PCAP - Presidential Climate Action Project

efficiency, (see Proposal A-2 for some examples); laws intended to reduce emissions by thegeneral public (see Proposal A-4 for some examples); and laws intended to reduce the emissionsof the federal government (see Proposal C-2), in addition to general air pollution laws.The following is a sample of relevant congressional declarations and findings that can be foundin these laws:a. National Energy Policy, Federal Energy Management. 339“It is the purpose of this part [Part B. Federal Energy Management] to promote the conservationand the efficient use of energy and water, and the use of renewable energy sources, by theFederal Government.” 340b. National Energy Conservation Policy, Chapter 91 of Title 42.“The purposes of this chapter are to provide for the regulation of interstate commerce, to reducethe growth in demand for energy in the United States, and to conserve nonrenewable energyresources produced in this Nation and elsewhere, without inhibiting beneficial economicgrowth.” 341 Further, “all sectors of the economy of the United States should continue to reducesignificantly the demand for nonrenewable energy resources such as oil and natural gas byimplementing and maintaining effective conservation measures for the efficient use of these andother energy sources.” 342c. Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007. 343“An Act to move the United States toward greater energy independence and security, to increasethe production of clean renewable fuels, to protect consumers, to increase the efficiency ofproducts, buildings, and vehicles, to promote research on and deploy greenhouse gas capture andstorage options, and to improve the energy performance of the Federal Government, and forother purposes.”d. Development of Energy Sources, Chapter 73 of Title 42.“The Congress hereby declares that the general welfare and the common defense and securityrequire effective action to develop, and increase the efficiency and reliability of use of, all energysources to meet the needs of present and future generations, to increase the productivity of thenational economy and strengthen its position in regard to international trade, to make the Nationself-sufficient in energy, to advance the goals of restoring, protecting, and enhancingenvironmental quality, and to assure public health and safety.” 344339 42 U.S.C. §§ 8251-8262k.340 Id. at § 8251.341 Id. at § 8201(b).342 Id. at § 8201(a)(4).343 Pub. L. No. 110-140, 121 Stat. 1498 (Dec. 19, 2007).344 42 U.S.C. § 5801(a) (emphasis added).CEES 90 | P age