Environmentalists, States Attack Legal Basis For GHG Reporting Rollback

Environmental groups and Democratic-led states are detailing legal arguments against EPA’s proposal to roll back its Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program (GHGRP), arguing the plan relies on a “novel” and incorrect interpretation of the Clean Air Act’s information-gathering authority and ignores congressional directives to conduct such reporting. The pushback, detailed in formal comments on EPA’s proposal, disputes the agency’s primary claim that it lacks ongoing legal authority for the GHGRP, as well as officials’ alternative claim that EPA has discretion to...