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Trump EPA Proposes End to Mandatory Greenhouse Gas Reporting
The Environmental Protection Agency plans to end an emissions reporting program covering 8,000 facilities responsible for 85-90% of U.S. greenhouse gases, saving businesses $2.4 billion over 10 years.
- On Friday, the Trump administration proposed ending the Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program that tracks emissions from over 8,000 U.S. industrial facilities.
- This move follows a 2022 climate law under President Biden establishing a methane fee and a Republican bill delaying methane reporting until 2034.
- EPA head Lee Zeldin criticized the program as costly bureaucratic red tape and announced that the agency will halt most data collection efforts until 2034, maintaining only limited methane reporting in the meantime.
- David Doniger said the proposal gives polluters secrecy in violation of law, while Senator Whitehouse highlighted 15 years of vital data collection informing policymakers and the public.
- Ending the program could reduce transparency, weaken emissions accountability, and risk undermining local to international climate actions according to experts and environmental advocates.
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