An environmental group has released EPA’s annual accounting of greenhouse gas emissions after the agency refused to do so.
The Environmental Defense Fund on Thursday posted EPA’s Inventory of Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Sinks, which shows economywide data on heat-trapping gases released in 2023.
The group secured the inventory by filing a Freedom of Information Act request with EPA after the agency refused to make its completed report public last month and didn’t submit it to the United Nations climate change body. It was the first time the U.S. had failed to meet its obligation under a 1992 treaty that set reporting requirements for rich countries that kicked in in the late 1990s.
The decision comes amid a broader push within the Trump administration to tear apart programs that address climate change or quantify emissions.
