aqu\u00ed<\/a> y sigue a continuaci\u00f3n:<\/p>\nEstimado presidente Glick y comisionados Danly, Clements, Christie y Phillips:<\/p>\n
Le escribimos para expresar nuestra oposici\u00f3n al proyecto Gas Transmission Northwest (GTN) Xpress, n\u00famero de expediente CP22-2 e instar a la Comisi\u00f3n Federal Reguladora de Energ\u00eda (FERC) a rechazar la solicitud de TC Energy Corporation (anteriormente TransCanada Corporation).<\/p>\n
Para alcanzar una econom\u00eda de cero emisiones netas para 2050, el presidente Biden se comprometi\u00f3 a reducir las emisiones de gases de efecto invernadero en 50 a 52% para 2030, por debajo de los niveles de 2005. Seg\u00fan el FEIS de FERC, el proyecto emitir\u00eda 2,3 millones de toneladas m\u00e9tricas de emisiones equivalentes de di\u00f3xido de carbono cada a\u00f1o, al menos hasta 2052. Su FEIS predice que el proyecto causar\u00e1 nueve mil millones de d\u00f3lares en da\u00f1os relacionados con el clima durante los pr\u00f3ximos 28 a\u00f1os. Y eso es con una metodolog\u00eda que minimiza sistem\u00e1ticamente los impactos clim\u00e1ticos del oleoducto. Agregar nuevas emisiones a trav\u00e9s de expansiones de tuber\u00edas como GTN Xpress es incompatible con la promesa del presidente Biden.<\/p>\n
La Administraci\u00f3n Internacional de Energ\u00eda ha sido clara: \u201csi los gobiernos se toman en serio la crisis clim\u00e1tica, no puede haber nuevas inversiones en petr\u00f3leo, gas y carb\u00f3n\u201d. Sin embargo, si se construye, el GTN Xpress aumentar\u00eda la capacidad del gasoducto de TC Energy en al menos 150 000 Dth\/D, y posiblemente hasta 250 000 Dth\/D. Esta propuesta de expansi\u00f3n del gasoducto de gas f\u00f3sil es incompatible con los compromisos globales de Estados Unidos para combatir el caos clim\u00e1tico.<\/p>\n
La aprobaci\u00f3n de GTN Xpress tambi\u00e9n socavar\u00eda los esfuerzos de Oreg\u00f3n para liderar la lucha contra el caos clim\u00e1tico. Oreg\u00f3n ha promulgado pol\u00edticas para reducir las emisiones de gases de efecto invernadero y alejarse del gas f\u00f3sil, incluida la inversi\u00f3n en energ\u00eda renovable. Las alternativas renovables pueden satisfacer la demanda de energ\u00eda sin los riesgos clim\u00e1ticos y de seguridad causados por los combustibles f\u00f3siles.<\/p>\n
El GTN Xpress arriesgar\u00eda la seguridad de las comunidades de primera l\u00ednea y del planeta por un proyecto que no es necesario. La propia FERC dijo en su Declaraci\u00f3n final de impacto ambiental (FEIS) que no puede determinar el uso final de los 51.000 Dth\/d que ha suscrito Tourmaline Marketing Corp, una clara indicaci\u00f3n de que la demanda del proyecto es incierta. Agregar infraestructura de gas f\u00f3sil en una regi\u00f3n que est\u00e1 haciendo una transici\u00f3n r\u00e1pida a la energ\u00eda renovable corre el riesgo de imponer a los contribuyentes los costos de un proyecto infrautilizado y no es de inter\u00e9s p\u00fablico.<\/p>\n
El GTN Xpress FEIS ilustra fallas en las revisiones ambientales de la FERC que conducen a la subestimaci\u00f3n sist\u00e9mica de los impactos clim\u00e1ticos de los proyectos de oleoductos. La FERC descart\u00f3 el creciente y establecido cuerpo de literatura acad\u00e9mica revisada por pares que indica que las pol\u00edticas del lado de la oferta tienen un impacto en las emisiones de gases de efecto invernadero al ni siquiera considerar las emisiones de la producci\u00f3n aguas arriba. FERC tambi\u00e9n asume que el gas f\u00f3sil se quemar\u00e1 completamente sin emisiones fugitivas a pesar de la literatura acad\u00e9mica que muestra que existen fugas a lo largo de toda la cadena de suministro y distribuci\u00f3n de gas f\u00f3sil. La metodolog\u00eda de FERC sesga su an\u00e1lisis al minimizar los impactos que los proyectos tienen sobre el clima.<\/p>\n
En el EIS final, la FERC descart\u00f3 las emisiones aguas abajo de gas f\u00f3sil suscritas por un productor canadiense de gas f\u00f3sil (un tercio del gas total suscrito) porque la FERC afirma que no es "razonablemente previsible" d\u00f3nde se usar\u00eda el gas f\u00f3sil. FERC tom\u00f3 este paso a pesar de que ning\u00fan comentario p\u00fablico sobre el DEIS lo recomend\u00f3. La decisi\u00f3n de FERC crea un incentivo perverso para que las empresas oculten los usos reales de sus productos para ocultar el impacto total de su proyecto y es una pr\u00e1ctica profundamente preocupante.<\/p>\n
Instamos encarecidamente a la FERC a escuchar a Oreg\u00f3n cuando dice que el GTN Xpress es incompatible con los objetivos clim\u00e1ticos y no es de inter\u00e9s p\u00fablico. La expansi\u00f3n del gas f\u00f3sil a trav\u00e9s de GTN Xpress socavar\u00e1 los esfuerzos en Oreg\u00f3n para apoyar una alternativa m\u00e1s limpia, segura y eficaz al gas f\u00f3sil. En lugar de ayudar a los estadounidenses, GTN Xpress estar\u00eda apoyando un mercado de gas f\u00f3sil sucio de un pa\u00eds extranjero. Le instamos a que rechace la solicitud de TC Energy.<\/p>\n
Atentamente,<\/p>\n
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