Greenhouse Effect

The greenhouse effect is natural, and it is what makes earth warm enough to not be always covered in ice. A while ago, BBC News posted an interactive graphic that you can click through to better understand greenhouse effect and how it warms the earth's surface.

Humans can increase or enhance the greenhouse effect by introducing more carbon dioxide into the air causing more heat to be trapped in the earth's atmosphere. To try and reduce the human impact on the global climate change, the EPA is regulating the emissions of greenhouse gases by companies.

Now the EPA is releasing greenhouse gas (GHG) emission data reported directly from large facilities and suppliers across the country. There is the hope that providing this data to the public can serve as a tool to initiate change and reduction of GHG emissions.