Senate EPW Testimony: America's Climate Security Act of 2007

The Impact of S. 2191 on the U.S. Economy and on Global Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works
Margo Thorning
November 8, 2007

“A major stumbling block to the U.S.’s meeting the targets set forth in America’s Climate Security Act of 2007 (S. 2191) is projected increases in covered emissions and population growth over the next several decades,” Dr. Margo Thorning explained to members of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee at a hearing on November 8, 2007. “Sharp cutbacks in U.S. energy use would be necessary to close the 55 percent gap in 2030 between projected emissions and the S. 2191 target.”