Ed A. Stevens
10-24-2002, 02:31 PM
http://cbs2.com/news/AP/APTV/State/CA/n/CA--ClimateRegistry-kn/news_html
Voluntary greenhouse gas emissions registry
opens in California
Thursday October 24, 2002
LOS ANGELES (AP) A nonprofit corporation created by state law
opened Thursday to allow organizations around California to track
emissions of greenhouse gases.
The California Climate Action Registry will allow organizations,
including private companies and cities, to voluntarily measure and
report their emissions of greenhouse gases, including carbon dioxide.
Its 23 charter members include BP, Pacific Gas and Electric Co.,
University of California, San Diego and the cities of Los Angeles, San
Diego, Sacramento and Santa Monica.
The goal of the registry is to document and verify efforts by its
members to voluntarily reduce greenhouse gas emissions, officials
said.
The registry will ensure their efforts are recognized and credited
should greenhouse gas emissions be regulated in the future either by
state or federal law a move some believe is inevitable. Such
regulations could force cuts in greenhouse gas emissions that could
be met in part by trading pollution credits.
The European Parliament approved such a plan Thursday that aims
to cut emissions to below 1990 levels through a trading scheme that
will apply to major polluting industries. The plan must be approved by
the 15 nations in the European Union before it becomes law.
Under 1997's international Kyoto agreement to fight global warming,
the EU pledged to cut greenhouse gas emissions to 8 percent below
1990 levels by 2012.
The United States, which is responsible for an estimated 25 percent
of worldwide greenhouse gas emissions, has not ratified the Kyoto
Protocol.
Members of the California registry will follow standard methods for
measuring emissions. Results will be independently verified.
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On the Net: http://www.climateregistry.org/
(Copyright 2002 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
Voluntary greenhouse gas emissions registry
opens in California
Thursday October 24, 2002
LOS ANGELES (AP) A nonprofit corporation created by state law
opened Thursday to allow organizations around California to track
emissions of greenhouse gases.
The California Climate Action Registry will allow organizations,
including private companies and cities, to voluntarily measure and
report their emissions of greenhouse gases, including carbon dioxide.
Its 23 charter members include BP, Pacific Gas and Electric Co.,
University of California, San Diego and the cities of Los Angeles, San
Diego, Sacramento and Santa Monica.
The goal of the registry is to document and verify efforts by its
members to voluntarily reduce greenhouse gas emissions, officials
said.
The registry will ensure their efforts are recognized and credited
should greenhouse gas emissions be regulated in the future either by
state or federal law a move some believe is inevitable. Such
regulations could force cuts in greenhouse gas emissions that could
be met in part by trading pollution credits.
The European Parliament approved such a plan Thursday that aims
to cut emissions to below 1990 levels through a trading scheme that
will apply to major polluting industries. The plan must be approved by
the 15 nations in the European Union before it becomes law.
Under 1997's international Kyoto agreement to fight global warming,
the EU pledged to cut greenhouse gas emissions to 8 percent below
1990 levels by 2012.
The United States, which is responsible for an estimated 25 percent
of worldwide greenhouse gas emissions, has not ratified the Kyoto
Protocol.
Members of the California registry will follow standard methods for
measuring emissions. Results will be independently verified.
^ =
On the Net: http://www.climateregistry.org/
(Copyright 2002 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)