{"id":5031,"date":"2017-04-28T09:52:00","date_gmt":"2017-04-28T13:52:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/merkley-reintroduces-bill-to-block-arctic-ocean-drilling\/"},"modified":"2023-07-24T11:08:54","modified_gmt":"2023-07-24T15:08:54","slug":"merkley-reintroduces-bill-to-block-arctic-ocean-drilling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/es\/merkley-reintroduces-bill-to-block-arctic-ocean-drilling\/","title":{"rendered":"Merkley reintroduce proyecto de ley para bloquear perforaciones en el Oc\u00e9ano \u00c1rtico"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>WASHINGTON \u2013 En respuesta a las \u00f3rdenes ejecutivas del presidente Trump que eliminan protecciones y avanzan para reabrir las peligrosas perforaciones en alta mar, el senador Jeff Merkley, dem\u00f3crata por Oregon, reintrodujo el viernes la Ley para detener la perforaci\u00f3n en el oc\u00e9ano \u00c1rtico, una importante ley para proteger permanentemente el \u00c1rtico de las actividades en alta mar. perforaci\u00f3n.<\/p>\n<p>La legislaci\u00f3n impedir\u00eda cualquier arrendamiento nuevo o renovado para la exploraci\u00f3n, desarrollo o producci\u00f3n de petr\u00f3leo, gas natural o cualquier otro mineral en el \u00e1rea de planificaci\u00f3n del Oc\u00e9ano \u00c1rtico.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAbrir nuevas \u00e1reas a la exploraci\u00f3n petrolera en el \u00c1rtico en un momento en que ya estamos lidiando con los impactos devastadores del cambio clim\u00e1tico es el colmo de la irresponsabilidad. Los esfuerzos imprudentes de la administraci\u00f3n Trump para abrir una nueva y enorme fuente de contaminaci\u00f3n por carbono amenazar\u00edan a las comunidades, los recursos y los ecosistemas locales, al tiempo que exacerbar\u00edan el cambio clim\u00e1tico que ya da\u00f1a nuestra econom\u00eda y el medio ambiente\u201d, dijo Merkley. \u201cEl \u00c1rtico es demasiado fr\u00e1gil para soportar el tipo de derrame de petr\u00f3leo que ser\u00eda inevitable si contin\u00faa la perforaci\u00f3n. Para evitar una cat\u00e1strofe ambiental, debemos prohibir total y permanentemente la perforaci\u00f3n en el Oc\u00e9ano \u00c1rtico\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>El Departamento del Interior&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.boem.gov\/uploadedFiles\/BOEM\/About_BOEM\/BOEM_Regions\/Alaska_Region\/Le%20asing_and_Plans\/Leasing\/Lease_Sales\/Sale_193\/Lease_Sale_193_DraftSSEIS_vol1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">estimados<\/a>&nbsp;que existe un 75 por ciento de posibilidades de que se produzca un gran derrame de petr\u00f3leo, que supere los 42.000 galones, si se desarrollaran arrendamientos de perforaci\u00f3n en el \u00c1rtico. El \u00c1rtico tiene uno de los ecosistemas m\u00e1s delicados del mundo, as\u00ed como algunas de las condiciones de navegaci\u00f3n m\u00e1s extremas y peligrosas, lo que limita gravemente la capacidad de respuesta ante un derrame de petr\u00f3leo o un accidente. Hasta la fecha, no ha habido ninguna operaci\u00f3n exitosa de petr\u00f3leo y gas en el Oc\u00e9ano \u00c1rtico. La incursi\u00f3n inicial de Shell en el \u00c1rtico en 2012 result\u00f3 en una plataforma petrolera abandonada y una operaci\u00f3n de la Guardia Costera para salvar ocho vidas.<\/p>\n<p>El \u00c1rtico tambi\u00e9n alberga especies en peligro de extinci\u00f3n, como las ballenas de Groenlandia, los osos polares y las focas anilladas, as\u00ed como ecosistemas fr\u00e1giles y de valor incalculable que son fundamentales para la pesca local, las poblaciones ind\u00edgenas y los cazadores de subsistencia. Las operaciones de perforaci\u00f3n en el Oc\u00e9ano \u00c1rtico amenazar\u00e1n a estas especies y comunidades, todo por petr\u00f3leo que retrasar\u00e1 los esfuerzos para la transici\u00f3n a una econom\u00eda de energ\u00eda limpia.<\/p>\n<p>Debido a estos costos y peligros, la Oficina de Gesti\u00f3n de la Energ\u00eda Oce\u00e1nica elimin\u00f3 los arrendamientos del Oc\u00e9ano \u00c1rtico de su programa quinquenal para el desarrollo de petr\u00f3leo y gas en la plataforma continental exterior. Adem\u00e1s, el expresidente Obama, junto con acciones del gobierno canadiense, tom\u00f3 medidas para proteger permanentemente grandes \u00e1reas del Oc\u00e9ano \u00c1rtico de las perforaciones en alta mar. Sin embargo, el presidente Trump ya ha se\u00f1alado un plan energ\u00e9tico centrado en los combustibles f\u00f3siles y hoy se comprometi\u00f3 expl\u00edcitamente a aumentar la extracci\u00f3n de petr\u00f3leo y gas en alta mar.<\/p>\n<p>La verdad es que no podemos darnos el lujo de seguir quemando combustibles f\u00f3siles durante d\u00e9cadas y d\u00e9cadas si queremos mantener un ambiente seguro para nuestros hijos, dijo Merkley en un comunicado de prensa. Los peores impactos del cambio clim\u00e1tico ocurrir\u00e1n si permitimos que el calentamiento global supere los 2 grados Celsius, o casi 4 grados Fahrenheit. El mundo debe hacer una transici\u00f3n agresiva y r\u00e1pida para alejarse de los combustibles f\u00f3siles convencionales y adoptar el uso de energ\u00edas renovables, y ciertamente no podemos seguir impulsando el desarrollo de combustibles f\u00f3siles nuevos y peligrosos.<\/p>\n<p>El proyecto de ley est\u00e1 copatrocinado por el senador Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), el senador Bernie Sanders (I-VT), el senador Martin Heinrich (D-NM), el senador Cory Booker (D-NJ), el senador Al. Franken (D-MN), la Senadora Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) y el Senador Ben Cardin (D-MD), el Senador Bob Men\u00e9ndez (D-NJ), el Senador Gary Peters (D-MI) y la Senadora Kamala Harris (D -CALIFORNIA).<\/p>\n<p>El senador Merkley present\u00f3 por primera vez la Ley para detener la perforaci\u00f3n en el oc\u00e9ano \u00c1rtico en julio de 2015. En junio de ese a\u00f1o, el senador Merkley encabez\u00f3 a un grupo de senadores en la redacci\u00f3n de una carta al presidente Obama instando a la administraci\u00f3n a rescindir el permiso de exploraci\u00f3n condicional de Shell Oil Company en el mar de Chukchi. El senador Merkley escribi\u00f3 que las nuevas ventas de arrendamientos en el Mar de Chukchi y el Oc\u00e9ano \u00c1rtico son un riesgo innecesario que amenaza a las comunidades locales, los ecosistemas fr\u00e1giles y los esfuerzos por mitigar el cambio clim\u00e1tico.<\/p>\n<p>Est\u00e1 disponible un PDF de la Ley para detener la perforaci\u00f3n en el \u00c1rtico de 2017&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/es\/imo\/media\/doc\/JAC17252.pdf\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">aqu\u00ed<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WASHINGTON &#8211; In response to President Trump&rsquo;s executive orders removing protections and moving to reopen risky offshore drilling, Senator Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., on Friday&nbsp;reintroduced the Stop Arctic Ocean Drilling Act, a major piece of legislation to permanently protect the Arctic from offshore drilling. The legislation would prevent any new or renewed leases for the exploration, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[45],"class_list":["post-5031","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-in-the-news","tag-tackling-climate-change"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Merkley reintroduces bill to block Arctic Ocean drilling - Merkley<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/es\/merkley-reintroduces-bill-to-block-arctic-ocean-drilling\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"es_MX\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Merkley reintroduces bill to block Arctic Ocean drilling - Merkley\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"WASHINGTON &#8211; In response to President Trump&rsquo;s executive orders removing protections and moving to reopen risky offshore drilling, Senator Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., on Friday&nbsp;reintroduced the Stop Arctic Ocean Drilling Act, a major piece of legislation to permanently protect the Arctic from offshore drilling. 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