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美聯邦機構碳足跡全國最高 歐巴馬向全體公職徵求減碳方案

2009年10月21日
摘譯自2009年10月19日ENS美國,華府報導;莫聞編譯;陳瑞賓審校

美國環保署位於丹佛的分局大樓已裝設綠屋頂。照片來源:美國環保署美國白宮發起一項公職人員參與打造綠色政府的計畫。白宮19日發出要求,希望每位聯邦公職人員利用兩週的時間,在「綠色政府」網站上提出自己的乾淨能源構想,網站並開放公職人員之間票選互評,在10月31日以前獲得最多票數的構想,將提交給「聯邦永續指導委員會」(Steering Committee on Federal Sustainability)作參考。

聯邦永續指導委員會是由一群來自各聯邦機構的資深官員組成,依照歐巴馬總統本月5日簽署的EO 13514號行政命令,他們將負責呈報各機構的永續計畫。

該項行政命令指出,美國聯邦政府是全國最大的能源消耗單位,碳足跡也最大。為了降低碳足跡,該命令要求各聯邦機構以2008會計年度為基準,建立各自的溫室氣體盤查、管理與減量方案。而白宮環境品質委員會必須在2010年1月2日前匯報各機構所設定的減量目標。

白宮環品會主席蘇特麗(Nancy Sutley)表示,「這項計畫的目的,是希望集180萬男女名公職人員的集體智慧。」所有提報到「綠色政府」網站上的建議都可線上檢視,不過只能用公務Email帳號登入,才有提報建議與投票的權限。

蘇特麗也拋磚引玉,率先在網站上提出自己的構想,「我希望所有機構都能把大眾運輸資訊放在官方網站上,以鼓勵大眾運輸達到減碳目的。」

另外也有人提出全面以節能燈(compact fluorescent)汰換白熾燈、在所有聯邦建築屋頂安裝太陽能板、開放公職人員與約聘僱人員在家上班等構想。

目前,美國聯邦機構共有50萬棟建築物、50萬輛車輛,擁有180多萬名員工,貨物與勞務採購每年達5000億美元。綠色政府網站的這項徵件與票選活動將持續到10月31日止。

Federal Employees Asked to Suggest Green Ideas, Vote on Others
WASHINGTON, DC, October 19, 2009 (ENS)

The White House today opened a two-week window for federal employees to suggest their own clean energy and green ideas and vote on the ideas of others.

The ideas that receive the most votes by October 31, 2009 on the GreenGov challenge at www.WhiteHouse.gov/GreenGov will be presented to the Steering Committee on Federal Sustainability.

This group of senior officials from a variety of federal agencies is responsible for delivering each agency's sustainability plan under President Barack Obama's Executive Order on Federal Sustainability (EO 13514) signed October 5.

The Federal government is the largest energy consumer in the U.S. economy, and as a result, has the largest carbon footprint.

To reduce this carbon footprint, the Executive Order requires federal agencies to set their own targets to measure, manage, and reduce greenhouse gas emissions by fiscal year 2020, relative to a fiscal year 2008 baseline.

Agency targets must be set and reported to the President by the chair of the White House Council on Environmental Quality by January 2, 2010.

"The goal of the tool is to harness the collective wisdom of the more than 1.8 million civilian employees and our men and women in uniform," said Nancy Sutley, who chairs the Council on Environmental Quality.

All visitors to the website will be able to view and explore ideas submitted through the site but only those with federal email addresses can log on and submit their own clean energy and green government ideas, and vote on others.

To start the ball rolling, Sutley posted her own suggestion, saying, "To promote mass transit use and reduce carbon emissions, I think all agencies should include public transit information on their websites."

Other suggestions include replacing all incandescent light bulbs with compact fluorescents, installing solar panels on the roofs of all government buildings, and allowing government employees and contractors to work from home.

The federal government occupies nearly 500,000 buildings, operates more than 600,000 vehicles, employs more than 1.8 million civilians, and purchases more than $500 billion per year in goods and services.

Executive Order 13514 also requires federal government agencies to meet a water efficiency target of 26 percent improvement by 2020, and a target of 50 percent recycling and waste diversion by 2015. The GreenGov challenge is encouraging suggestions in these areas too.

The GreenGov challenge runs through October 31, 2009.