{"id":5184,"date":"2025-07-29T15:39:29","date_gmt":"2025-07-29T21:39:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.greenlatinos.org\/?p=5184"},"modified":"2025-07-29T15:39:30","modified_gmt":"2025-07-29T21:39:30","slug":"greenlatinos-epas-methane-delay-is-a-dangerous-betrayal-to-frontline-communities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greenlatinos.org\/es\/greenlatinos-epas-methane-delay-is-a-dangerous-betrayal-to-frontline-communities\/","title":{"rendered":"GreenLatinos: EPA\u2019s Methane Delay Is a Dangerous Betrayal to Frontline Communities"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>The Trump administration moves to delay the implementation of the EPA\u2019s 2024 methane standards, threatening public health and climate progress.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>WASHINGTON\u2014&nbsp; <\/strong>Today, the Trump administration\u2019s EPA <a href=\"https:\/\/www.epa.gov\/controlling-air-pollution-oil-and-natural-gas-operations\/2025-interim-final-rule-extend-compliance\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">finalized its decision <\/a>to delay implementation of the 2024 methane pollution standards through Section 111 Compliance Deadline Extension. A move that jeopardizes public health and climate progress nationwide. The delay stalls commonsense protections that could have prevented 58 million tons of methane emissions and curbed the release of toxic air pollutants like cancer-causing benzene and smog-forming compounds linked to asthma and other respiratory issues.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The 2024 methane standards were designed to limit pollution from new and existing oil and gas operations, one of the largest sources of climate-warming methane in the U.S. Methane is a super-pollutant that accelerates the climate crisis and contributes to the extreme heat, wildfires, and deadly storms already devastating communities nationwide. Timely enforcement of these rules is critical not only for reducing greenhouse gas emissions and improving air quality, but also for protecting frontline communities living through the compounding impacts of pollution and climate-driven disasters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite widespread support from states, industry, and the public, this action prioritizes polluters over people, particularly Latine and frontline communities already living with the daily impacts of oil and gas pollution.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>In response, GreenLatinos&nbsp; Irene Burga, Climate Justice and Clean Air Director, GreenLatinos:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cDelaying implementation of the EPA\u2019s methane protections is a direct assault on the health of Latino communities and other frontline populations who are already overburdened by oil and gas pollution. The science is clear and the stakes are high \u2014 every day of delay means more cancer-causing benzene in our air, more asthma attacks in our children, and more methane fueling the climate crisis. Communities like mine in Southern California can\u2019t afford another year of inaction. This move by Administrator Zeldin is not only unjustified \u2014 it\u2019s dangerous\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">###<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>Acerca de GreenLatinos<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">VerdeLatinos <strong>(NOTA: GreenLatinos es UNA PALABRA)<\/strong> es una comunidad activa de l\u00edderes latinos, envalentonados por el poder y la sabidur\u00eda de nuestra cultura, unidos para exigir equidad y desmantelar el racismo, con recursos para ganar nuestras batallas ambientales, de conservaci\u00f3n y de justicia clim\u00e1tica, y motivados para asegurar nuestras pol\u00edticas, Liberaci\u00f3n econ\u00f3mica, cultural y ambiental.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Trump administration moves to delay the implementation of the EPA\u2019s 2024 methane standards, threatening public health and climate progress. WASHINGTON \u2014&nbsp; Today, the Trump administration\u2019s EPA finalized its decision to delay implementation of the 2024 methane pollution standards through Section 111 Compliance Deadline Extension. A move that jeopardizes public health and climate progress nationwide. 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