DOE's Upcoming GHG Registry Unlikely To Attract Broad Participation

The Department of Energy's (DOE) upcoming plan to create a greenhouse gas (GHG) registry -- touted during a major 2002 speech by President Bush outlining his plan to address climate change -- faces the prospect of limited industry participation because it lacks the rigorous requirements of other registries and will not recognize early action or the transfer or sale of emissions credits between private parties, private sector sources say. The long-delayed plan, known as 1605(b) after the section of federal...