greenhouse gas data News
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EPA to hold webinar to showcase a new tool to access 2010 greenhouse gas emissions data from large facilities
For the first time, comprehensive greenhouse gas (GHG) data reported directly from large facilities and suppliers across the country are now easily accessible to the public through EPA’s GHG Reporting Program. The 2010 GHG data to be released includes public information from facilities in nine industry groups that directly emit large quantities of GHGs, as well as suppliers of certain ...
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European Environment Agency develops more transparent greenhouse gas data
The European Environment Agency has developed a new greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions viewer, where users can display emission data broken down by Member State, year and trading sector in a user-friendly interface. With this viewer, the EU Emission Trading Scheme (ETS) data become significantly more accessible for a wide range of users. Over 11,000 industrial installations in Europe — which ...
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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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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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A new, one-stop shop for greenhouse gas emissions data
Wading through the vast sea of global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions data can be a real challenge. To help simplify the process and make such data more accessible, today the World Resources Institute is launching the Climate Analysis Indicators Tool, or CAIT 2.0. The free, online portal provides data on GHG emissions from 186 countries and all 50 U.S. states, as well as other climate data. CAIT ...
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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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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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COP17 climate talks: Mapping the way towards a legal framework by 2015
A new way forward has been agreed upon in Durban, South Africa, after two weeks of climate change negotiations. The European Union welcomed the agreement from the COP17 climate conference as a breakthrough in the fight against climate change. What was agreed The delegates agreed a roadmap towards a new legal framework by 2015. The 'Durban Platform for Enhanced Action' is a process to ...
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Record greenhouse gas levels: see for yourself
For the first time, greenhouse gas data are accessed easily on a new CSIRO website. The site shows the levels of greenhouse gases measured in the Southern Hemisphere atmosphere for the past 35 years. Observed greenhouse gas concentrations – as measured by CSIRO and the Bureau of Meteorology at Cape Grim, Tasmania – can be easily explored by members of the public. The data are ...
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CAIT’s global greenhouse gas emissions data now available in google public data explorer
Last year, in an effort to make our climate data more accessible, WRI launched a pilot that paired estimates of U.S. state greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from our Climate Analysis Indicators Tool (CAIT) with the Google Public Data Explorer, a tool that visualizes large data sets with interactive charts and maps. We have now gone global – following up this initial offering with a subset of ...
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EPA Publishes 20th Annual U.S. Greenhouse Gas Inventory
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released its 20th Inventory of U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Sinks today, showing a two percent increase in greenhouse gas emissions in 2013 from 2012 levels, but a nine percent drop in emissions since 2005. Total U.S. greenhouse emissions were 6,673 million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent in 2013. By sector, power plants were 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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LI-COR Presents Landfill Methane Emission Data at Global Waste Management Symposium
Measuring greenhouse gas emissions at landfills using continuous monitoring offers new insight in estimating total annual emissions. LI-COR Principal Scientist, Liukang Xu presented methane emission data collected from a landfill at Global Waste Management Symposium in Phoenix, AZ on October 1st, 2012 and discussed the advantages of continuous monitoring over traditional interval monitoring. In ...
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2010 greenhouse gas emissions data from large facilities now available
For the first time, comprehensive greenhouse gas (GHG) data reported directly from large facilities and suppliers across the country are now easily accessible to the public through EPA’s GHG Reporting Program. The 2010 GHG data released today includes public information from facilities in nine industry groups that directly emit large quantities of GHGs, as well as suppliers of certain ...
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Monitoring, reporting and verification (MRV) a major theme at the UN climate negotiations
More than 190 countries gathered in Lima, Peru in December 2014 to debate a future agreement to limit our carbon emissions to avoid dangerous climate change. Members of the Centre for Carbon Measurement at the National Physical Laboratory (NPL) attended and presented its work to measure and verify greenhouse gas emissions and to follow the debate about how progress will be measured in the future. ...
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EPA Updates Greenhouse Gas Emissions Data from Large Facilities
Today, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) posted the second year of greenhouse gas (GHGs) emissions data on its website, which provides public access to emissions data by sector, by greenhouse gas, and by geographic region such as county or state. Greenhouse gases are the primary driver of climate change, which can lead to hotter, longer heat waves that threaten the health of the sick, ...
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MRV a major theme at the UN climate negotiations
More than 190 countries gathered in Lima, Peru in December 2014 to debate a future agreement to limit our carbon emissions to avoid dangerous climate change. Members of the Centre for Carbon Measurement at the National Physical Laboratory (NPL) attended and presented its work to measure and verify greenhouse gas emissions and to follow the debate about how progress will be measured in the future. ...
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EPA accepts first GHG reporting data/agency launches electronic GHG reporting tool
Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is launching a new tool to allow 28 industrial sectors to submit their 2010 greenhouse gas (GHG) pollution data electronically. Prior to being finalized, more than 1,000 stakeholders, including industry associations, states and NGOs tested the electronic GHG Reporting Tool (e-GGRT) to ensure clarity and user-friendliness. The data collected with ...
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EPA Hosts Background Technical Briefing on Online Tool to View GHG Emissions Data from Large Facilities
Today, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will host a technical briefing and demonstration on EPA’s online Facility Level Information on Green House gases (FLIGHT) tool. This call will be on background. WHAT: Technical briefing on Facility Level Information on Green House gases (FLIGHT) tool. WHO: Sarah Dunham, Director for EPA’s Office of Atmospheric Programs. WHEN: ...
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Frost & Sullivan: Desire to Lower Energy Consumption and Greenhouse gas Emissions Prompt Data Centers to Adopt Energy-Efficient Systems
The rising popularity of data-intensive services such as colocation, web-hosting and cloud among non-traditional verticals, has compelled data centers to enhance their technologies and service quality. One of the fallouts of this data explosion is the requirement for more powerful and robust cooling solutions. As high-density server racks cannot be adequately cooled using legacy technologies, ...
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