Governors take the initiative over US carbon dioxide emissions

[摘要] Though in 2001the federal government refused to ratify the international KyotoProtocol for regulating emissions, nine states have set targets for cutting back on regional greenhouse-gas emissions . It seems that in the face of federal inaction, individual states have begun making their own climate policy. Under their plan, more than 600 power plants will cap their total carbon dioxide emissions at roughly 150 million tonnes, about what they emit now. Between 2015and 2020, they will cut back a further 10%. The states involved in the initiative are Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island and Vermont.