WRI’s Statement on EPA’s New Regulation for Mandatory Reporting of Greenhouse Gas Emissions

WRI welcomes stricter rules

Last week, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released its mandatory greenhouse gas reporting regulation for public comment. The rule requires large emitters of greenhouse gases across the U.S. economy to monitor and report their emissions to the EPA.

In December 2007, the U.S. Congress passed the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2008, which directed the EPA to establish mandatory reporting of greenhouse gas emissions from appropriate sources in all sectors of the U.S. economy. The EPA will soon begin tracking emissions from sources such as power plants, factories, and oil refineries as a step toward reducing U.S. emissions. Many of these sources do not currently track or report this information.

WRI’s GHG Protocol Initiative has been developing standards for greenhouse gas monitoring and reporting and promoting their broad use worldwide for 10 years. Hundreds of companies in the U.S. and around the world are now reporting their GHG emissions on a voluntary basis using the Protocol’s standards and calculation tools, facilitating the move to mandatory reporting.

WRI will continue to provide expertise to the EPA through the public comment period before the regulation is finalized later this year.


Quelle: World Resources Institute WRI