In December 2016, Medford’s Office of Energy and Environment completed the city’s first community-wide greenhouse gas (GHG) inventory as part of our commitment to the United Nations Compact of Mayors, now the Global Covenant of Mayors. The inventory calculates emissions…
Category: Climate change
EPA Proposes Guidelines to Cut Carbon Pollution from Existing Power Plants
On June 2, 2014, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed long-awaited guidelines (known as “rules”) to reduce greenhouse gas-related carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from a major sector involved in these emissions: existing power plants. This “Clean Power Plan”…