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EPA Proposes Ending U.S. Greenhouse-Gas Reporting Program for Most Facilities

The agency says scrapping the 2010 data-collection system would cut compliance costs by up to $2.4 billion over ten years.

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Lakeview Gusher Nummer eins: Ort der weltweit größten durch einen Unfall verursachten Ölpest, von Anfang März 1910 an vergoss die Ölquelle der Union Oil Company hier neun Millionen Barrel Öl bis sie 18 Monate später wieder unter Kontrolle gebracht werden konnte
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Overview

  • The program currently collects annual emissions data from more than 8,000 major facilities that together account for roughly 85–90% of U.S. greenhouse gases.
  • Under the proposal, most facility, fuel-supplier, and CO2 storage reporting would be dropped, with limited methane disclosures continuing for large oil and gas operations.
  • Administrator Lee Zeldin described the reporting system as a bureaucratic burden that does not improve air quality.
  • The EPA plans to publish the proposal in the Federal Register and expects to finalize a decision next year.
  • Critics including Senator Sheldon Whitehouse and the Union of Concerned Scientists say the rollback would conceal emissions, hinder accountability, and complicate national and U.N. inventories.