EPA to Scale Back Emissions Reporting Plan, ProPublica Says (1)

The US Environmental Protection Agency plans to scale back standards that compel major polluters, including power plants and industrial facilities, to collect and report data on greenhouse gas emissions, ProPublica reported.

A move to reduce the scope of the EPA’s long-standing Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program would complicate the task of tracking the climate impact of about 8,000 sites, which accounted for direct emissions totaling roughly 2.6 billion metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent in 2023.

Program staff have been asked to draft a rule that would lower the number of facilities required to report data to about 2,300 assets ...