AMC’s Conservation Programs Committee has voted to support the scientifically-based greenhouse gas emissions reductions goal of 80% by 2050. This goal has been widely adopted by climate scientists and organizations worldwide who are concerned about the impacts of precipitous climate change. The 80% by 2050 goal also is reflected in a number of Federal climate change bills and policies currently being considered by Congress. AMC’s Green Team, a group of staff working on ways to reduce AMC’s environmental impacts, is in the process of identifying carbon reduction goals and strategies to adopt as an organization that are consistent with our support for the 80% in 2050 emissions reduction target. For AMC, that would mean reducing our carbon output by an average of 28 metric tons, or 2%, a year for the next forty years. For more information, check out the webpage or attend the climate change presentation on Tuesday, December 11, 2007 in Brunswick sponsored by the Maine Chapter.