US Cities Are Seriously Underreporting Their Greenhouse Gas Emissions
KELSEY VLAMIS, BUSINESS INSIDER
5 FEBRUARY 2021
US cities are significantly undercounting their greenhouse gas emissions, according to a new study published this week in
They found cities are under-reporting by nearly 20 percent. When adjusted to include all US cities, that figure exceeds the total emissions of the state of California by almost 24 percent.
Mitigating the emissions of greenhouse gases, which include carbon dioxide and methane gas, is an essential step in addressing climate change.
But, the researchers say, there is currently no universal way that cities measure emissions, and inconsistent and inaccurate data make mitigation much more difficult.
28 January 2021 23:00 GMT Updated 28 January 2021 23:00 GMT in London
US President Joe Biden this week signed an executive order that will give Indigenous leaders, including those in oil and gas-rich states such as Alaska, a greater say in projects and policies that impact them.
One of four executive orders Biden signed on 26 January, Executive Order 13175 charges all US executive departments and agencies with engaging in “regular, meaningful and robust consultation” with Tribal officials in the development of federal policies that have Tribal implications.
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The new president’s energy-related executive actions have stirred opposition in Texas and other oil-producing states. But Biden’s moves are dwarfed by the larger forces that have battered, and will transform, the industry.
Biden orders sweeping actions to pause federal oil leasing and fight climate change Author: Anna M. Phillips and Evan Halper, Los Angeles Times Updated: January 28 Published January 27
U.S. President Joe Biden signs executive orders after speaking about climate change issues in the State Dining Room of the White House on Jan. 27, 2021 in Washington, D.C. President Biden signed several executive orders related to the climate change crisis on Wednesday, including one directing a pause on new oil and natural gas leases on public lands. Also pictured, left to right, U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris and White House Science Advisor Eric Lander. (Anna Moneymaker/Pool/Getty Images/TNS)