Utilities in Kentucky have made little progress in meeting their own climate goals, according to a new Sierra Club report analyzing major announcements from the 50 dirtiest U.S. utilities.
The scientific consensus is that we must essentially halve greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 in order to limit global warming to 2.7 degrees. To ignore this limit is to “miss a rapidly closing window to secure a livable future,” Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Chair Hoesung Lee said in September.
