US EPA moves to end greenhouse gas reporting, cut $2.4 bn in costs

The agency said that unlike other mandatory information collections under the CAA, the GHGRP is not directly related to a potential regulation and has no material impact on improving human health and the environment. If finalised, the proposal would remove reporting obligations for most large facilities, all fuel and industrial gas suppliers, and CO² injection sites.

By reducing the overall regulatory burden, current regulated parties will be able to focus compliance expenditures on actual, tangible environmental benefits. This proposal represents a significant step towards streamlining operations, cutting unnecessary red tape, unleashing American energy, and advancing EPA’s core mission of protecting human health and the environment, US EPA said in a press release.

“Alongside President Trump, EPA continues to live up to the promise of unleashing energy dominance that powers the American Dream. The Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program is nothing more than bureaucratic red tape that does nothing to improve air quality,” said Lee Zeldin EPA administrator. “Instead, it costs American businesses and manufacturing billions of dollars, driving up the cost of living, jeopardising our nation’s prosperity and hurting American communities. With this proposal, we show once again that fulfilling EPA’s statutory obligations and Powering the Great American Comeback is not a binary choice.”

The GHGRP requires 47 source categories, covering over 8,000 facilities and suppliers in the US to calculate and submit their greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reporting annually. Following a careful review, EPA proposed that there is no requirement under CAA section 114(a) to collect GHG emission information from businesses nor is continuing the ongoing costly data collection useful to fulfil any of the agency’s statutory obligations. Therefore, EPA is proposing to remove all GHG reporting requirements, except for those subject to the Waste Emissions Charge (WEC).

CAA section 136 only requires data collection for segments of subpart W (petroleum and natural gas systems) subject to the WEC. On July 4, 2025, President Trump signed the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, which amended CAA section 136(g), so that the WEC now applies to emissions reported for calendar year 2034 and for each year thereafter. In accordance with the law, EPA will not be collecting subpart W data until 2034, added the release.

In March, Zeldin had announced that the agency would be reconsidering the GHGRP, alongside several historic actions to advance Trump’s Day One executive orders.

ALCHEMPro News Desk (SG)