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Enigin - EPA Ruling Opens Doors To US Greenhouse Gas Control

Enigin - EPA Ruling Opens Doors To US Greenhouse Gas Control

A ruling was issued yesterday by The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), officialising that greenhouse gases were a recognised threat to public health, thereby providing the Obama administration with the power to regulate the emissions that fuel global warming.

According to specialists, this ruling means that the US can now control greenhouse gas emissions, regardless of whether or not the Congress adopts legislative thresholds.

The EPA has decided that global warming was a serious threat to human health and emissions have to start being controlled worldwide.

Concrete energy saving obligations could be a direct derivative of this new ruling, creating a worldwide requirement to become energy efficient, through companies like Enigin PLC, to reduce emissions and combat climate change.

Enigin is the type of company that businesses all over the world are turning to in order to be compliant to the new regulations relative to climate change and carbon emissions, especially following the EPA ruling and the Copenhagen climate conference aftermath.

Enigin have the right solutions to address energy wastage and give business owners the opportunity to respect emission targets while simultaneously saving money. Inefficient lighting, air conditioning, refrigeration or motors can all be replaced by Enigin PLC's specialised systems, which will reduce energy consumption and maintenance costs.

EPA's Administrator, Lisa Jackson, said that "The overwhelming amount of evidence shows the threat is real". Jackon further mentioned heat waves, asthma and rising seas as direct consequences of global warming.

Among the 6 greenhouse gases encompassed by the EPA's findings features CO2, which is a by-product derived from burning fossil fuels (coal, oil and natural gas).

Although no emissions restriction resulted immediately from the EPA's announcement, it provides an opportunity for stricter vehicle rules, expected to take effect in March, and for stricter rules to be also applied to cement manufacturing, in June.

The same type of policies will be applied to businesses, responsible for 30% of the world's harmful CO2 emissions, and for which Enigin can supply the latest energy efficiency technology.

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change had come to the conclusion, back in 2007, that it was "highly likely" that greenhouse gases majorly contributed to an approximate 1 degree Fahrenheit rise in global average temperatures since 1905, and likely that they would lead to a 3 to 7 degree rise by 2100.

Melissa McHenry, a spokeswoman for American Electric Power in Columbus, Ohio, said the ruling signaled the necessity for energy legislation, "rather than the clumsy tool of regulation," to address greenhouse gas emissions. "We've expected this announcement for months."

 

Tuesday 8th December 2009