As Barack Obama takes office let us take a look at his proposed platform on the environment. 

Barack Obama on the environment.

Calls for cutting U.S. carbon dioxide emissions 80 percent below 1990 levels by 2050. Would accomplish this through a cap-and-trade system that would auction off 100 percent of emissions permits, making polluters pay and creating green jobs.

Calls for 25 percent of U.S. electricity to come from renewable sources by 2025, and for 30 percent of the federal government's electricity to come from renewables by 2020.

Proposes investing $150 billion over 10 years in R&D for renewables, biofuels, efficiency, "clean coal," and other clean technology.

Calls for improving energy efficiency in the U.S. 50 percent by 2030.

Calls for 36 billion gallons of biofuels to be used in the U.S. each year by 2022 and 60 billion gallons of biofuels to be used in the U.S. each year by 2030.

Calls for all new buildings in the U.S. to be carbon neutral by 2030.

Calls for reducing U.S. oil consumption by at least 35 percent, or 10 million barrels a day, by 2030.

Supports raising fuel-economy standards for automobiles to 40 miles per gallon and light trucks to 32 mpg by 2020.

Supports a phaseout of incandescent light bulbs by 2014.

Opposes oil drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.

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