by 2050.
Executive Directive 2009-4 ", "States with GHG Emissions Targets", "On May 25, 2007, Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty signed into law the Next Generation Energy Act, which established statewide GHG emission reduction goals of 15 percent by 2015, 30 percent by 2025, and 80 percent by 2050, based on 2005 levels.", "", "", "", "", "States with GHG Emissions Targets", "In his December 2007 application letter to the Western Climate Initiative, Governor Schweitzer established a greenhouse gas reduction goal of 1990 emission levels by 2020. This goal was recommended by the Montana Climate Change Advisory Committee in its final report.", "", "", "", "", "States with GHG Emissions Targets", "On August 26, 2001, New Hampshire Governor Jeanne Shaheen signed onto the Climate Change Action Plan developed by The New England Governors and the Eastern Canadian Premiers. By signing the agreement, New Hampshire agreed to reduce its statewide greenhouse gas emissions to 1990 levels by 2010, 10 percent below 1990 levels by 2020, and 75-85 percent below 2001 levels in the long term.", "States with GHG Emissions Targets", "On July 6, 2007, New Jersey Governor Jon S. Corzine signed into law the Global Warming Response Act, A3301, which limits the level of statewide GHG emissions, and GHG emissions from electricity generated outside the state but consumed in the state, to 1990 levels by 2020 and to 80 percent below 2006 levels by 2050. These targets were previously set in Executive Order 54 which the Governor signed in February 2007.", "States with GHG Emissions Targets", "On June 9, 2005, New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson issued Executive Order 2005-033, which set statewide GHG emission reduction targets of 2000 emission levels by 2012, 10 percent below 2000 levels by 2020, and 75 percent below 2000 emission levels by 2050.", "States with GHG Emissions Targets", "In June 2002, the State Energy Planning Board released the 2002 State Energy Plan and Final Environmental Impact Statement, which established goals to reduce statewide GHG emissions to 5 percent below 1990 levels by 2010, and 10 percent below 1990 levels by 2020.
On August 6, 2009, New York Governor David Paterson issued Executive Order No. 24 (2009), setting a goal of reducing the state’s greenhouse gas emissions 80 percent from 1990 levels by 2050.
", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "States with GHG Emissions Targets", "On August 6, 2007, Oregon Governor Ted Kulongoski signed House Bill 3543, which set statewide GHG emission targets for the state. HB 3543 directs the state to stop the growth of greenhouse gas emissions by 2010 and to reduce GHG emissions to 10 percent below 1990 levels by 2020 and to 75 percent below 1990 levels by 2050.", "", "", "States with GHG Emissions Targets", "On August 26, 2001, Rhode Island Governor Lincoln Arnold signed onto the Climate Change Action Plan developed by The New England Governors and the Eastern Canadian Premiers. By signing the agreement, Rhode Island agreed to reduce its statewide greenhouse gas emissions to 1990 levels by 2010, 10 percent below 1990 levels by 2020, and 75-85 percent below 2001 levels in the long term.", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "States with GHG Emissions Targets", "On June 20, 2008, Utah’s Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) announced a greenhouse gas (GHG) reduction goal of reducing statewide GHG emissions to 2005 levels by 2020. The GHG will be achieved using several policy tools, including: increased reliance on renewable energy sources; policies to reduce energy demand and increase efficiency; mass transit policies; and participation in the Western Climate Initiative (WCI) GHG cap-and-trade program. Utah DEQ estimated that if all the recommended policies are implemented, that state’s 2020 CO2 emissions will be 28 percent below business-as-usual levels projected levels. Utah is one of seven states and three Canadian provinces participating in the WCI.
Press Release", "States with GHG Emissions Targets", "On August 26, 2001, Vermont Governor Howard Dean signed onto the Climate Change Action Plan developed by The New England Governors and the Eastern Canadian Premiers. By signing the agreement, Vermont agreed to reduce its statewide greenhouse gas emissions to 1990 levels by 2010, 10 percent below 1990 levels by 2020, and 75-85 percent below 2001 levels in the long term.", "States with GHG Emissions Targets", "On December 21, 2007, Governor Tim Kaine issued Executive Order 59, creating the Governor\'s Commission on Climate Change and setting a target of reducing statewide greenhouse gas emissions to 30 percent below business as usual by 2025.", "States with GHG Emissions Targets", "On May 3, 2007, Governor Christine Gregoire of Washington signed SB 6001, which set into law statewide GHG emission reduction goals and strategies originally announced in a February 2007 executive order. The new law commits Washington to reduce statewide emissions to 1990 levels by 2020, 25 percent below 1990 levels by 2035, and 50 percent below 1990 levels by 2050.
These goals were established as statewide greenhouse gas emission targets with HB 2815, which was signed into law on March 13, 2008. This law also directed the state Department of Ecology to create a greenhouse gas reduction plan. The plan was released in December 2008 and included several policy options for meeting the 2020 emissions target. ", "", "", "", "", "", "");