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31 states to form greenhouse gas emission registry
San Francisco Chronicle
By Mark Martin
May 9, 2007
Governors and environmental officials from 31 states announced Tuesday that they would create a national registry to measure greenhouse gas emissions, a key first step toward reducing emissions and another illustration of states moving ahead of the federal government in addressing climate change.
The announcement Tuesday does not mean that any state other than California has agreed to lower the greenhouse gases that scientists believe are causing rising temperatures around the world. And industries in the states will not be required to join the registry and report the amount of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases they emit; it will be voluntary.
But proponents of the idea said the new Climate Registry is critical to eventually reducing emissions because it will be a way to measure the starting point in each state.
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