{"id":686,"date":"2021-10-26T16:49:08","date_gmt":"2021-10-26T16:49:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/farmstand.chee.studio\/legal-petition-challenges-epa-inaction-on-factory-farm-air-pollution\/"},"modified":"2026-09-14T23:03:19","modified_gmt":"2026-09-14T23:03:19","slug":"legal-petition-challenges-epa-inaction-on-factory-farm-air-pollution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/farmstand.org\/es\/legal-petition-challenges-epa-inaction-on-factory-farm-air-pollution\/","title":{"rendered":"Petici\u00f3n legal impugna la inacci\u00f3n de la EPA sobre la contaminaci\u00f3n del aire por granjas industriales"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Grupos piden el fin de la amnist\u00eda de d\u00e9cadas para los contaminadores de granjas industriales<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A medida que el presidente Biden contin\u00faa prometiendo que su administraci\u00f3n abordar\u00e1 la crisis clim\u00e1tica y proteger\u00e1 el aire que respiramos de los contaminantes industriales, 24 organizaciones de defensa exigen que la EPA de Biden cumpla esa promesa haciendo m\u00e1s para proteger a las comunidades de las granjas industriales. Hoy, los grupos <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foodandwaterwatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/2021.10.26-Petition-re-2005-Air-Consent-Agreement-1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">present\u00f3 una petici\u00f3n legal<\/a> con la Agencia de Protecci\u00f3n Ambiental (EPA), inst\u00e1ndola a hacer cumplir las leyes federales de contaminaci\u00f3n del aire contra estos grandes contaminadores, algo que la agencia se ha negado a hacer durante casi dos d\u00e9cadas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hace m\u00e1s de 16 a\u00f1os, la administraci\u00f3n de George W. Bush anunci\u00f3 un Acuerdo y Orden Final que hab\u00eda negociado en secreto con el Consejo Nacional de Productores de Pork (National Pork Producers Council). La EPA acord\u00f3 abstenerse de hacer cumplir leyes clave de control de la contaminaci\u00f3n del aire y de divulgaci\u00f3n p\u00fablica, como la Ley de Aire Limpio (Clean Air Act), contra cualquier operaci\u00f3n de alimentaci\u00f3n animal (AFO, por sus siglas en ingl\u00e9s) que se inscribiera en el <a href=\"https:\/\/www.federalregister.gov\/documents\/2005\/01\/31\/05-1536\/animal-feeding-operations-consent-agreement-and-final-order\">Trato<\/a>. A cambio, las AFO participantes acordaron pagar una peque\u00f1a multa para financiar un programa nacional de monitoreo del aire que se supon\u00eda deb\u00eda ayudar a la EPA a desarrollar metodolog\u00edas de estimaci\u00f3n de emisiones de aire (EEM) m\u00e1s precisas para las AFO. Las metodolog\u00edas ten\u00edan como objetivo permitir que la EPA y los ciudadanos calcularan la contaminaci\u00f3n de las granjas industriales y comenzaran a hacer cumplir las leyes de aire limpio.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Casi <em>14,000 <\/em>Las AFO se inscribieron en este acuerdo ventajoso, conocido como el Acuerdo de Consentimiento del Aire, el cual, seg\u00fan sus propios t\u00e9rminos, deber\u00eda haberse completado en 2010. Sin embargo, debido en parte a las formas fundamentalmente defectuosas en que la EPA dise\u00f1\u00f3, ejecut\u00f3 y utiliz\u00f3 los datos recopilados del estudio de monitoreo del aire, la agencia a\u00fan no ha finalizado <em>cualquier<\/em> metolog\u00edas o poner fin al Acuerdo de Consentimiento del Aire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Como resultado de la prolongada demora de la EPA, miles de las OAE m\u00e1s grandes del pa\u00eds contin\u00faan disfrutando de protecci\u00f3n contra las medidas de cumplimiento de la EPA, incluso si sus emisiones de contaminaci\u00f3n del aire superan los l\u00edmites legales o los umbrales de reporte. Las OAE emiten una serie de contaminantes atmosf\u00e9ricos mortales como amon\u00edaco, sulfuro de hidr\u00f3geno, material particulado, compuestos org\u00e1nicos vol\u00e1tiles y metano que altera el clima. Seg\u00fan un <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pnas.org\/content\/118\/20\/e2013637118\">estudio reciente<\/a>, la contaminaci\u00f3n atmosf\u00e9rica de la industria ganadera es responsable de m\u00e1s de 12.700 muertes al a\u00f1o, m\u00e1s muertes que las atribuidas a las centrales el\u00e9ctricas de carb\u00f3n.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A la luz de los graves e inregulados impactos de la contaminaci\u00f3n del aire por parte de las AFO en la salud p\u00fablica, los grupos defensores exigen que la EPA ponga fin a su \u201cinaceptable incumplimiento del deber\u201d mediante la rescisi\u00f3n del Acuerdo de Consentimiento sobre el Aire y la adopci\u00f3n de todas las medidas coherentes con las \u00f3rdenes ejecutivas del presidente Biden para hacer cumplir las leyes aplicables de aire limpio contra las AFO.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Los Peticionarios incluyen: Fondo de Defensa Legal de los Animales (Animal Legal Defense Fund), Alianza de la Cuenca del R\u00edo Buffalo (Buffalo River Watershed Alliance, Arkansas), Centro para la Diversidad Biol\u00f3gica (Center for Biological Diversity), Centro para la Seguridad Alimentaria (Center for Food Safety), Agua Limpia para Carolina del Norte (Clean Water for North Carolina, Carolina del Norte), Centro de Raza, Pobreza y Medio Ambiente (Center on Race, Poverty, &amp; the Environment, California), Earthjustice, Proyecto de Integridad Ambiental (Environmental Integrity Project), Farm Aid, Amigos de la Tierra (Friends of the Earth), Amigos de los Agricultores Familiares (Friends of Family Farmers, Oreg\u00f3n), Amigos del Arroyo Toppenish (Friends of Toppenish Creek, Washington), Fideicomiso de Preocupaciones por los Animales de Granja (Food Animal Concerns Trust), Food &amp; Water Watch, Proyecto de Rendici\u00f3n de Cuentas del Gobierno (Government Accountability Project), Sociedad Humanitaria de los Estados Unidos (Humane Society of the United States), Ciudadanos de Iowa para el Mejoramiento Comunitario (Iowa Citizens for Community Improvement, Iowa), Instituto de Agricultura y Pol\u00edtica Comercial (Institute for Agriculture &amp; Trade Policy), Centro Johns Hopkins for a Livable Future, Red de Conservaci\u00f3n de Carolina del Norte (North Carolina Conservation Network, Carolina del Norte), Justicia P\u00fablica (Public Justice), Proyecto de Agricultura Socialmente Responsable (Socially Responsible Agriculture Project), Centro de Derecho Ambiental del Sur (Southern Environmental Law Center) y Waterkeeper Alliance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cLa contaminaci\u00f3n atmosf\u00e9rica de las AFO no solo perjudica la salud humana y nuestro medio ambiente, sino que tambi\u00e9n exacerba el sufrimiento que padecen los animales que viven en estas instalaciones\u201d, afirma <strong>Director Ejecutivo del Fondo de Defensa Legal de los Animales Stephen Wells<\/strong>. Este pase libre para contaminar el aire es otra forma en que nuestro gobierno federal subsidia a esta cruel industria y la ayuda a prosperar y expandirse.\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cLa contaminaci\u00f3n atmosf\u00e9rica de las granjas industriales mata a casi 13.000 personas al a\u00f1o, y sin embargo la EPA sigue de brazos cruzados mientras la industria c\u00e1rnica emite cada vez m\u00e1s contaminaci\u00f3n atmosf\u00e9rica sin consecuencias\u201d, dijo <strong>Hannah Connor, abogada del Centro para la Diversidad Biol\u00f3gica.<\/strong> \u201cMultiplicada por los a\u00f1os, la pr\u00e1ctica de la agencia de ignorar estas emisiones peligrosas durante 16 a\u00f1os la convierte ahora en c\u00f3mplice de probablemente m\u00e1s de 200.000 muertes y de innumerables da\u00f1os al medio ambiente y a la vida silvestre. Ya basta.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cLas comunidades que rodean a las macrogranjas lecheras en Oreg\u00f3n han sufrido durante demasiado tiempo por su contaminaci\u00f3n del aire\u201d, dijo <strong>Amy van Saun, abogada s\u00e9nior de la oficina del noroeste del Pac\u00edfico del Center for Food Safety<\/strong>. Nadie quiere vivir cerca de estas operaciones malolientes y peligrosas, pero la EPA sigue sacrificando a las personas m\u00e1s marginadas en beneficio de las ganancias de la industria.\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201c\u2014Simplemente le estamos pidiendo a la EPA que establezca igualdad de condiciones y trate a esta industria de la misma manera que trata a cualquier otra industria \u2014dijo <strong>Abel Russ, abogado s\u00e9nior del Environmental Integrity Project<\/strong>. Apoyamos firmemente los esfuerzos de la Agencia para actualizar la ciencia, pero ese proceso siempre est\u00e1 en marcha; nunca debe usarse como excusa para suspender protecciones ambientales fundamentales. Ninguna otra industria recibe ese tipo de trato especial. Es injusto y tiene consecuencias importantes para las comunidades overburdened en todo el pa\u00eds.\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cLa EPA ha dado a las granjas industriales v\u00eda libre para contaminar desde 2005, cuando negoci\u00f3 un acuerdo de amnist\u00eda a espaldas de la opini\u00f3n p\u00fablica con la industria, eximi\u00e9ndola esencialmente de las leyes federales de contaminaci\u00f3n del aire\u201d, dijo <strong>Emily Miller, abogada de plantilla de Food &amp; Water Watch<\/strong>. Desde entonces, las granjas industriales han estado emitiendo libremente contaminantes atmosf\u00e9ricos peligrosos al medio ambiente, no solo amenazando la salud de las comunidades cercanas, sino tambi\u00e9n contribuyendo al cambio clim\u00e1tico. Esto tiene que parar.\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cDurante d\u00e9cadas, la industria de las granjas industriales se ha aislado de la aplicaci\u00f3n de la ley necesaria y fundamental para un sistema alimentario justo y un clima saludable\u201d, dijo <strong>Brent Newell, abogado principal del Public Justice Food Project<\/strong>. El Acuerdo de Consentimiento sobre el Aire, que ahora tiene m\u00e1s de 16 a\u00f1os, ha dado a las granjas industriales v\u00eda libre para contaminar y refleja el fracaso de administraciones pasadas en tomar medidas urgentes y priorizar la salud humana por encima de los intereses impulsados por las ganancias de la agroindustria. Instamos a la EPA a que conceda esta petici\u00f3n y abandone finalmente un acuerdo que no solo socava la ley, sino que tambi\u00e9n arraiga el sistema de granjas industriales de una manera que perjudica a las comunidades rurales negras, latinas, ind\u00edgenas, asi\u00e1ticas y blancas.\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">###<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A medida que el presidente Biden sigue prometiendo que su administraci\u00f3n abordar\u00e1 la crisis clim\u00e1tica y proteger\u00e1 el aire que respiramos de los contaminadores industriales, 24 organizaciones defensoras exigen que la EPA de Biden cumpla con esa promesa haciendo m\u00e1s para proteger a las comunidades de las granjas industriales. Hoy, los grupos presentaron una petici\u00f3n legal ante la Agencia de Protecci\u00f3n Ambiental (EPA), inst\u00e1ndola a hacer cumplir las leyes federales de contaminaci\u00f3n del aire contra estos grandes contaminadores, algo que la agencia se ha negado a hacer durante casi dos d\u00e9cadas.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[27,46],"issue":[20],"class_list":["post-686","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-releases","tag-cafos","tag-clean-air","issue-climate-environmental-protection"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Legal Petition Challenges EPA Inaction on Factory Farm Air Pollution - Farmstand<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"As President Biden continues to promise that his administration will address the climate crisis and protect the air we breathe from industrial polluters, 24 advocacy organizations are demanding Biden\u2019s EPA live up to that promise by doing more to protect communities from factory farms. 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