The Environmental Protection Agency plans to nix a program requiring large emitters to report their greenhouse gas output, which attorneys and clean air advocates see as a leap backwards in US climate efforts and a potential disadvantage for companies.
The decades-old Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program mandates emissions reporting from more than 40 categories of industry, and it’s at risk of elimination in the EPA’s Sept. 12 proposal that touts $2.4 billion in industry savings.
The EPA says there’s no requirement under the Clean Air Act’s Section 114 to collect such information from businesses and the ongoing data collection isn’t ...