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ANR urges stand‑alone greenhouse‑gas reporting rule, flags data gaps and legal questions
Summary
The Agency of Natural Resources recommended creating a standalone greenhouse‑gas reporting program covering fossil fuels in transportation and heating, estimated two staff and ~$300,000 one‑time costs plus $200,000 annual verification/platform costs, and highlighted gaps in biofuel data and legal uncertainties that may require legislative authorization.
Jane Lazarczak of the Climate Action Office presented the Climate Council’s recommendation that Vermont establish a standalone greenhouse‑gas reporting rule to provide the high‑quality data needed to evaluate emission‑reduction policies.
Lazarczak said harmonizing existing datasets across agencies was considered but rejected as the sole approach because of data gaps (notably biofuels), data‑sharing limits and verification challenges. ‘‘We did not feel like harmonization was an appropriate path to pursue at this time in large part because there were shortcomings in the data largely around biofuels,’’ she said.
Scope and entities: ANR recommended at minimum including all fossil fuels used in residential, commercial and industrial (RCI) sectors as well as transportation fuels,…
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