The Secret Solution: A Surprising Step to Combat Global Climate Crisis

In the summer of 2020, during Donald Trump’s first presidency and the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, he proposed a controversial method to reduce case numbers. "Imagine if we didn't conduct testing; instead of testing over 40 million individuals, halving that would yield half the cases," Trump remarked at a White House press briefing. Fast forward five years, and under the second Trump Administration, a similar philosophy emerges concerning climate change: curtailing the monitoring of greenhouse gas emissions. Since 2010, the Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program has tracked emissions from around 8,000 industrial entities nationwide, serving as a critical indicator of the nation’s climate efforts, especially relevant as the leading global emitter of greenhouse gases. This proposed cessation of emissions reporting signals a disinterest in addressing climate change. Joseph Goffman of the EPA criticized this move, while the agency justified it as a means of cutting regulatory burdens, emphasizing economic concerns over environmental accountability. Public feedback on this proposal will be invited before finalization next year.