Obama administration takes aim at greenhouse gases

** FILE ** In this Dec. 15, 2008 file photo, President-elect Barack Obama, right, listens EPA administrator-designate Lisa Jackson addresses the media at a news conference in Chicago. (AP Photo, File)

The US Environmental Protection agency has proposed the first comprehensive national system for reporting emissions of carbon dioxide and five other greenhouse gases.

The information would form the basis for any regulation of greenhouse gases, something that President Barack Obama wants to accomplish in his first 18 months in office.

The first annual report would be submitted to EPA in 2011 for the calendar year 2010, except for vehicle and engine producers, which would begin reporting for model year 2011.

The so-called carbon registry would cover 13,000 facilities, accounting for 85% to 90% of greenhouse gases released into the atmosphere, EPA spokeswoman Cathy Milbourn told Recharge.

The new reporting requirement would apply to suppliers of fossil fuel…

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