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New Report Card Shows Where Ohio Needs to Catch up in Cutting Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Without changes, the state is on track to fall nearly one-third short of the economy-wide emissions cuts researchers say it needs to do its share under the Paris Climate Agreement by 2030.
Kathiann M. Kowalski
Ohio is just over halfway toward the economy-wide greenhouse gas emission cuts a new analysis says it would need by 2030 to help the United States meet its commitment under the Paris Climate Agreement. Yet without significant changes, Ohio will fall about one-third short of meeting that target.
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