{"id":16971,"date":"2023-04-14T13:52:02","date_gmt":"2023-04-14T17:52:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/?p=16971"},"modified":"2023-07-25T13:53:13","modified_gmt":"2023-07-25T17:53:13","slug":"merkley-chairs-senate-hearing-examining-the-environmental-and-climate-damage-of-plastics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/es\/merkley-chairs-senate-hearing-examining-the-environmental-and-climate-damage-of-plastics\/","title":{"rendered":"Merkley preside audiencia en el Senado para examinar el da\u00f1o ambiental y clim\u00e1tico de los pl\u00e1sticos"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"El Senador Merkley Preside la Audiencia del Senado para Examinar el Da\u00f1o Ambiental y Clim\u00e1tico de los Pl\u00e1sticos\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nJvPZdGX258?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>El Senador Jeff Merkley preside una audiencia del Subcomit\u00e9 Senatorial de Medio Ambiente y Obras P\u00fablicas que investiga el impacto de la producci\u00f3n de pl\u00e1stico y la contaminaci\u00f3n en la salud humana, el clima y el medio ambiente.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Esto da inicio a una serie de audiencias de subcomit\u00e9s que investigan la producci\u00f3n de pl\u00e1stico y la contaminaci\u00f3n. El Senador Merkley lidera la Ley Break Free from Plastic Pollution, que reducir\u00eda la producci\u00f3n de pl\u00e1stico, aumentar\u00eda el reciclaje y proteger\u00eda a las comunidades de primera l\u00ednea de la carga de las emisiones t\u00f3xicas de los desechos pl\u00e1sticos al cambiar los incentivos de la industria.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>El proyecto de ley trasladar\u00eda la carga de la limpieza a las corporaciones que produjeron los pl\u00e1sticos para que tengan una motivaci\u00f3n financiera para terminar con la quema y el vertido; fortalecer las protecciones de justicia ambiental; eliminar las lagunas en la exportaci\u00f3n de residuos; y extender por todo el pa\u00eds las leyes existentes que han demostrado funcionar a nivel estatal y local, entre otros pasos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Obtenga m\u00e1s informaci\u00f3n sobre la Ley para liberarse de la contaminaci\u00f3n pl\u00e1stica: https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/news\/press-releases\/merkley-lowenthal-lead-introduction-of-congress-most-comprehensive-plan-to-protect -la-salud-de-los-estadounidenses-del-cultivo-de-la-contaminacion-plastica-crisis-2021<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Senator Jeff Merkley chairs a Senate Environment and Public Works Subcommittee hearing investigating the impact of plastic production and pollution on human health, the climate, and the environment. 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