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February 29, 2012One Individual and 20 Organizations Receive Inaugural Climate Leadership Awards
February 16, 2012West Linn Paper Company Achieves Climate Registered Status for 3rd Year
December 8, 2011Event: Understanding the Real Impact of GHG Mitigation Activities Dec. 8, 2011 - 9:45 am Eastern Time
October 19, 20113Degrees Is First Company to Achieve Climate Registered Silver Status
October 17, 2011States and provinces appoint new Executive Director of The Climate Registry
August 13, 2011U.S. EPA and NGOs unveil award criteria and nomination deadline for new Climate Leadership Awards
July 5, 2011Recology, Inc. joins The Climate Registry
June 22, 2011Exelon joins The Climate Registry
June 20, 2011Kodak, US Postal Service and Bentley Prince Street first to be awarded Climate Registered Gold and Platinum
May 17, 2011New national climate awards program
Feburary 9, 2011Registry Member ARCA partners with GE and EPA to lower emissions
January 25, 2011CalSTRS joins The Registry
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US EPA
On September 22, 2009, US EPA Administrator Lisa P. Jackson signed the EPA Final Mandatory Reporting of Greenhouse Gases Rule, establishing a new federal requirement for specific sources and facilities to report their greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions to US EPA. The rule goes into effect January 1, 2010 and requires large emitters to submit GHG emissions reports to EPA. According to EPA, the rule applies to approximately 10,000 facilities, which generate approximately 85 percent of the nation’s GHG emissions. These facilities include suppliers of fossil fuels or industrial GHGs, manufacturers of vehicles and engines, and facilities that directly emit 25,000 metric tons or more of GHG emissions per year. The gases covered by the proposed rule are carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4), nitrous oxide (N2O), hydrofluorocarbons (HFC), perfluorocarbons (PFC), sulfur hexafluoride (SF6), and other fluorinated gases including nitrogen trifluoride (NF3) and hydrofluorinated ethers (HFE).
EPA press release
Overview of EPA Final Rule
EPA published the draft rule in the Federal Register on April 10, 2009 (74 Federal Register 16448). During the public comment period for the draft rule, The Climate Registry submitted technical written comments accompanied by a letter signed by The Registry’s Board of Directors Executive Committee members. In the comments, The Registry encouraged US EPA to:
- Demonstrate US leadership on climate change by establishing a mandatory reporting rule that establishes a strong foundation for the US to begin to address global climate change and work with the international community
- Recognize the importance of entity-wide reporting and state mandatory reporting programs in achieving GHG emission reduction goals
- Partner with The Registry, the states and Native Sovereign Nations to develop solutions to reduce the burden on companies facing multiple reporting requirements
- Adopt high quality verification methodologies consistent with international standards
The Registry emphasized the need for EPA to develop reporting solutions that meet the following goals:
- Collect comprehensive, high-quality GHG emissions data
- Reduce the burden on reporters and streamline reporting to multiple programs
- Provide a basis to ensure consistency with flexibility in reporting across North America and internationally
- Leverage existing credible programs, like The Registry, through public-private collaborations
- Strengthen partnerships between federal, state and tribal governments
- Encourage voluntary corporate footprint (entity-wide) reporting
The Climate Registry’s Written Comments
The Climate Registry’s Public Hearing Comments
The Climate Registry Review Process
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