Is it a possibility that transparency could all but make up for the lack of a mandated cap on carbon emissions? Grist wonders if that could be the case, and takes a closer look at the EPA’s newly instated Greenhouse Gas Reporting Rule, which requires companies polluting over 25,000 tons of greenhouse gases a year to disclose exactly how much they’re spewing. This data will then be made public–and possibly be prone to public outrage. Could companies then be shamed into reducing emissions, thereby allowing the GGRR to achieve a similar effect of a full on cap and trade?
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