{"id":5573,"date":"2025-11-03T16:24:29","date_gmt":"2025-11-03T23:24:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.greenlatinos.org\/?p=5573"},"modified":"2025-11-03T16:33:48","modified_gmt":"2025-11-03T23:33:48","slug":"over-140-environmental-organizations-demand-epa-withdraw-rollback-of-greenhouse-gas-reporting-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greenlatinos.org\/es\/over-140-environmental-organizations-demand-epa-withdraw-rollback-of-greenhouse-gas-reporting-program\/","title":{"rendered":"Over 140 Environmental Organizations Demand EPA Withdraw Rollback of Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program"},"content":{"rendered":"

Groups say EPA\u2019s rollback threatens transparency and community right-to-know<\/em><\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 11\/03\/2025<\/p>\n\n\n\n

MEDIA CONTACT: Edder D\u00edaz Mart\u00ednez, Communications Director, 602-832-6039, edderdiazmartinez@greenlatinos.org<\/p>\n\n\n\n

WASHINGTON\u2014 <\/strong>Today, GreenLatinos, WE ACT for Environmental Justice, and the Climate Justice Alliance, together with more than 140 partner organizations,\u00a0 primarily Environmental Justice and Tribal organizations, submitted formal comments opposing the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency\u2019s (EPA) proposal to repeal and suspend the Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program (GHGRP) and its Subpart W requirements for the oil and gas sector.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This proposal follows the agency\u2019s ongoing efforts to roll back critical climate protections, including the landmark Endangerment Finding and other key climate regulations. Together, these actions mark a dangerous reversal of decades of progress toward environmental accountability and climate justice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Established in 2009 under congressional direction, the GHGRP provides the only publicly available, facility-level data tracking greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions across nearly every sector of the U.S. economy. Federal and state agencies, including the Department of Energy and the Department of the Treasury, rely on this data to implement climate programs, allocate clean-energy investments, and evaluate progress toward emissions goals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Repealing the program, particularly Subpart W, which tracks methane emissions from the oil and gas sector, would critically weaken oversight and transparency. Without it, regulators and residents would lose access to reliable information essential to protecting their air, health, and climate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cEliminating the Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program doesn\u2019t reduce burdens, it conceals harm,\u201d said <\/em>Meisei Gonzalez, Climate Justice & Clean Air Program Manager at GreenLatinos.<\/em><\/strong> \u201cOur communities depend on transparent data to expose pollution, demand accountability, and push for clean air and a livable climate. The EPA\u2019s proposal puts industry profits ahead of public health and truth.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Communities of color, Indigenous peoples, and low-income residents already live disproportionately near oil and gas operations<\/a> and face higher rates of asthma, cancer, and cardiovascular disease due to methane and co-pollutant exposure. Without transparent data, these same communities will be left in the dark, unable to track or respond to the pollution that impacts their health and environment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhile the Trump administration dismantles pollution tracking and Congress bends to polluters, the last thing we need is weaker oversight. Families deserve accurate data, not blind spots, when it comes to the air we breathe and the climate we depend on,\u201d said <\/em>Climate Justice Alliance legislative director Mar Zepeda Salazar.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The coalition\u2019s comment letter urges the EPA to withdraw the proposal immediately and reaffirm its duty to protect human health and the environment through transparency, science, and justice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cNearly half of Americans, including almost 60% of people of color, face failing air quality. Adding to this, intensifying climate\u2011driven extreme weather disproportionately impacts environmental justice communities hardest. Given the stakes, it is inexcusable that the Trump Administration\u2019s EPA is providing cover for industries to dodge accountability for their polluting emissions. Access to GHG data is critical as it empowers our communities to fight for the clean air and healthy environment we deserve,<\/em>" dicho <\/em> Yosef Robele,  Federal Policy Manager at WE ACT for Environmental Justice<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Read the full Environmental Justice, Tribal, and Allied Organizations\u2019 Comment Letter aqu\u00ed<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Acerca de GreenLatinos<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

VerdeLatinos (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

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VerdeLatinos (NOTA: GreenLatinos es UNA PALABRA)<\/strong> 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 impulsadas a asegurar nuestra Liberaci\u00f3n pol\u00edtica, econ\u00f3mica, cultural y ambiental.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

ACTUAMOS por la Justicia Ambiental<\/strong> 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 weact.org<\/a> y s\u00edguenos en Facebook<\/a>, Bluesky<\/a>, y Instagram<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


WE ACT por la Justicia Ambiental<\/strong> 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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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About Climate Justice Alliance<\/strong> 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 climatejusticealliance.org<\/a> y s\u00edguenos en Facebook<\/a>, X<\/a>, Instagram<\/a>, y Bluesky<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Acerca de la Alianza para la Justicia Clim\u00e1tica (CJA, por sus siglas en ingl\u00e9s) <\/strong>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 climatejusticealliance.org<\/a>, y s\u00edganos en Facebook<\/a>, X<\/a>, Instagram <\/a>y Bluesky<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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