Policies that require a clear and steady reduction in emissions will move the private sector in the right direction faster than any government funded program by itself. (grist.org)
Even with that growth of emissions from 2012 - 2013 by top emitters, if we expand the timescale, their combined emissions have remained the same for the past decade.3 In that time, the United States peaked its emissions in 2007, and the European Union, the third - largest emitter, saw steady reductions. (wri.org)
The severe cuts are a result of the adoption in 1980 of Proposition 2 1/2, which caps local spending, coupled with steady reductions in state aid to localities, the report says. (edweek.org)