EPA’s repeal proposal sparks fear of costly GHG reporting ‘patchwork’

Technology and other groups are warning that EPA’s proposal to gut its Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program could raise costs to businesses due to the likely need to implement ramped up voluntary or state-based reporting programs, while also jeopardizing the competitiveness of U.S. exports, Inside EPA reported.

The concerns surface in formal comments to the agency filed by a Nov. 3 deadline, including warnings that scuttling GHG reporting mandates could spur a proliferation of state reporting programs and hamper data...