{"id":5697,"date":"2025-10-01T16:11:37","date_gmt":"2025-10-01T20:11:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/weact.org\/?post_type=update&p=5697"},"modified":"2026-02-16T21:16:14","modified_gmt":"2026-02-17T02:16:14","slug":"environmental-justice-leaders-submit-joint-opposition-to-epas-methane-rule-delay","status":"publish","type":"update","link":"https:\/\/weact.org\/es\/updates\/environmental-justice-leaders-submit-joint-opposition-to-epas-methane-rule-delay\/","title":{"rendered":"Environmental Justice Leaders Submit Joint Opposition to EPA\u2019s Methane Rule Delay"},"template":"","class_list":["post-5697","update","type-update","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","update_type-press-release","person_tax-yosef-robele"],"acf":{"details":{"":null,"featured_image":5221,"update_type":[366],"focus_area":false,"authors":[195],"abstract":""},"page_layout":[{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_hero_links","acfe_flexible_toggle":"","component_hero_links":{"title":"","abstract":"","links":null}},{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_wysiwyg","acfe_flexible_toggle":"","component_wysiwyg":{"content":"FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE<\/b>\r\n\r\nOctober 1st, 2025\r\n\r\nContact: Jama Joseph, 646-951-1648,\u00a0jama.joseph@weact.org<\/a>\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nWashington, D.C.<\/b> \u2014 Today, <\/span>GreenLatinos, WE ACT for Environmental Justice, and the Climate Justice Alliance<\/b>, together with <\/span>106 partner organizations \u2014 primarily environmental justice and Tribal organizations \u2014<\/b> submitted<\/span> formal comments <\/span><\/a>opposing the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency\u2019s (EPA) proposal to delay compliance deadlines under the Section 111 Methane Rule.<\/span>\r\n\r\nThe coalition\u2019s letter urges EPA to abandon the delay, warning that the rule is unjustifiable, unlawful, and would have devastating consequences for frontline communities, public health, and our collective ability to confront the climate crisis.<\/span>\r\n\r\n\u201cMethane is a super-pollutant more than 80 times more powerful than carbon dioxide over a 20-year period, and delaying protections means millions of tons of methane and toxic co-pollutants will continue poisoning our air,\u201d said<\/span> Meisei Gonzalez, Climate Justice and Clean Air Advocate with GreenLatinos<\/b>.<\/span>\r\n\r\nBlack, Latino, Indigenous, and low-income communities live closest to oil and gas infrastructure, breathe higher levels of air pollution, and face disproportionate health risks, including asthma, cancer, and premature death. EPA\u2019s own data show that every year of delay could lead to thousands of avoidable asthma attacks, premature deaths, and billions in health costs.<\/span>\r\n\r\nYosef Robele, Federal Policy Manager at WE ACT for Environmental Justice shared, <\/b>\u201cWith this action, along with other attempted rollbacks, EPA is failing to fulfill its mission of protecting human health and the environment. There are tangible human costs to these actions. The methane standards are projected to prevent 1,500 premature deaths and 100,000 asthma attacks every single year. Each year of delay is another year that communities must endure the public health and environmental burdens from oil and gas pollution. Compounding this, our communities are on the frontline of an intensifying climate crisis, further necessitating the expedient deployment and enforcement of this emission-cutting regulation. The EPA, with this delay, continues to pursue a polluter-first agenda putting short-term profits over our communities as well as the public\u2019s health and interest. \u201c<\/span>\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nThe coalition emphasizes that methane mitigation is already technologically feasible and economically beneficial, creating thousands of good-paying jobs across the country. Major oil and gas companies have publicly supported strong methane regulation, making the EPA\u2019s rationale for delay even weaker.<\/span>\r\n\r\n\u201cThe EPA was created to protect our environment and our health, not to delay lifesaving protections while communities get sicker,\u201d said <\/span>Mar Zepeda Salazar, Legislative Director with Climate Justice Alliance.<\/b> \u201cMethane drives extreme heat, fuels dangerous air pollution, and worsens the climate disasters we experience every day. In frontline communities\u2013whether Indigenous, poor white, Black and Brown communities, or working families\u2013this delay means more children missing school because of asthma attacks, more parents missing work while trying to make ends meet, and more families struggling under the weight of mounting medical bills. EPA\u2019s proposal is unjustifiable, unlawful, and a direct betrayal of the agency\u2019s mission. Our future can\u2019t be left on the backburner while polluters' pockets are filled.<\/span>\r\n\r\nThe groups are calling on EPA to <\/span>immediately enforce the full and timely implementation of the 2024 methane standards<\/b>, reinstate compliance deadlines for new and existing oil and gas facilities, and fully launch the Super Emitter program to detect and reduce major leaks.<\/span>\r\n\r\n \r\n

###<\/span><\/p>\r\n \r\n\r\nAbout GreenLatinos<\/b>\r\n\r\nGreenLatinos <\/span>(NOTE: GreenLatinos is ONE WORD)<\/b> is an active comunidad of Latino\/a\/e leaders, emboldened by the power and wisdom of our culture, united to demand equity and dismantle racism, resourced to win our environmental, conservation, and climate justice battles, and driven to secure our political, economic, cultural, and environmental liberation.<\/span>\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nGreenLatinos <\/span>(NOTA: GreenLatinos es UNA PALABRA)<\/b> es una comunidad activa de l\u00edderes latinos\/a\/e, envalentonados por el poder y la sabidur\u00eda de nuestra cultura, unidos para exigir equidad y desmantelar el racismo, con recursos para ganar nuestra justicia ambiental, batallas de conservaci\u00f3n, clim\u00e1ticas e impulsados a asegurar nuestra liberaci\u00f3n pol\u00edtica, econ\u00f3mica, cultural y ambiental.<\/span>\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nAbout WE ACT for Environmental Justice\u00a0<\/b>\r\n\r\nWE ACT for Environmental Justice is a Northern Manhattan-based, membership-driven organization whose mission is to build healthy communities by ensuring that people of color and\/or low-income residents are meaningfully included in the development of sound and fair environmental health and protection policies and practices. WE ACT has offices in New York and Washington, D.C. Visit us at <\/span>weact.org<\/span><\/a> and follow us on <\/span>Facebook<\/span><\/a>, <\/span>Bluesky<\/span><\/a>, and <\/span>Instagram<\/span><\/a>.<\/span>\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n\r\n<\/span>WE ACT por Justicia Ambiental<\/b>\r\n\r\nWE ACT por la Justicia Ambiental es una organizaci\u00f3n con sede en el norte de Manhattan, impulsada por sus miembros, cuya misi\u00f3n es construir comunidades saludables garantizando la participaci\u00f3n significativa de las personas de color y\/o de bajos ingresos en el desarrollo de pol\u00edticas y pr\u00e1cticas s\u00f3lidas y justas de salud y protecci\u00f3n ambiental. WE ACT tiene oficinas en Nueva York y Washington, D.C. Vis\u00edtenos en weact.org y s\u00edganos en Facebook, Bluesky e Instagram.<\/span>\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nAbout Climate Justice Alliance<\/b>\r\n\r\nCJA is a growing member-based organization of nearly 100 urban and rural frontline and Indigenous communities, organizations, and supporting networks working to build a Just Transition away from the extractive economy and toward a more regenerative one. Visit our website at <\/span>climatejusticealliance.org<\/span><\/a> and follow us on <\/span>Facebook<\/span><\/a>, <\/span>X<\/span><\/a>, <\/span>Instagram<\/span><\/a>, and <\/span>Bluesky<\/span><\/a>.<\/span>\r\n\r\nAcerca de la Alianza para la Justicia Clim\u00e1tica (CJA, por sus siglas en ingl\u00e9s)<\/b>\r\n\r\nCJA es una organizaci\u00f3n en crecimiento con casi 100 miembros, comunidades ind\u00edgenas y de primera l\u00ednea, tanto urbanas como rurales, organizaciones y redes de apoyo que trabajan para construir una transici\u00f3n justa que se aleje de la econom\u00eda extractiva y progrese hacia una m\u00e1s regenerativa. Visite nuestro sitio web<\/span> climatejusticealliance.org<\/span><\/a>, y s\u00edganos en <\/span>Facebook<\/span><\/a>, <\/span>X<\/span><\/a>, <\/span>Instagram <\/span><\/a>y <\/span>Bluesky<\/span><\/a>.<\/span>","include_drop_cap":false}}]},"yoast_head":"\nEnvironmental Justice Leaders Submit Joint Opposition to EPA\u2019s Methane Rule Delay - WE ACT for Environmental Justice<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/weact.org\/es\/updates\/environmental-justice-leaders-submit-joint-opposition-to-epas-methane-rule-delay\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"es_ES\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Environmental Justice Leaders Submit Joint Opposition to EPA\u2019s Methane Rule Delay - WE ACT for Environmental Justice\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/weact.org\/es\/updates\/environmental-justice-leaders-submit-joint-opposition-to-epas-methane-rule-delay\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"WE ACT for Environmental Justice\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-02-17T02:16:14+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/weact.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Press-Release.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1080\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1080\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/weact.org\/updates\/environmental-justice-leaders-submit-joint-opposition-to-epas-methane-rule-delay\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/weact.org\/updates\/environmental-justice-leaders-submit-joint-opposition-to-epas-methane-rule-delay\/\",\"name\":\"Environmental Justice Leaders Submit Joint Opposition to EPA\u2019s Methane Rule Delay - 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