Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Tracking and Reporting To Become Law By 2010

The United States will introduce a federal law covering greenhouse gas tracking in 2010, with the first reports due in early 2011. Many entities are affected including those in the realm of business and government and each must comply or be subject to heavy fines and penalties. Those organizations that use heating, ventilation and air-conditioning systems or refrigeration and air-conditioning systems, or those that produce industrial chemicals or manufacture cars and engines are affected.

The US Clean Air Act aims to improve air quality and lower greenhouse gas emissions. Within this aim, the Climate Registry Protocol covers greenhouse gas tracking and outlines the need for mandatory monitoring.

A big part of the greenhouse gas tracking requirement is its focus on the refrigerant gases used in refrigeration and cooling systems at a wide variety of facilities. This list includes but is not limited to food processors, grocery stores, office buildings, hospital buildings, retailers and local government facilities. It is known that refrigerant gases include significant levels of carbon in the form of perfluorocarbons, chlorofluorocarbons and hydrochlorofluorocarbons. These compounds have been regulated under the US Clean Air Act for some years.

It is known that greenhouse gases absorb and then release radiation into the atmosphere. This process contributes greatly to the global warming effect. Greenhouse gas tracking will unveil the origin of these gases and monitor the discharged amounts. Officials have a significant amount of information, which they will use to measure future usage. Correct data, submitted in a timely fashion, will help to determine if guidelines are effective in lowering the effects of the substances on the Earth's ozone layer.

Greenhouse gas tracking measures indirect and direct emissions alike and helps to keep extensive records on such important subjects as maintenance, leaks and disposal. Heating and cooling systems and other energy sources are defined as producing these direct emissions.

As a number of man-made compounds materially contribute to global warming, greenhouse gas tracking is essential. Those substances are carbon dioxide, chlorine, bromine, nitrous oxide, chlorofluorocarbons, hydrofluorocarbons, methyl chloroform, sulfur hexafluoride, halons, carbon tetrachloride and the fluorinated gases hydroflorenated ethers and nitrogen trifluoride.

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposes mandatory reporting of the gases contributing to global climate change from about 13,000 facilities nationwide. These facilities account for the majority of greenhouse gas emissions within the United States and present a logical starting point for emissions reductions in the US. The regulation would cover companies that either release large amounts of greenhouse gases (GHG) directly or produce or import fuels and chemicals that when burned emit large amounts of carbon (CO2) gases.

In the United States, the Obama administration lists greenhouse gas tracking as an important consideration. The objective is to protect our environmental future by taking action to reduce the carbon footprint. The world's make up would be significantly affected if no action were taken, with a severely detrimental effect on life in general.

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