An illustration showing how much surface air temperatures might change from 1960 to 2060. The EPA is proposing that corporations should have to report the greenhouse gas emissions of their products. (Illustration courtesy of NASA)
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency wants big businesses to report greenhouse gas emissions. Lester Graham has more on the proposal.
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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency wants big businesses to report greenhouse gas emissions. Lester Graham has more on the proposal:
The EPA wants to establish a national system for reporting the greenhouse gases that cause global warming. Basically, the EPA is saying greenhouse gases are pollution. Big companies will have to monitor and report their emissions.
Dina Kruger is the Director of the EPA’s Climate Change Division. She says so far big business seems to be okay with this.
“The response was actually quite positive. They were happy that EPA was doing this. They provided us with good feedback on their views with respect on how this monitoring can be done.”
About 13-thousand facilities account for around 90-percent of U.S. greenhouse emissions. They’re the ones that will report to the EPA if the proposal goes through. And most of your greenhouse gas emissions — like your car emissions — will be reported. That’s because companies such as oil refineries have to include the total greenhouse gas emissions of making their products and their use.
For The Environment Report, I’m Lester Graham.