Water vapor rose from smokestacks at a California Department of Power and Water generating plant in Long Beach last month. Yesterday, the EPA proposed establishing a national system for reporting greenhouse gas emissions.
(TIM RUE/BLOOMBERG NEWS)
Recession byproduct - a cut in emissions
But low level may hurt cap and trade program
Water vapor rose from smokestacks at a California Department of Power and Water generating plant in Long Beach last month. Yesterday, the EPA proposed establishing a national system for reporting greenhouse gas emissions.
(TIM RUE/BLOOMBERG NEWS)
New figures being released today show the recession helped drive down global warming emissions from Northeast power plants last year to their lowest levels in at least nine years. (Full article: 991 words)
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