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The US government is known to be the largest polluter in the country and individual agency emissions have never come under such detailed scrutiny as they must now face due to this new executive order. It is true to say that agencies do not comprehend the scale of their emission issues, as they have never been forced to account for their own greenhouse gas inventories before.
While the House of Representatives may have passed their own climate related Act during early 2009, it is not clear whether the Senate will act anytime soon regarding their own version. This has caused environmental advocates around the world to sharply criticize the US for recalcitrance. Obama's executive order goes some way to appease the critics, as agency emissions account for a very considerable part of the country's overall footprint.
For the first time, we are likely to see the size of federal agency emissions as each agency is forced to take stock of its overall energy use and conservation. President Obama's executive order, number 13514, places considerable emphasis on the carbon emissions of each department and calls for a plan to reduce the same.
Obama has said that the government must lead by example and he has clearly come out in favor of reducing reliance on traditional forms of energy and helping to initiate climate change. Rather than setting a given standard, he has asked each chief to assume the scale of agency emissions and to determine their own percentage reduction goal. Agencies must now understand their position and report back soon.
The federal government now faces challenges which are surely to be assumed by other organizations in the years ahead. Each organization must be aware of its entire operation, how each of its assets uses energy and consequently pollutes the environment. Such a comprehensive analysis is a challenge and must be conducted down to a micro-level, if it is to be effective.
Obama has set a 10 year plan and will be looking for agency emissions to be reduced by a considerable margin during that time. In order to stand behind a stated goal, agency management must first undertake a full-scale analysis, backed up by tailor-made solutions. The goal of sustainability may only be achieved through full disclosure.
There are hundreds of individual agencies, organizations and departments affected by Obama's executive order. Some agencies focus directly on environmental issues, but the vast majority may be largely unaware of the need for sustainability. It is true to say that each and every one of them will be experts on this subject in short order!
While calling for agency emissions to be reduced and existing systems and assets to be optimized for efficiency, the executive order also calls for a majority of new projects and buildings to be sustainable, to ensure that future growth is contained.
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