Dems accuse EPA of trying to kill greenhouse gas reporting program that aids cap-and-trade
A group of climate-minded Democrats wrote Monday to EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin, accusing the agency of improperly moving to terminate a federal greenhouse gas-tracking program that blue states have used...
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A group of climate-minded Democrats wrote Monday to EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin , accusing the agency of improperly moving to terminate a federal greenhouse gas-tracking program that blue states have used as a model for their own carbon tax and cap-and-trade systems. The Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program, or GHGRP, was created under a congressional appropriation during the Obama administration. It funded an EPA rule requiring large energy producers and other high-emission industries to report their greenhouse gas output levels. Rep. Sean Casten, D-Ill., a green-energy engineer who had a key role in crafting the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) praised in blue states and criticized by conservatives, led the letter to Zeldin in his role as vice chair of a House caucus focused on sustainable energy. "We write to inform you that the Environmental Protection Agency is violating clear congressional directives by proposing to end the EPA’s Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program," Casten’s letter read. TRUMP ADMIN SCORES LEGAL WIN IN $16B CLIMATE FIGHT AS FEDERAL APPEALS COURT LIFTS BLOCK ON GRANT TERMINATIONS "For more than a decade, this program has been the most important source of transparent and verifiable climate pollution data in the federal government , and the EPA has clear authority and obligation to continue maintaining it." The letter, also signed by key energy coalition members Reps. Donald Beyer of Virginia, Paul Tonko of New York, Mike Quigley of Illinois, and Doris Matsui of California, all Democrats, said ending the program would undermine "evidence-based governance" at a key moment in climate change "challenges." Casten’s group told Zeldin the move appears to be the latest strike in "scientific data censorship" by President Donald Trump and his administration, accusing the feds of restricting, hiding or defunding data-centered operations across the various agencies. EPA URGED TO AXE FUNDS FOR ‘RADICAL’ CLIMATE PROJECT ACCUSED OF TRAINING JUDGES, STATE…