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News & Views item - April 2010 |
Additional Greenhouse Gas Monitoring
Proposed for US Environmental Protection Agency. (April 1, 2010)
The United States federal Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has proposed
adding the oil and gas sector, industries that emit fluorinated gases and
facilities that inject carbon dioxide into the ground, to the list of sources
that are required to report their annual greenhouse gas emissions to the
government. This proposed rule would expand regulations issued last fall that
require 31 industry sectors, covering 85% of total U.S. greenhouse gas
emissions, to track and report their emissions.
The rule will be open for public comment for 60 days after publication in The Federal Register.