By: Giovanna Rossi, New Mexico 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
Thank you for the opportunity to testify today. My name is Giovanna Rossi, and I am a field organizer with Moms Clean Air Force in New Mexico, where we have over 20,000 members. I am deeply concerned about the health and safety of our children in a rapidly changing climate and I strongly oppose EPA’s proposal to repeal the Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program.
The Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program is like the nation’s thermometer for climate pollution. It tells us where emissions are coming from and how much pollution is being released. Just as no parent would throw away the thermometer when their child has a fever, we cannot throw away this vital program and pretend climate change isn’t happening. The problem doesn’t disappear if you stop paying attention—ignoring it only makes things worse.
I live in a community where families are already facing the realities of increased climate pollution, which is heating our planet and intensifying hazardous weather extremes. Summers are hotter than ever, with dangerous heat waves that keep kids indoors and threaten those who work outside. We’ve seen wildfires, smoky skies, and flooding in recent years—all of which take a toll on our health, our economy, and our peace of mind. Children, especially, are uniquely vulnerable. Their lungs and brains are still developing, and they depend on adults to keep them safe. For parents like me, this isn’t abstract—it’s about whether our children can grow up healthy in a safe, stable environment.
Repealing this program would take away the dashboard we rely on to know when the “check engine” light is on. It would be like flying a plane with no flight data—dangerous, reckless, and guaranteed to put families in harm’s way.
Not collecting data about climate pollution won’t make the problem of climate change go away. It will only make it more expensive, more dangerous, and more difficult to deal with. Eliminating the Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program would undermine public trust, leave us blind to the scale of the problem, and make it harder for U.S. companies to compete globally as consumers and markets increasingly demand transparency.
And most importantly, it would betray our children. Climate change is already here. It is already unfairly harming communities of color and low-income families who bear the brunt of pollution and climate disasters. And it will fall hardest on future generations if we fail to act with urgency today.
On behalf of Moms Clean Air Force, I urge EPA to protect—not dismantle—the Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program. Our children deserve a chance at a healthy, livable future, and that requires accurate, transparent data on climate pollution.
Thank you.