By: Laurie Anderson, Colorado Field Organizer, Moms Clean Air Force
Date: October 1, 2025
About: EPA Docket No. EPA-HQ-OAR-2025-0186-0001, Reconsideration of the Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program
To: Environmental Protection Agency
My name is Laurie Anderson, and I live in Broomfield, Colorado. I am a Colorado Field Organizer with Moms Clean Air Force, a community of 1.5 million moms and dads united against air pollution—including the urgent crisis of our changing climate—to protect our children’s health.
Moms Clean Air Force strongly opposes EPA’s proposed repeal of the Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program. Collecting accurate climate pollution data is essential for addressing the harmful impacts of global warming that our families and communities are already experiencing. Eliminating this data collection will make climate change more expensive, more dangerous, and harder to solve—while eroding public trust.
In Colorado, we’re already feeling the effects of a changing climate: hotter summers, prolonged drought, reduced snowpack, and more intense wildfires. Just over three years ago, the Marshall Fire tore through neighboring communities, destroying over 1,000 homes—in the middle of winter. Every “Red Flag” warning—where high winds and fire danger coincide—brings fresh anxiety, knowing that it could happen again.
As a mom of five, I’ve raised my family just half a mile from a large-scale oil and gas site, surrounded by aging, low-producing, and shut-in wells. Methane emissions—largely from the oil and gas industry—are responsible for about 30% of today’s global warming. Methane traps over 80 times more heat than carbon dioxide in the short term. Cutting methane pollution is one of the fastest and most effective ways to slow climate change and protect public health.
Colorado relies heavily on the EPA’s Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program to track emissions from oil and gas operations and other sectors. Our state’s Regulation 22 was built to mirror the mandatory federal reporting requirements under Title 40, Part 98 of the Code of Federal Regulations. It’s not a standalone system—it depends on the integrity and accessibility of federal data.
If the EPA eliminates upstream oil and gas reporting, Colorado will lose verified data that informs state-level decisions and public dashboards. Our country will lose critical information needed to protect the climate—with the most devastating impacts on our children and future generations. Imagine removing the batteries from your smoke detector so it can no longer sound the alarm when a fire starts because it’s no longer collecting that data. We wouldn’t. So why would we stop collecting and reporting this essential data?
This rollback would undermine transparency and shift the burden of emissions tracking onto states, forcing us to build redundant systems at taxpayer expense. It would erode public trust at a time when communities are demanding stronger climate accountability—not less.
Colorado has worked hard to lead on climate. We need the EPA to be a partner in that work, so I respectfully urge you to maintain the Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program—not repeal it.
Please protect this vital data. Our children and future generations are counting on you. Thank you.