{"id":4268,"date":"2009-03-26T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2009-03-26T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www-prod.greenpeace.org\/usa\/campaign-updates\/4268\/energy-r-evolution-a-sustain\/"},"modified":"2024-12-09T14:38:23","modified_gmt":"2024-12-09T14:38:23","slug":"energy-r-evolution-a-sustain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/usa\/energy-r-evolution-a-sustain\/","title":{"rendered":"Energy [R]evolution: A Sustainable USA Energy Outlook"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class='p4descriptive_paragraph'>Energy [R]evolution: A Sustainable U.S.A. Energy Outlook details how the United States can cut greenhouse gas emissions to the levels we must reach in order to prevent the worst effects of global warming and simultaneously build a sustainable economy.Commissioned from the German Aerospace Center by Greenpeace and the European Renewable Energy Council, the study shows how the U.S. can, with off-the-shelf technology, cut CO2 emissions from current levels by 23 percent by 2020 and 85 percent by 2050.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure class='wp-block-image size-large p4featured_image'><img src='https:\/\/storage.googleapis.com\/planet4-usa-stateless\/2024\/11\/60533cde-energy-r-evolution-a-sustai.jpg' alt='energy-r-evolution-a-sustai.jpg' \/><figcaption class='wp-element-caption'><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span data-classid=\"b30218a7-77fc-43dd-a844-81935aa9b35e\" data-dynamicclass=\"Image\" data-state=\"L3VzYS9HbG9iYWwvdXNhL2ltYWdlLzIwMDkvNC9lbmVyZ3ktci1ldm9sdXRpb24tYS1zdXN0YWkuanBn|RW5lcmd5IFtSXWV2b2x1dGlvbiAtIEEgU3VzdGFpbmFibGUgVVMgRW5lcmd5IE91dGxvb2s=||||MA==|MA==\" class=\"epi_dc\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/storage.googleapis.com\/planet4-usa-stateless\/2024\/12\/328e02e2-energy-r-evolution-a-sustain.pdf\">Download document<\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Executive summary:<\/b> In the Energy [R]evolution U.S. Scenario, Greenpeace and the European Renewable Energy Council (Europe\u2019s largest renewable energy trade association) posed a simple but daring series of questions. First, is it possible, using currently available technologies, to cut carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions worldwide to the levels needed to prevent the worst effects of global warming? Second, can we do it while also achieving strong economic growth? Third, since the dangers<br \/>\nof nuclear waste and proliferation pose similar existential threats to humanity as global warming itself, can we also phase out all nuclear power by 2050? 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