Environmental & Energy
Oct. 20, 2025
EPA scales back while EU tightens ESG reporting rules
The EPA's proposal to gut greenhouse gas reporting would sideline nearly all sectors, leaving a gaping hole in climate accountability until at least 2034.
Roberto Escobar
Roberto "Bobby" Escobar is general counsel, and an environmental and labor and immigration advisor.
In September 2025, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
(EPA) shook the climate policy landscape with a proposal to overhaul the
nation's greenhouse-gas (GHG) reporting program. If adopted, the rule would
eliminate mandatory annual GHG data collection for almost all sectors covered
by the Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program (GHGRP), retaining only the petroleum
and natural-gas segment -- known as Subpart W -- and even that only in a limited
form until 2034.
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