"For nearly 20 years, thousands of industrial plants across the U.S. and California have been required to track and report the greenhouse gas pollution they spew into the atmosphere. This month, the Trump administration moved to permanently end that program, which has long held bipartisan support, originating during the administration of George W. Bush. President Trump's Environmental Protection Agency administrator, Lee Zeldin, said that greenhouse gas reporting was expensive and burdensome, and that cutting the program would save American businesses up to $2.4 billion in regulatory costs."
"But ending the requirement will make it harder for some state regulators to track climate progress, and for residents to know if their neighboring power plant or factory is reducing or increasing emissions. "Measuring and reporting climate pollution is a critical step in reducing the deadly impacts of climate-driven extremes that cause more pollution, catastrophic weather events, health emergencies and deaths," said Will Barrett, assistant vice president for nationwide clean air policy at the American Lung Assn."
The Trump administration moved to permanently end the Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program after nearly 20 years. The program required about 8,000 industrial facilities, including power plants and refineries, to annually report emissions, covering roughly 90% of U.S. greenhouse-gas output. The EPA characterized reporting as expensive and burdensome and estimated that ending the program could save businesses up to $2.4 billion in regulatory costs. The proposal would remove reporting obligations for most large facilities and all fuel and industrial gas suppliers. The change follows lobbying by business groups and would reduce states' and residents' ability to track emissions and climate progress.
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