When: | April 29, 2009 2:00pm-3:00pm | |
Where: | Webcast Hosted by the Conference Board Register at: http://www.conference-board.org/webcasts/upcomingWebcast.cfm?id=1964 |
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Price: | Conference Board members $250; non-members $350; non-profit employees $175 | |
Type: | Conference | |
PREPARING FOR MANDATORY GREENHOUSE GAS REPORTING IN THE U.S. A Dialogue with the Environmental Protection Agency Webcast Hosted by The Conference Board Panelist: William N. Irving, Chief of the Program Integration Branch. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Climate Change Division. This EPA branch is responsible for preparing the annual Inventory of GHG Emissions & Sinks (submitted to the UN), analyzing climate legislation, supporting domestic and international climate policy development, and coordinating the EPAs mandatory rulemaking for greenhouse gases. Mr. Irving is an elected member of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Task Force Bureau for GHG Inventories. Moderator: Dinah A. Koehler, Sc.D., Senior Research Associate, The Conference Board Government regulation of Greenhouse Gases (GHGs) in the U.S. is on its way. Last month, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency released its proposed GHG Reporting Rule, which would require manufacturers, utilities, fuel suppliers and vehicle manufacturers to report their total annual GHG emissions starting in 2010.The rule covers up to 90% of GHG emissions sources in the U.S. In addition, the data generated by the rule will instruct a variety of new climate change policies under federal consideration, including cap and trade, regulation of GHG emissions under the Clean Air Act and carbon fees. Given the significance of this policy shift for all business, The Conference Board is presenting a webcast dialogue with the EPA to discuss specific aspects of the rule, and its implications for business including how the data can be used. This webcast will discuss:
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