Recognizing the importance of the Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program to protect the United States' scientific integrity, public health, environment, and economic growth.

Protection of Public Health and Environment: The program provides data used to protect the United States' scientific integrity, public health, environment, and economic growth (Resolution text).

Empowerment of Communities: The data allows environmental justice communities to understand pollution sources, advocate for cleaner air, and hold government and industry accountable (Resolution text). It also allows residents and community groups to push elected officials to develop protective standards (Resolution text).

Informing Regulatory Approaches: Data collected is critical for EPA initiatives such as New Source Performance Standards and the development of greenhouse gas Best Available Control Technology (Resolution text).

Support for Financial and Academic Research: The data is of significant value to academic institutions for publishing climate change research and to financial research firms for analyzing risk assessment, sustainability goals, and market competitiveness (Resolution text).

Assisting Federal Agency Initiatives: The data is critical to the Department of the Treasury's administration of energy tax credits and the Department of Energy's life cycle emissions analysis model (Resolution text).

Access to Local Pollution Data: Through the Facility Level Information on Greenhouse Gases Tool, the program allows local communities access to pollution data from nearby facilities (Resolution text).

Harm to Vulnerable Communities: Repealing the program would disproportionately harm Latino, Black, Indigenous, and low-income communities that are most vulnerable to the impacts of climate change (Resolution text).

Increased Health Risks: The text notes that large polluting facilities emit copollutants like benzene, formaldehyde, and ethylbenzene which increase risks of cancer, low birth weight, and impaired lung function (Resolution text).

Financial Burdens on States: A rollback of the Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program would cause States to incur additional costs in their efforts to combat climate change (Resolution text).

Loss of Transparency: Rolling back the program would erode transparency and the confidence in government regulations intended to protect the public from environmental and public health harm (Resolution text).