greenhouse gas reporting News
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EPA issues extension to greenhouse gas reporting deadline
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has issued a final rule that extends the deadline for reporting 2010 data under the Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Reporting Program to September 30, 2011. The original deadline was March 31, 2011. EPA previously announced its intent to extend the deadline on March 1, 2011. Under the GHG Reporting Program entities required to submit data must register with the ...
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JLL’s Energy and Sustainability Services Summit, Here We Come!
It’s almost time to hit the road again- managing partners Rob and Elias will be attending Jones Lang Lasalle’s Energy and Sustainability Services Summit in Chicago on the 19th and 20th of this month. Experts in the areas of energy and water conservation, smart buildings, recycling, alternative energy, greenhouse gas reporting, employee engagement programs, and LEED project management ...
By Aquanomix
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EPA proposes updates to greenhouse gas reporting program (HQ)
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing actions under the greenhouse gas (GHG) reporting program to address issues about the public availability of certain data that some businesses may consider to be confidential. The total emissions for each facility is still required to be reported to EPA and released to the public. In July 2010, EPA proposed to determine that information ...
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U.S. EPA and Japan’s ministry of environment hold workshop on climate change efforts
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Japan’s Ministry of Environment (MOEJ) and Japan’s Institute for Global Environmental Strategies met May 11-12 to exchange information and expand collaboration on key climate change issues. The two-day workshop brought together representatives from EPA, MOEJ, and the U.S. State Department, as well as a number of non-governmental organizations, to review ...
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Carbon Market Data launches the Greenhouse Gas Reporting Company Database
The team at Carbon Market Data is happy to announce the launch of the Greenhouse Gas Reporting Company Database. The first version of this new information solution includes data on South Korean companies. The Korea GHG Reporting Company Database provides greenhouse gas emissions data as well as energy consumption and sales revenue information on around 700 companies based in South Korea. The ...
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EPA finalizes the nation’s first greenhouse gas reporting system
On January 1, 2010, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will, for the first time, require large emitters of heat-trapping emissions to begin collecting greenhouse gas (GHG) data under a new reporting system. This new program will cover approximately 85 percent of the nation’s GHG emissions and apply to roughly 10,000 facilities. “This is a major step forward in our effort to address the ...
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EPA to hold public hearings on additions to greenhouse gas reporting requirements
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will hold two public hearings on proposals to add reporting requirements for certain emissions source categories under the national mandatory greenhouse gas (GHG) reporting system. The hearing on April 19 will cover GHGs from fugitive and vented emissions from the petroleum and natural gas industry. The hearing will also cover reporting from facilities ...
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EPA to transition climate leaders program (HQ)
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that it will phase down services the agency offers under its Climate Leaders program over the coming year and encourage participating companies to transition to state or non-governmental programs. Factoring into the agency's plans for the program are the many new developments in regulatory and voluntary programs that address greenhouse gas ...
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EPA finalizes rules to foster safe carbon storage technology actions part of efforts to reduce barriers to widespread deployment of carbon capture and sequestration, an important set of technologies to combat climate change
Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) finalized two rules related to the capture and sequestration of carbon dioxide. Carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) technologies have the potential to enable large emitters of carbon dioxide, such as coal fired power plants, to significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions. This technology allows carbon dioxide to be captured at stationary ...
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Carbon masters respond to mandatory carbon reporting consultation
DEFRA´s consultation on the Mandatory Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Reporting Draft Regulations will close this week. In response to the consultation, Carbon Masters have developed the second paper in our Mandatory Carbon Reporting series, which can be downloaded here. The briefing paper highlights some of the key issues from the DEFRA consultation and shares Carbon Masters perspective on the draft ...
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EPA proposes to add sources to greenhouse gas reporting system
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to include additional emissions sources in its first-ever national mandatory greenhouse gas (GHG) reporting system. The data from these sectors will provide a better understanding of where GHGs are coming from and will help EPA and businesses develop effective policies and programs to reduce emissions. “Gathering this information is ...
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EPA announces next steps for greenhouse gas emissions reporting program
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is announcing that its Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Reporting Program has recently completed extensive work to develop GHG data reporting requirements for a wide range of different industries in response to Congressional mandates. This program will provide Congress, stakeholder groups and the public with information about these emissions while helping businesses ...
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Response on Mandatory Carbon Reporting announcement
Response to Defra's announcement of mandatory greenhouse gas emissions reporting for businesses listed on the London Stock Exchange In response to Defra's announcement of mandatory greenhouse gas emissions reporting for businesses listed on the London Stock Exchange, Tom Delay, Chief Executive of the Carbon Trust said: "Today's announcement is welcome news. Mandatory carbon reporting for ...
By Carbon Trust
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EPA finalizes greenhouse gas reporting requirements for petroleum and natural gas industry/reporting targets methane, a potent greenhouse gas and valuable fuel
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has finalized greenhouse gas (GHG) reporting requirements for the petroleum and natural gas industries as part of the mandatory reporting program. The petroleum and natural gas industries emit methane, carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases, and are one of the largest human related sources of methane in the United States. Annual methane emissions ...
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First Environment Completes Kodak’s Worldwide Greenhouse Gas Inventory for 2005
Boonton, NJ: First Environment, a worldwide leader in environmental management and sustainability, announced today that it has successfully completed the third-party certification process of Eastman Kodak Company’s 2005 global greenhouse gas emissions. Kodak reports their emissions inventory to the California Climate Action Registry, a non-profit public/private partnership that helps ...
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EPA Releases Greenhouse Gas Emissions Data from Large Facilities
Today (Sep 30, 2014), the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released its fourth year of Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program data, detailing greenhouse gas pollution trends and emissions broken down by industrial sector, geographic region and individual facilities. In 2013, reported emissions from large industrial facilities were 20 million metric tons higher than the prior year, or 0.6 ...
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EPA Releases Greenhouse Gas Emissions Data from Large Facilities / Carbon pollution from power plants declines 10 percent from 2010 due to growing use of natural gas
Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released its third year of greenhouse gas data detailing carbon pollution emissions and trends broken down by industrial sector, greenhouse gas, geographic region, and individual facility. The data, required to be collected annually by Congress, highlight a decrease in greenhouse gas emissions as more utilities switch to cleaner burning ...
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World`s largest corporations requested to measure and disclose greenhouse gas emissions
The Carbon Disclosure Project, a collaboration of 385 institutional investors with assets under management of $57 trillion, has issued its 2008 information request to the world's largest corporations. Companies are requested to measure and disclose their greenhouse gas emissions and report on their strategy for dealing with risks and opportunities associated with climate change. The resulting ...
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FCI announces customer fast track initiative to meet EPA Greenhouse Gas Reporting Mandate
Fluid Components International (FCI), a global supplier of thermal mass gas flow meters, today announces its Customer GHG Reporting Fast Track Initiative in response to the US Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) new mandate per 40 CFR part 98 that requires greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reporting effective January 1, 2010.“To help our customers comply with the EPA’s new GHG reporting mandate, ...
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California Kicks Off Cap-and-Trade Program to Auction Carbon Emission Credits
Today, California kicked off the first auction of their cap-and-trade system for greenhouse gases under the California Air Resources Board (CARB) new cap-and-trade program. This is the first large-scale carbon market in the United States, and is expected to be the second largest carbon market in the world, after the European Union. "Many may agree, especially with the buzz around climate change ...
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