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Achieve target of a net-zero emissions economy by no later than 2050

50% of all new cars and light trucks are electric or hybrid by 2030.

Conserve at least 30% of land and water by 2030.

Eliminate fossil fuel subsidies from the budget beginning in FY2022 and thereafter.

Carbon pollution-free electricity sector by 2035

Restore at least an additional 200 million hectares of forests and other ecosystems



100 percent carbon pollution-free electricity (CFE) by 2030, at least half of which will be locally supplied clean energy to meet 24/7 demand

100 percent zero-emission vehicle (ZEV) acquisitions by 2035, including 100 percent zero-emission light-duty vehicle acquisitions by 2027;



Net-zero emissions from federal procurement no later than 2050, including a Buy Clean policy to promote use of construction materials with lower embodied emissions.


A net-zero emissions building portfolio by 2045, including a 50 percent emissions reduction by 2032

Net-zero emissions from overall federal operations by 2050, including a 65 percent emissions reduction by 2030.

Phase down production and consumption of HFCs in the United States by 85 percent over the next 15 years

50 percent of all new passenger cars and light trucks sold in 2030 be zero-emission vehicles

A carbon pollution-free electricity sector no later than 2035

2% annual reduction in energy consumption per gross square foot of Federal buildings by 2015 against a 2004 baseline

25% improvement in energy efficiency by 2012 against a 1990 baseline

Either 3% annual energy intensity reduction or 30% total reduction by 2015 against a 2003 baseline

Install solar energy system in 20,000 Federal buildings by 2010

Produce 1,000,000,000 gallons annually of cellulosic biofuels by 2015

At least 7.5% renewable energy of total Federal Government consumption by 2013 and each fiscal year thereafter

At least half renewable energy consumed comes from new renewable sources

Deployment of at least 100,000 by 2010, then 2,500,000 hydrogen-fueled vehicles by 2020

2% annual reduction in petroleum and 10% annual increase in non-petroleum fuel consumption in agency fleets with at least 20 vehicles by 2015 against a 2005 baseline

Transportation fuel contains minimum 26 ---billion gallons of renewable fuel by 2018

Fuel economy greater than 27.5mpg or 92% avg fuel economy for domestically manufactured passenger automobiles

20% lifecycle GHG reduction for new renewable fuel producers

At least 300,000 clean-fuel vehicles sold in California annually by 2000

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Lawsuit to compel the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to issue a 90-day finding in response to April 22, 2024 petition to list the saltmarsh sparrow as endangered or threatened.

Lawsuit brought by the developers of Empire Wind Project offshore Brooklyn challenging a December 2025 federal stop-work order.

Challenges to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s final rule rescinding the 2009 greenhouse gas endangerment finding under the Clean Air Act and repealing all greenhouse gas emission standards for motor vehicles and engines.

Challenges to the the U.S. Department of Energy’s December 16, 2025 order requiring that a coal-fired generation unit at the TransAlta Central Generation electric generating facility in Washington continue to be made available for operation.

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