This is such a good idea, you do wonder why it has taken UCD so long, and it should become standard procedure for all of us.
Knowing the problem is step one to solving it.
An excerpt.
UC Davis takes stock of its own air impact
School with a reputation for environmental study tallies its greenhouse emissions as part of a climate registry program.
By Edie Lau -- Bee Staff Writer Published 12:01 am PDT Tuesday, September 5, 2006
At the University of California, Davis, which prides itself on environmental research, eight cents of every research dollar goes to air-quality studies. Yet the university does not know how much its campus contributes to global warming pollution.
An answer to that question is coming.
As one of the newest members of the California Climate Action Registry, UC Davis is in the midst of calculating its own emissions of greenhouse gases.
Once an obscure exercise done mainly by organizations most interested in environmental stewardship, taking inventory of greenhouse gases is going mainstream.
With the Legislature's adoption last week of mandatory greenhouse gas limits backed by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, California is poised to require big industries to account for their climate-changing emissions and then rachet them down.
The climate registry was created by state law in 2000 as a strictly voluntary program for businesses, governments and organizations wishing to measure their output of carbon dioxide and other gases that trap heat in the atmosphere.
Today, its members -- numbering 88 at last count -- stand as examples of how the state can begin to counter climate-changing pollution.
