top of page
Search

Tell EPA: Emissions Data are Vital to Reduce Pollution, Enhance Competitiveness

Action Alert October 2025


ree

Take Action

 The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program (GHGRP) is the only source of data on climate-warming gases from the top emitting sectors of the U.S. economy. But now, under President Trump, EPA proposes to end most data collection. Tell EPA that the GHGRP is essential to cut air pollution, save money, guide public policy, and enhance U.S. competitiveness.

 

Background

Greenhouse gases are drivers of global warming, which poses a serious threat to human health. The GHGRP provides important data on the quantities and sources of greenhouse gas emissions. 85%-90% of annual man-made U.S. greenhouse gas emissions have been reported under the GHGRP.  

 

The GHGRP is the only consistent and detailed framework in the U.S. for emissions accounting. It provides transparent, comparative data for 8,000 of the largest industrial plants. Governments, non-profits and communities use GHGRP data to analyze emissions and develop policies to improve air quality and public health. Businesses use it to cut their emissions, expand markets and enhance competitiveness.

 

The GHGRP has served as the model for other countries and is the basis for international reporting of greenhouse gases under the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, which underpins the Paris agreement.

 

Why Now

In a September 12, 2025 press release, EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin announced a proposed rule to end GHGRP. It quotes him as saying, “The Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program is nothing more than bureaucratic red tape that does nothing to improve air quality. Instead, it costs American businesses and manufacturing billions of dollars, driving up the cost of living, jeopardizing our nation’s prosperity and hurting American communities.”

 

Zeldin’s unsubstantiated claims reveal just how vehemently the administration opposes the GHGRP. Your opinion is needed to counteract the hyperbole and save this reliable, comprehensive source of emissions data used around the world.

 

The public can submit comments on the proposed rule until November 3. Use this opportunity to urge the EPA to continue to collect and share GHGRP data.

 

Jewish Perspectives

“The faintest ink is more powerful than the strongest memory” (Chinese Proverb). The Talmud, the compendium of Jewish law and lore, was a 700-year emergency response to the second destruction of the Jerusalem Temple in 70 CE. The disappearance of the Temple, called the Blueprint of Earth, required that the oral law of regulation and custom be written down to preserve its wisdom for millennia of global diaspora.


Greenhouse gases are ephemeral like memory; data must be recorded, written down, and publicly reported, or the research will fade into hearsay. To paraphrase Psalm 119:126, “It is time to act for The Divine, for Your Earth (Temple) has been desecrated.” To dismantle the EPA’s Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program is to erase the record of our shared responsibility, turning divine stewardship into collective amnesia.

 

Sample Comments for the Federal Register

 I am writing to oppose EPA’s reconsideration and proposed elimination of the Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program, Docket ID. No. EPA-HQ-OAR-2025-0186.

 

The Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program is the most reliable, comprehensive and universal source of emissions data in the world.

 

Without the Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program, there’s no other way to measure the sources and scope of U.S. and international greenhouse gas emissions.

 

For 15 years, domestic and international governments and the public have used Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program data to track and reduce air pollution and inform public policy.

 

The Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program data helps change corporate behavior. One study found that facilities reduced their emissions by almost 8 percent within two years of reporting under the program.

 

The Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program (GHGRP) helps U.S. companies competitiveness and the economy. Its data qualifies companies to sell oil and gas to countries and regions with carbon emission disclosure standards, like the EU, which will require exporters to disclose their emissions of the fossil fuel gas methane starting in 2027.

 

My Jewish faith teaches accountability for my actions and making amends when infringing on others. The EPA’s Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program is important as a record of companies responsible for air pollution and provides the information they need to take corrective action.

 

I urge the EPA to continuing the GHGRP to track and reduce air pollution, protect public health, inform public policy and enhance U.S. competitiveness.

 

How to Submit a Public Comment to the EPA on the GHGRP

You may send comments, identified by Docket Id. No. EPA-HQ-OAR-2025-0186, by any of the following methods:

  • Online through the Federal Register: Go to: bit.ly/3VQtRNK. Click on the green tab labeled “SUBMIT A PUBLIC COMMENT.” 

 

  • Mail: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, EPA Docket Center, Office of Air and Radiation Docket, Mail Code 28221T, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20460. Identify your comment as pertaining to Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OAR-2025-0186.


Learn More:

EPA’s Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program, Congressional Research Service

 

 

 

 

 


© 2025 Jewish Earth Alliance

 
 
bottom of page