{"id":18147,"date":"2012-01-11T13:34:34","date_gmt":"2012-01-11T21:34:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.kqed.org\/climatewatch\/?p=18147"},"modified":"2012-01-11T13:34:34","modified_gmt":"2012-01-11T21:34:34","slug":"follow-the-carbon-epa-maps-greenhouse-gas-emitters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ww2.kqed.org\/climatewatch\/2012\/01\/11\/follow-the-carbon-epa-maps-greenhouse-gas-emitters\/","title":{"rendered":"Follow the Carbon: Find the Biggest Greenhouse Gas Emitters Near You"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>An interactive map with fresh data and more selective features<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure  id=\"attachment_18150\" class=\"wp-caption left\" style=\"max-width: 320px\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.kqed.org\/climatewatch\/2012\/01\/11\/follow-the-carbon-epa-maps-greenhouse-gas-emitters\/epa_ghgmap_sm\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-18150\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-18150\" title=\"EPA_GHGMap_sm\" src=\"http:\/\/ww2.kqed.org\/climatewatch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/54\/2012\/01\/EPA_GHGMap_sm.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"320\" height=\"265\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.kqed.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/54\/2012\/01\/EPA_GHGMap_sm.jpg 320w, https:\/\/cdn.kqed.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/54\/2012\/01\/EPA_GHGMap_sm-160x133.jpg 160w, https:\/\/cdn.kqed.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/54\/2012\/01\/EPA_GHGMap_sm-240x199.jpg 240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Detail from EPA&#039;s interactive map of greenhouse gas emitters.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The federal Environmental Protection Agency has just made tracking greenhouse gases a lot easier. The agency has produced its own <a title=\"EPA - GHG map\" href=\"http:\/\/ghgdata.epa.gov\/ghgp\/main.do#\/facility\/?q=Facility%20or%20Location&amp;st=CA&amp;fc=&amp;fid=&amp;lowE=0&amp;highE=23000000&amp;&amp;g1=1&amp;g2=1&amp;g3=1&amp;g4=1&amp;g5=1&amp;g6=1&amp;g7=1&amp;s1=1&amp;s2=1&amp;s3=1&amp;s4=1&amp;s5=1&amp;s6=1&amp;s7=1&amp;s8=1&amp;s9=1&amp;s301=1&amp;s302=1&amp;s303=1&amp;s304=1&amp;s305=1&amp;s306=1&amp;s401=1&amp;s402=1&amp;s403=1&amp;s404=1&amp;s701=1&amp;s702=1&amp;s703=1&amp;s704=1&amp;s705=1&amp;s706=1&amp;s707=1&amp;s708=1&amp;s709=1&amp;s710=1&amp;s711=1&amp;ss=&amp;so=0&amp;ds=E\">map of major GHG producers<\/a>, with fresh data and customizable features.<\/p>\n<p>Two years ago, when we produced our <a title=\"CW - maps\" href=\"http:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps\/ms?hl=en&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;oe=UTF8&amp;msa=0&amp;msid=201170996095344120136.000478a07139766305bdb&amp;source=embed&amp;ll=38.70699,-113.882718&amp;spn=18.894841,41.791992&amp;z=5\">map of California emitters<\/a> for <em>Climate Watch<\/em>, we had to cobble it together with raw data from the state Air Resources Board emissions inventory, numbers that were relatively hard to find and infrequently updated. The EPA&#8217;s new map allows you to select your state, zoom into specific regions and view emissions by type and volume.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>One thing the original <em>Climate Watch<\/em> map still provides is a visual connection between California and large coal-fired power plants in neighboring states, from which California imports electricity. The EPA map provides visual evidence that greenhouse gases are still on the radar in Washington. In an <a title=\"CP - post\" href=\"http:\/\/thinkprogress.org\/romm\/2012\/01\/10\/401981\/obama-thanks-epa-staff-mentions-climate-change-in-passing\/?utm_medium=twitter&amp;utm_source=twitterfeed\">appearance at EPA this week<\/a>to thank staffers for their perseverance, President Obama gave an eleven-minute speech, mentioning climate change only once, in the context of recently-announced fuel economy standards. Obama didn&#8217;t mention greenhouse gases as such, but referred to &#8220;pollution that contributes to climate change.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An interactive map with fresh data and more selective features.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":221,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[205,264],"coauthors":[],"series":[],"affiliates":[],"programs":[],"collections":[],"interests":[],"class_list":["post-18147","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-government-business","tag-epa","tag-greenhouse-gas-emissions"],"acf":{"template_type":"standard","featured_image_type":"standard","is_audio_post":false},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.13 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Follow the Carbon: Find the Biggest 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