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A Comparison of Legislative Climate Change Targets in the 110th Congress

This WRI analysis compares targets in current legislative proposals of mandatory cap and trade programs for greenhouse gas emissions, in terms of annual and cumulative emissions.

Global Warming Legislation in the 110th Congress

How do emissions reduction bills currently before Congress compare?

The USCAP Recommendations

The green area in this graph shows the range of targets described in the USCAP report, A Call for Action. The graph shows how legislative proposals currently before Congress compare to USCAP's recommendations.

Global Warming Legislation in the 109th Congress

Congress has been considering several bills to address global warming. But they are far from the same.