Industry and lawmakers argue that the “Scope 3” requirement would consume immense amounts of time and money and result in wildly inaccurate estimates. Backers say the disclosures would be invaluable to investors and to speeding action on climate change.
The new president at the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials is making climate resilience a priority, but emission reductions are a trickier question.
A first-of-its-kind database for tracking the world's fossil fuel production, reserves and emissions launches on Monday to coincide with climate talks taking place at the United Nations General Assembly in New York.
The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality has deployed technology to monitor emissions in real time, part of a $2.2 million effort to fix gaps in monitoring identified during Hurricane Harvey.
