{"id":3013,"date":"2025-09-19T05:15:37","date_gmt":"2025-09-19T09:15:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vr-news.net\/2025\/09\/over-100-organizations-tell-epa-to-ditch-dangerous-proposal-to-gut-vehicle-emission-standards\/"},"modified":"2025-09-19T05:15:37","modified_gmt":"2025-09-19T09:15:37","slug":"over-100-organizations-tell-epa-to-ditch-dangerous-proposal-to-gut-vehicle-emission-standards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vr-news.net\/?p=3013","title":{"rendered":"Over 100 Organizations Tell EPA to Ditch Dangerous Proposal to Gut Vehicle Emission Standards"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Today, 112 organizations submitted <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sierraclub.org\/100-groups-epa-do-your-job-maintain-strong-vehicle-emission-standards\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">a comment letter<\/a> to the Environmental Protection Agency in response to the agency\u2019s proposal to gut federal greenhouse gas emissions standards for cars and trucks.<\/p>\n<p>The Sierra Club and GreenLatinos led the letter effort. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cDuring the EPA\u2019s hearing, hundreds of people testified loud and clear in opposition to this dangerous proposal. The EPA is endangering its legacy and abandoning its own mission of protecting people and the planet if it repeals common-sense, life-saving vehicle standards,\u201d said <strong>Sierra Club Clean Transportation for All Director Katherine Garc\u00eda.<\/strong> \u201cNow over 100 organizations are echoing that same message. Strong car and truck pollution standards save families and businesses money on fuel, improve public health, and drive innovation. We outright reject this proposal that will bring us nothing but harm.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are proud to join forces with Sierra Club to unite the voices of over 100 advocacy groups in our shared commitment to protect communities from the harms of vehicle pollution,\u201d said <strong>GreenLatinos Policy Advocate Andrea Marpillero-Colomina<\/strong>. \u201cThe consensus is clear: EPA\u2019s proposal is detrimental to human health, damaging to our planet, and denies consumers the choice to drive cleaner cars.\u201d <\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today, 112 organizations submitted a comment letter to the Environmental Protection Agency in response to the agency\u2019s proposal to gut federal greenhouse gas emissions standards for cars and trucks. The Sierra Club and GreenLatinos led the letter effort. \u201cDuring the EPA\u2019s hearing, hundreds of people testified loud and clear in opposition to this dangerous proposal. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"registered_only","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[45],"tags":[742],"class_list":["post-3013","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ciencia-y-tecnologia","tag-vr-news-net"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vr-news.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3013","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vr-news.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vr-news.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vr-news.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vr-news.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3013"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vr-news.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3013\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vr-news.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3013"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vr-news.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3013"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vr-news.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3013"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}