The Environmental Investigation Agency has launched the Emissions Monitoring and Accountability Platform, an interactive web-based mapping tool for greenhouse gas data previously reported by large industrial facilities and suppliers to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program.
EMAP is designed to maintain the transparency and interactivity of the GHGRP’s facility-level information. It also includes additional emissions data, such as EIA’s independent investigations on unreported greenhouse gas emissions from chemical manufacturers.
The launch follows an EPA proposal on September 12, 2025, to sunset the Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program. EIA said that if finalized, the rulemaking would significantly reduce the amount of data collected and could affect future public availability of 14 years of historical greenhouse gas emissions and supply data.
EIA said EMAP serves as a depository for historical greenhouse gas data reported to the GHGRP, including 2024 data obtained through a Freedom of Information Act request. The organization said it is preserving the data and keeping it readily available, particularly for states that rely on it to inform citizens.
“Public emissions data is the backbone of climate accountability and foundational to informed decision-making, scientific integrity and community protection,” said Avipsa Mahapatra, EIA US Climate Campaign Director. “With the GHGRP under threat, EMAP steps in to preserve critical historical U.S. emissions data, and to push beyond industry self-reporting to reveal the true scale of climate pollution. This public resource platform will ensure that policymakers and communities have the information needed to hold polluters accountable.”
Julius Banks, former EPA Chief of the GHGRP and current EIA US Senior Technical Lead, said, “In the absence of government action, it is our civic responsibility to preserve the historical GHGRP data. The transparent nature of this data has been shown to reduce GHG emissions and also informs vulnerable populations, and the public at large, of the sources and quantities of GHG emissions originating from their communities. We welcome collaboration with other civic-minded organizations, academia, governments, and industry to join us in this ongoing effort to quantify and publicly provide GHG emissions data to the general public.” EMAP is not endorsed by the U.S. EPA or any other federal agency or department.
