Greenhouse gas reporting – From initiatives to policies

As the second cap-and-trade program for greenhouse gases in the U.S., makes its way toward enforcement by 2010, the Western US states are rolling out their own plans and regulations aimed at meeting its reduction goals.Beginning in 2010, all facilities in Oregon that emit more than 2,500 metric tons of carbon dioxide (or equivalent volumes of other greenhouse gases) will be required to report their emissions totals. The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) estimates that the new rules will impact 481 small businesses, 126 large businesses and more than 100 local and state government agencies (from hospitals and prisons to county-owned landfills and sewage treatment facilities).

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