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Current and Near-Term Greenhouse Gas Reduction Initiatives

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EPA Climate Protection Partnerships Investing in our Future, ENERGY STAR and Other Voluntary Programs, 2004 Annual Report (PDF, 58 pp., 1.77 MB, About PDF) White House DOE's Office of Policy and International Affairs State Department Fourth U.S. Climate Change Report

Across the Federal government, partnerships and programs promote opportunities to conserve fossil fuels, improve energy efficiency, recover methane and sequester carbon.

EPA Greenhouse Gas Reduction Initiatives

EPA plays a significant role in encouraging voluntary reductions from large corporations, consumers, industrial and commercial buildings and many major industrial sectors.

Clean Energ -Environment State Partnership The Clean Energy-Environment State Partnership Program is a voluntary state-federal partnership that encourages states to develop and implement cost-effective clean energy and environmental strategies. These strategies help further both environmental and clean energy goals while achieving public health and economic benefits. Under the Partnership Program, states work across their relevant agencies to develop and implement a comprehensive strategy for using existing and new energy policies and programs to promote energy efficiency, clean distributed generation, renewable energy and other clean energy sources that can provide air quality and other benefits. Climate Leaders Climate Leaders is an EPA industry-government partnership that works with companies to develop comprehensive climate change strategies. Partner companies commit to reducing their impact on the global environment by setting aggressive greenhouse gas reduction goals. Through program participation, companies create a credible record of their accomplishments and receive EPA recognition as corporate environmental leaders. Climate Leaders Partners range from Fortune 100 corporations to small businesses and represent a variety of industries and sectors, from manufacturers and utilities to financial institutions and retailers, with operations in all 50 states. Combined Heat and Power (CHP) Partnership The CHP Partnership is a voluntary program to reduce the environmental impact of power generation by promoting the use of CHP. CHP is an efficient, clean and reliable approach to generating power and thermal energy from a single fuel source. The Partnership works closely with energy users, the CHP industry, state and local governments and other stakeholders to support the development of new projects and promote their energy,

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