CHEMICAL INDUSTRY PLANS FIRST-TIME REPORTING OF GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS

November 12, 2004
The American Chemistry Council (ACC) will launch a voluntary greenhouse gas (GHG) reporting system to track its progress in achieving the Bush administration's goal of 18 percent carbon intensity reductions by the end of the decade -- the first time a majority of the chemical industry has agreed to report its emissions of global warming-producing gases. Chemical industry sources and other industry observers say the move reflects increasing industry acknowledgment that it will face global warming requirements in the near...


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