Some members of the group, Sustainable Silicon Valley, have been successful in achieving their own carbon dioxide reduction goals, said Rick Row, its executive director. But the group's goal of persuading the entire valley to cut carbon dioxide emissions 20 percent below 1990 levels by 2010 won't happen.
"We're going to fall short of it," Row said of the group's stated goal. "That's clearly not happening yet."
California's trend-setting climate-change law, known as AB 32, says the state must cut its greenhouse-gas emissions to 1990 levels by 2020. The local group had given the region a steeper target on a quicker timetable.
Still, Row said he's pleased with the progress being made - at least by its member partners, which include Hewlett-Packard, Intel and Adobe.
"We're going to fall short of it," Row said of the group's stated goal. "That's clearly not happening yet."
California's trend-setting climate-change law, known as AB 32, says the state must cut its greenhouse-gas emissions to 1990 levels by 2020. The local group had given the region a steeper target on a quicker timetable.
Still, Row said he's pleased with the progress being made - at least by its member partners, which include Hewlett-Packard, Intel and Adobe.
