Environmental Defense Fund v. Zeldin

On July 7, 2025, the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals granted Environmental Defense Fund’s (EDF’s) unopposed motion for voluntary dismissal of its petition challenging the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) extension of the reporting deadline for 2024 data under the Greenhouse Gas Reporting Rule from March 31, 2025 to May 30, 2025. EDF’s motion noted that the May 30 deadline had passed without further extensions and that future years were not affected by EPA’s action; that EPA had informed EDF that data received was consistent with previous reporting years in terms of scope and coverage; and that EDF “stands ready to challenge any failure to make reported data public as legally required, or other actions to delay, weaken, or repeal the Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program.” EPA had earlier filed a motion to dismiss the proceeding as moot.

Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) filed a petition for review in the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals challenging the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) extension of the reporting deadline for 2024 data under the Greenhouse Gas Reporting Rule. In its <a href="https://www.edf.org/media/edf-files-lawsuit-challenging-trump-epas-unlawful-delay-climate-pollution-reporting">press release</a> announcing the lawsuit, EDF noted that EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin had identified the Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program as one of 31 agency actions that EPA would reconsider. EDF also said the two-month extension of the reporting deadline followed an unexplained shutdown of the reporting portal for over a month. EDF described the reporting program as “a fundamental part of U.S. climate policy” that gathers data “used by a wide variety of state and local governments, businesses, communities, and organizations.”