Voluntary greenhouse gas registry

Act 70 of 2008, § 6, under PENNSYLVANIA CLIMATE CHANGE ACT - ENACTMENT.

Act 70 of 2008, § 6

Section 6. Voluntary greenhouse gas registry.

Within 90 days of the effective date of this act, the department shall create a voluntary greenhouse gas registry through which interested businesses, governments, institutions and other entities can record any reductions in greenhouse gas emissions or any avoided emissions of greenhouse gas emissions that are achieved in the absence of any government mandate to reduce such emissions. The department shall develop guidelines and criteria for the operation of the registry and shall create a site on the department's publicly accessible Internet website for the public to examine a current list of registrants and emission reductions and avoidances.