This is a request for urgent action — please respond today, Monday, November 3.
From the US Conference of Catholic Bishops:
As world leaders head to COP30 [in Brazil] to advance climate action, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to effectively end its ability to track US climate warming emissions, data needed to reduce climate impacts, meet our international climate commitments and protect children’s health and futures.
The Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program (GHGRP), established in 2009, requires industries to report large GHG emissions sources such as oil and gas facilities. The EPA proposal would remove reporting obligations on most sources or suspend them until 2034. This, combined with the EPA’s proposed rollback of the “endangerment finding” that gives EPA authority to regulate greenhouse gases, will make it difficult for the US to reduce GHG emissions and climate impacts.
Extreme weather disasters, exacerbated by climate change, fall hardest on the poor and communities on the margins in the United States and around the world with the least resources to respond. As Pope Leo XIV said, “When the Earth suffers, the poor suffer even more.”
The GHGRP data helps local governments, companies, and communities to keep track of emissions, promote accountability, and create innovative and resilient solutions to sustain life on our common home.
Pope Leo said at the October Raising Hope global gathering, “Everyone in society must put pressure on governments to develop and implement more rigorous regulations, procedures and controls. Citizens need to take an active role in political decision-making at national, regional and local levels. Only then will it be possible to mitigate the damage done to the environment.”
To respond to this threat, the USCCB provides this action alert, which requests Congress to “withdraw Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OAR-2025-0186.”
Unfortunately, the turnaround time is very short – the comment filing deadline is 11:59 pm ET today, Monday, November 3.
The USCCB’s action alert is simple to fill out, however: Use this link to access the USCCB page where the message is already formulated for you. You may adjust it as you like.
Care for creation goes hand in hand with nonviolent peacebuilding: Our Earth and its climate, its water and other natural resources, must be protected in order to provide true security for all of God’s creation.