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Feb 2, 2023 · AFP via Getty Images. The Biden administration plans to eliminate fossil fuels as a form of energy generation in the U.S. by 2035. The White House set out a target of 80% renewable energy...
In 2021, we rejoined the Paris Agreement, set an ambitious Nationally Determined Contribution to reduce net greenhouse gas emissions by 50-52% in 2030, launched the Global Methane Pledge, and...
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- There Will Be More of Us
- The Population Will Get older.
- Racial Proportions Will Shift.
The U.S. population today, at the start of 2020, numbers just over 331 million people. The U.S. is the third largest country in the world, outnumbered only by the two demographic billionaires, China and India, at just over 1.4 billion and just under 1.4 billion, respectively. Ten years from now, the U.S. population will have almost 350 million peop...
The U.S. is getting older and it’s going to keep getting older. Today, there are over 74.1 million people under age 18 in the U.S. There are 56.4 million people age 65 and older. Ten years from now, there will almost be as many old folks as there are young ones. The numbers of young people will have grown just a little to 76.3 million, but the numb...
In 2020, non-Hispanic white people, hereafter called whites, are still the majority race in the U.S., representing 59.7% of the U.S. population. In my research with the demographer Rogelio Saenz, we have shown that the white share of the U.S. population has been dropping since 1950 and it will continue to go down. Today, after whites, the Hispanic ...
Apr 22, 2021 · To get at least a 50 percent cut by 2030, a variety of studies have found, the United States would need to adopt sweeping new policies and slash emissions each year at an unprecedented rate...
Figure ES-1: United States historic emissions and projected emissions under the 2050 goal for net-zero. This figure shows the historical trajectory of U.S. net GHG emissions from 1990 to 2019, the projected pathway to the 2030 NDC of 50-52% below 2005 lev-els, and the 2050 net-zero goal. The United States has also set a goal for 100% clean
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Nov 8, 2021 · Climate change is affecting people in different geographies in the United States in various ways, and it could get worse. Some parts of the United States could experience a 70 percent projected decrease in the mean annual surface-water supply by 2050. While climate change will affect the entire country, it may additionally be regressive, as ...
Apr 19, 2021 · April 19, 2021. Energy.gov. How We’re Moving to Net-Zero by 2050. There’s no greater challenge facing our nation and our planet than the climate crisis—and the writing on the wall is that in order to avoid its worst effects, we need to do everything we can to achieve President Biden’s goal of net-zero carbon emissions by 2050.