The US government will stop tracking voluntary corporate climate pledges

The US Department of Energy plans to stop collecting data on companies' voluntary greenhouse gas emissions. This means the government will no longer certify, verify, or review these self-reported climate efforts.

For years, companies could publicly commit to reducing emissions without much government oversight, but at least the government was keeping a list. Now, even that minimal tracking is gone. This makes it harder to tell which companies are actually following through on their climate promises, and which are just talking.