EPA Withholds Emissions Report, So Environmental Group Releases It

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) unexpectedly withheld its annual Greenhouse Gas Inventory and declined to submit the data to the United Nations. In response, the nonprofit Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) obtained the figures via a Freedom of Information Act request and published them online. The report indicates US emissions dipped slightly, largely due to pandemic-related economic shifts. Critics suspect political motivations behind the EPA’s reluctance, suggesting that factual climate data was suppressed.