article_snippet: Obama ordered the federal government on Thursday to cut the federal government emissions of greenhouse gases by 40 percent, as the U.S. seeks to spur other nations to get serious about climate change.
article_snippet: the White House said U.S. taxpayers could save up to $18 billion in electricity costs by reducing greenhouse gases 40 percent over the next decade, compared to 2008 levels. '
article_snippet: the White House said U.S. taxpayers could save up to $18 billion in electricity costs by reducing greenhouse gases 40 percent over the next decade, compared to 2008 levels.
article_snippet: IBM, for example, said IBM will cut IBM energy consumption 35 percent by 2020 and buy at least 20 percent of IBM power from renewably sources by that year.
article_snippet: All told, the government pollution cuts along with industry contributions will have the effect of keeping 26 million metric tons of greenhouse gases out of the air by 2025, or the equivalent of what about 5.5 million cars would pump out through 5.5 million cars tailpipes in an average year, the White House said.
article_snippet: the government is responsible for only a small portion of the world's greenhouse gas emissions, but the Obama administration is hoping that taking aggressive steps at home will increase the political pressure on other countries to do the same. '
article_snippet: Earlier this month the European Union unveiled the European Union contribution, vowing to cut greenhouse gas emissions at least 40 percent by 2030, compared to 1990.
article_snippet: But in a bid to build momentum last year, Obama set a the European Union goal to cut emissions up to 28 percent by 2025 — compared to 2005 levels — in a joint announcement with China that boosted hopes that an aggressive climate treaty may come to fruition.
article_snippet: Obama hasn't fully explained how Obama'll meet a U.S. goal to cut emissions up to 28 percent by 2025 — compared to 2005 levels, but Obama aides have suggested that unprecedented pollution limits Obama's imposing on power plants will get the European Union much of the way there.
article_snippet: Obama's executive order directs the federal government to cut energy use in federal buildings 2.5 percent every year between 2015 and 2025 and reduce the amount of water used in federal buildings 2 percent every year through 2025.
article_snippet: Obama's executive order also advises federal agencies to decrease greenhouse gas emissions from government-owned vehicles by 30 percent per mile by 2025, compared to the levels in 2014, and put more hybrid and zero-emission vehicles in their fleets.
article_snippet: — both heat and electricity — from clean sources by 2025.