U.S. Division of Power, U.S. Division of Transportation, & Transport Canada — Taking Motion to Cut back Rail Sector Emissions

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As we speak, on the margins of COP28, United States Secretary of Power Jennifer M. Granholm, United States Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg, and Canada’s Minister of Transport, Pablo Rodriguez issued the next assertion:

“The governments of america and Canada share a powerful dedication to addressing the pressing world problem of local weather change.

“Recognizing the necessary position transportation performs in decreasing greenhouse gasoline emissions, america and Canada have created a Rail Decarbonization Job Pressure to develop a standard imaginative and prescient to scale back emissions from the rail sector.

“Collectively, we intend to:

• set up a joint analysis agenda to check the secure integration of rising applied sciences, together with hydrogen-powered and battery-electric locomotives;
• coordinate methods to speed up the rail sector’s secure transition from diesel-powered locomotives to zero-emission applied sciences to make sure a net-zero rail sector by no later than 2050; and
• collaborate on the event of a U.S.-Canada rail sector net-zero local weather mannequin by 2025.

“The brand new Job Pressure builds on our efforts to deal with the affect of transportation on local weather, as acknowledged within the Joint Assertion by the U.S. Division of Transportation and Transport Canada on the Nexus between Transportation and Local weather Change in 2021, whereas additionally supporting our joint dedication to realize a zero-emission automobile future as outlined within the Roadmap for a Renewed Canada-U.S. Partnership.

“The US and Canada acknowledge we have to work collectively to combat local weather change and decarbonize our built-in rail networks. This joint announcement demonstrates our shared dedication to working collectively to construct a extra sustainable and equitable future for all. We intend to interact nationwide companions, worldwide organizations and different nations to advertise secure and sustainable rail transportation. The decarbonization of the rail sector is an important element of our world efforts to scale back emissions and meet the objectives of the Paris Settlement.”