EPA Plans to Stop Collecting Greenhouse Gas Emissions Data from Most Polluters
a year ago
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- EPA plans to eliminate requirements for polluters to report greenhouse gas emissions.
- The change affects thousands of industrial facilities, including oil refineries, power plants, and coal mines.
- The Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program provides crucial data for policy decisions and international reporting.
- Losing this data will make it harder to track emissions and hold polluters accountable.
- The new rule would reduce reporting requirements to only about 2,300 facilities in the oil and gas industry.
- Climate experts warn this move will hinder efforts to address climate change.
- The EPA claims the program is burdensome and costly to businesses.
- Industry lobbyists now in EPA leadership roles are pushing for the change.
- Advocates argue this benefits polluters by removing accountability.
- The decision could weaken international climate cooperation.