IT SOUNDS like a wish list from an environmental group: new standards for fuel efficiency in cars; laws forcing power companies to produce 15 per cent of their electricity through renewable sources; traditional, inefficient 100-watt light bulbs to be banned; federal government operations to be carbon neutral by 2050.
But at least some of these proposals are actually likely to become US law, after the passed Congress on 4 August. The legislation could still fail, but green groups are cautiously optimistic. “It’s a substantial down payment in reducing global warming emissions,” says Philip…
