Climate Change Regulation Paper
Climate Change Regulation Paper Climate changes on a daily, weekly, monthly and yearly basis. The purpose of this paper is to discuss government regulation of climate change as well to explain various viewpoints on climate change, and explain and justify, briefly, my viewpoint on the issue of climate change. This paper will also describe command and control regulations versus incentive based regulations, and provide the advantages and disadvantages of each. Lastly this paper will describe which type of regulations I would advocate if I were in the Federal Congress or Administration and why.
U.S. Government Regulation
Climate change is a problem that is affecting people and the environment. Greater energy efficiency and new technologies hold promise for reducing greenhouse gases and solving this global challenge (EPA, 2012). The United States takes regulating climate control very serious and has established the EPA to address the issue. The Federal government administers a wide array of public-private partnerships to reduce U.S. greenhouse gas emissions. These programs focus on energy efficiency, renewable energy, methane and other non-carbon dioxide (non-CO2) gases, agricultural practices and implementation of technologies to achieve greenhouse gas reductions (EPA, 2012).
In February 2010, President Obama announced a Presidential Memorandum creating an Interagency Task Force on Carbon Capture and Storage to develop a comprehensive and coordinated federal strategy to speed the development and deployment of clean coal technologies (EPA, 2012). In the long run the government is attempting to put a plan together to regulate those companies who are polluting the atmosphere by eliminating the amounts of greenhouse gasses ascending into the atmosphere. There are many view points on the government’s intervention into the regulation of greenhouse gasses. Greenhouse gasses are gasses that go up into the atmosphere and stay causing a greenhouse effect, which traps the
U.S. Government Regulation
Climate change is a problem that is affecting people and the environment. Greater energy efficiency and new technologies hold promise for reducing greenhouse gases and solving this global challenge (EPA, 2012). The United States takes regulating climate control very serious and has established the EPA to address the issue. The Federal government administers a wide array of public-private partnerships to reduce U.S. greenhouse gas emissions. These programs focus on energy efficiency, renewable energy, methane and other non-carbon dioxide (non-CO2) gases, agricultural practices and implementation of technologies to achieve greenhouse gas reductions (EPA, 2012).
In February 2010, President Obama announced a Presidential Memorandum creating an Interagency Task Force on Carbon Capture and Storage to develop a comprehensive and coordinated federal strategy to speed the development and deployment of clean coal technologies (EPA, 2012). In the long run the government is attempting to put a plan together to regulate those companies who are polluting the atmosphere by eliminating the amounts of greenhouse gasses ascending into the atmosphere. There are many view points on the government’s intervention into the regulation of greenhouse gasses. Greenhouse gasses are gasses that go up into the atmosphere and stay causing a greenhouse effect, which traps the
References: EPA, (2012) U.S. Climate Policy and Actions Retrieved from http://www.epa.gov/climatechange/policy/index.html EPA, (2012) Current and Near-Term Greenhouse Gas Reduction Initiative Retrieved from http://www.epa.gov/climatechange/policy/neartermghgreduction.html The Environmental Literacy Council, (2008) Regulatory Policy vs. Economic Incentives Retrieved from http://www.enviroliteracy.org/article.php/1329.html