REDUCING EMISSIONS FROM TRANSPORTATION IN THE NORTHEAST AND MID-ATLANTIC

The document details the financial and environmental impacts of transitioning to clean transportation in Maine. It estimates that a total investment of nearly $27 billion by 2050 would yield nearly $37 billion in returns, resulting in a net benefit of over $9 billion. Key benefits include significant fuel savings, reduced carbon dioxide emissions, and improved local air quality.

• Implementing clean vehicle and fuel technologies in Maine is projected to result in a cumulative net benefit of more than $9 billion by 2050, with total investments of almost $27 billion generating almost $37 billion in returns.
• The transition to clean transportation in Maine is estimated to avoid approximately 74 million metric tons of carbon dioxide emissions and reduce fossil-based liquid fuel use by more than 7.5 billion gallons by 2050.
• Financial returns for Maine are driven primarily by fuel savings, which by 2050 are projected to reach $26.40 billion, an amount that is twice as large as the largest investment cost, electricity generation and storage.
• The strategy focuses on three technology pathways: aggressive electrification of vehicles, strengthening fuel efficiency, and the use of lower-carbon fuels to meet regional climate targets of reducing emissions by 40 percent below 1990 levels by 2030 and 80 percent by 2050.

APA

Union of Concerned Scientists (2019). REDUCING EMISSIONS FROM TRANSPORTATION IN THE NORTHEAST AND MID-ATLANTIC. https://www.ucsusa.org/sites/default/files/attach/2019/02/Cost-and-Benefits-of-Clean-Transportation-ME.pdf

Chicago

Union of Concerned Scientists. REDUCING EMISSIONS FROM TRANSPORTATION IN THE NORTHEAST AND MID-ATLANTIC. 2019. https://www.ucsusa.org/sites/default/files/attach/2019/02/Cost-and-Benefits-of-Clean-Transportation-ME.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{unionofconcernedscientists2019reducing, author = {{Union of Concerned Scientists}}, title = {{REDUCING EMISSIONS FROM TRANSPORTATION IN THE NORTHEAST AND MID-ATLANTIC}}, institution = {Union of Concerned Scientists}, year = {2019}, month = mar, url = {https://www.ucsusa.org/sites/default/files/attach/2019/02/Cost-and-Benefits-of-Clean-Transportation-ME.pdf}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }