Over the last few months the USEPA has begun implementing rules to reduce GHG emissions. Not the traditional way by having affected facilities measure and reduce GHG emissions, but by encouraging operational changes to accomplish the same goal. Two rulings that can affect businesses are as follows: 1. Alternative refrigerants. This past December the USEPA [...]

The USEPA posted on Feb. 24, 2012 minor changes to the Tailoring Rule, tailoring Prevention of Significant Deterioration (PSD) and Title V Operating Permit programs to GHG emissions. The USEPA essentially announced that they would not change many of the parameters in the original draft rule, such as applicability thresholds and gradual scheduling. The USEPA [...]

May 24, 2011 Last month, the USEPA issued its periodic update report on where the US stands in terms of our overall greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions inventory, and trends since statistics began to be kept in 1990. It is important to step back and see where our GHG emissions derive and trends in recent years [...]