By Julian Hattem
Chemical and energy companies are warning the Obama administration that a new proposal
on reporting greenhouse gas emissions information could put trade secrets at
risk. The White House is currently
reviewing a proposal from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) that could
require companies to publicly release the information they use to calculate the
emissions, like the volume of production or raw materials that are used. Companies and market regulators worry that
that data can be "reverse-engineered and reverse-calculated to basically
give away trade secrets," according to Lorraine Gershman, director of the
environmental, regulatory and technical affairs office of the American
Chemistry Council........To Read More........
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