2009 ECOS Annual Meeting, Climate & Energy Subcommittee Session: September 23, 2009 - Whitefish, MT
Presentation on the US EPA's Clean Air Act Advisory Committee's Visions and Guiding Principles for the National Air Program presented by Pat Childers, Senior Advisor, Office of Air and Ratiation, US EPA
Presentation on the Report "Global Climate Change Impacts in the United States" presented by Dr. Thomas C. Peterson, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service, National Climatic Data Center
Exchange Network Overview and Support for the Greenhouse Gas Reporting Rule presented by Linda Travers, Acting Assistant Administrator for Environmental Information and Chief Information Officer, US EPA
2009 ECOS Spring Meeting, Climate & Energy Subcommittee Session: March 22, 2009 - Alexandria, VA
Panel Discussion: Federal Climate Legislation and Role of the States with Joe Goffman, Senior Counsel, Senate Environment and Public Works Committee; and
Federal and State Climate Policy Action presented by Vicki Arroyo, Executive Director, Georgetown State-Federal Climate Resource Center
Proposed Mandatory GHG Reporting Rule presented by Dina Kruger, Director, Climate Change Division, U.S. EPA's Office of Atmospheric Programs
GAO Study on Climate Change Adaptation presented by John Stephenson, Director, Natural Resoruces and Environment, GAO
2008 ECOS Annual Meeting, Climate & Energy Subcommittee Session: September 21, 2008 - Branson, MO
Mandatory Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Reporting Rulemaking - Status Report presented by Elin Miller, Regional Administrator, U.S. EPA Region 10
GHG Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPR) presented by Rob Brenner, Director, Office of Policy Analysis & Review, Office of Air and Radiation, U.S. EPA
Update on the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiativepresented by Jared Snyder, Assistant Commissioner for Air Resources, Climate Change & Energy, New York DEC
NACAA Global Warming Conference Proceedings Now Available
The National Association of Clean Air Agencies (NACAA) held a conference on Defining the Role of States and Localities in Federal Global Warming Legislation on February 12-13, 2008 in Arlington, VA. The purpose of the conference was to bring together experienced air regulators and interested colleagues to brainstorm concepts and ideas related to the role states and local governments should play in federal climate change legislation and programs to combat global warming – including roles states already fulfill for existing programs, as well as potential new roles. Participants focused on four issues important to states and localities, as framed in four discussion papers: 1) Preserving the right of states and localities to set more stringent greenhouse gas (GHG) reduction requirements, 2) The role states and localities can play in implementing a federal GHG reduction program, 3) The role states and localities can play in a federal allowance program and in determining how funding is distributed, and 4) The role of states and localities in data management under a federal climate change program.
NACAA GW Conference Proceedings on Global Warming
2008 ECOS Spring Meeting, Climate & Energy Subcommittee Session: April 14, 2008 - New Orleans, LA
Update on The Climate Registry presented by Ann McCabe, TCR Midwest Regional Director
Mandatory GHG Reporting Rulemaking presented by Elin Miller, Regional Administrator, U.S. EPA Region 10
The Climate Registry Releases Final General Reporting Protocol
The Climate Registry released the General Reporting Protocol for its voluntary reporting program on March 31, 2008. The General Reporting Protocol is a tool to help reporters calculate, report and verify their greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. It contains reporting requirements, calculation methodologies, administrative instruction and reference materials for reporters. These standards represent best practices for GHG reporting and are consistent with WRI/WBCSD and ISO global guidelines and protocols.
Summary of TCR's General Reporting Protocol
Joint Meeting of the Climate Change Workgroup and the Energy Efficiency Subcommittee: September 16, 2007 - Sun Valley, Idaho
Presentation on Climate Change Registry by Joel Levin, Vice President, California Climate Action Registry
Presentation on National Action Plan for Energy Efficiency by Julie Rosenberg, Branch Chief, State and Local Clean Energy-Environment Programs, U.S. EPA's Office of Air and Radiation
Preparing for Climate Change: A Guidebook for Local, Regional and State Government is a handbook designed to help decision makers in the local, regional or state government prepare for climate change by recommending a detailed, step-by-step process for climate change preparedness. The link for the guidebook is: http://www.cses.washington.edu/cig/fpt/planning/guidebook/gateway.php
Speech given by Steve Brown on April 10, 2007 at the Virginia Military Institute