E.P.A. to Seek More Data on Emissions

The E.P.A is now think about adding gas and oil sectors to the list of people that need to report their annual emissions amount back to them and to the government.The agency already requires 31 industries which representing 85 percent of the annual production of climate altering gases in the country to track and report emissions. The new rule would also try to track emissions of methane and fluorinated gases, which have a much more powerful impact on the atmosphere than carbon dioxide does. Methane is the primary gas that get released in oil and gas drilling Some petroleum drillers inject carbon dioxide into wells to enhance oil and gas recovery. The E.P.A. wants to know how much carbon dioxide is used in such operations and how much escapes into the atmosphere. This new rule would make it manditory for more organizations to have to report there emissions amount.
I think that it is good that the E.P.A is making it so that more orginizations will have to report there emissions amount and that will make it so that we know how much harmful material is being put into the atmoshpere. This will make it so that we can make them cut back it the atmosphere is getting to bad. Hopefully now the E.P.A will become more harsh on there regulation laws and we will be able to clean the environment.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/24/science/earth/24epa.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
John M. Broder
March 23, 2010