{"id":5478,"date":"2016-06-06T16:15:00","date_gmt":"2016-06-06T20:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/senators-urge-administration-to-take-new-fossil-fuel-leases-off-the-table-in-offshore-drilling-plan\/"},"modified":"2023-07-24T11:09:31","modified_gmt":"2023-07-24T15:09:31","slug":"senators-urge-administration-to-take-new-fossil-fuel-leases-off-the-table-in-offshore-drilling-plan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/es\/senators-urge-administration-to-take-new-fossil-fuel-leases-off-the-table-in-offshore-drilling-plan\/","title":{"rendered":"Los senadores instan a la administraci\u00f3n a eliminar nuevos arrendamientos de combustibles f\u00f3siles en el plan de perforaci\u00f3n en alta mar"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\"><b>WASHINGTON DC<\/b> \u2013 En una carta enviada el pasado jueves 2 de junio de 2016 a la Secretaria del Interior, Sally Jewell, once senadores estadounidenses instaron a la Administraci\u00f3n Obama a retirar de la mesa nuevos arrendamientos de combustibles f\u00f3siles y proteger los ecosistemas vulnerables del \u00c1rtico en el programa de arrendamiento mar\u00edtimo 2017-2022 de la Administraci\u00f3n.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">La carta, encabezada por los senadores Jeff Merkley (D-OR) y Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), se\u00f1al\u00f3 que la firma de nuevos arrendamientos para la producci\u00f3n de petr\u00f3leo y gas a trav\u00e9s del Programa de Arrendamiento de Petr\u00f3leo y Gas de la Plataforma Continental Exterior podr\u00eda asegurar d\u00e9cadas m\u00e1s. producci\u00f3n de combustibles f\u00f3siles de Estados Unidos, lo que contradice inherentemente los propios objetivos clim\u00e1ticos internacionales de Estados Unidos.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"p1\">&quot;El consenso cient\u00edfico nos dice que la gran mayor\u00eda de las reservas conocidas de combustibles f\u00f3siles deben permanecer bajo tierra si queremos evitar los peores efectos del cambio clim\u00e1tico&quot;, escribieron los senadores. \u201cQuitar de la mesa nuevos arrendamientos de combustibles f\u00f3siles enviar\u00e1 otra poderosa se\u00f1al internacional de que Estados Unidos est\u00e1 realmente dedicado a invertir en la transici\u00f3n hacia una econom\u00eda baja en carbono\u201d.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"p1\">La carta tambi\u00e9n fue firmada por los senadores Brian Schatz (D-HI), Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Al Franken (D-MN), Bernie Sanders (I-VT), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Cory Booker ( D-NJ), Ben Cardin (D-MD), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) y Bob Men\u00e9ndez (D-NJ).<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Merkley es el autor principal de la Ley Keep It in the Ground, una legislaci\u00f3n que pondr\u00eda fin a todos los nuevos arrendamientos de combustibles f\u00f3siles en tierras y aguas p\u00fablicas federales.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">El texto completo de la carta se encuentra a continuaci\u00f3n. Se puede encontrar una copia firmada de la carta. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/es\/download\/merkley-ocs-offshore-drilling-letter\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"s1\">aqu\u00ed<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p class=\"p1\">La honorable Sally Jewell<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Secretario<br \/>Departamento del Interior de EE. UU.<br \/>1849 C Street, noroeste<br \/>Washington DC 20240<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Estimada Secretaria Jewell:<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Le escribimos para comentar sobre el programa de arrendamiento de gas y petr\u00f3leo de la plataforma continental exterior propuesto por su agencia para el per\u00edodo 2017-2022. Apreciamos la reciente decisi\u00f3n que indica que el Oc\u00e9ano Atl\u00e1ntico estar\u00e1 fuera del alcance de los arrendamientos de petr\u00f3leo y gas. Sin embargo, nos preocupa que el plan siga incluyendo nuevos arrendamientos para facilitar una mayor inversi\u00f3n en el desarrollo de combustibles f\u00f3siles en alta mar, especialmente en zonas vulnerables como los mares de Chukchi y Beaufort en el Oc\u00e9ano \u00c1rtico.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">El acuerdo de Par\u00eds demostr\u00f3 un compromiso sin precedentes de 190 pa\u00edses que se unieron para abordar el cambio clim\u00e1tico y reducir las emisiones globales de gases de efecto invernadero. El consenso cient\u00edfico nos dice que la gran mayor\u00eda de las reservas conocidas de combustibles f\u00f3siles deben permanecer bajo tierra si queremos evitar los peores efectos del cambio clim\u00e1tico. Quitar de la mesa nuevos arrendamientos de combustibles f\u00f3siles enviar\u00e1 otra poderosa se\u00f1al internacional de que Estados Unidos est\u00e1 realmente dedicado a invertir en la transici\u00f3n hacia una econom\u00eda baja en carbono. &nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Adem\u00e1s, el petr\u00f3leo procedente de las perforaciones en el \u00c1rtico est\u00e1 demostrando r\u00e1pidamente que no es necesario ni pr\u00e1ctico para satisfacer nuestras necesidades energ\u00e9ticas a corto y medio plazo. Seg\u00fan la Agencia Internacional de Energ\u00eda (AIE), las tecnolog\u00edas necesarias para desarrollar los recursos de petr\u00f3leo y gas del \u00c1rtico siguen siendo costosas y dif\u00edciles de desarrollar. En nuestra opini\u00f3n, buscar este tipo de fuente de combustible costosa y da\u00f1ina para el medio ambiente no refleja la intenci\u00f3n del acuerdo del 10 de marzo de 2016 entre Estados Unidos y Canad\u00e1 de liderar el camino hacia una econom\u00eda global baja en carbono en las pr\u00f3ximas d\u00e9cadas, incluso a trav\u00e9s de esfuerzos basados en la ciencia para proteger el \u00c1rtico y sus pueblos. &nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">El Programa de Arrendamiento de Petr\u00f3leo y Gas de la Plataforma Continental Exterior, de cinco a\u00f1os de duraci\u00f3n, es una indicaci\u00f3n importante del esfuerzo de Estados Unidos para abordar el cambio clim\u00e1tico global. Le instamos a seguir los compromisos clim\u00e1ticos del Presidente y eliminar nuevos arrendamientos de combustibles f\u00f3siles del Programa 2017-2022. Debido a que ofrecer nuevos arrendamientos de petr\u00f3leo y gas en la plataforma continental exterior bloquear\u00e1 d\u00e9cadas de emisiones adicionales de gases de efecto invernadero y contradice inherentemente nuestros objetivos clim\u00e1ticos, tambi\u00e9n instamos a la administraci\u00f3n a considerar el uso de la autoridad legal para proteger permanentemente nuestras aguas de propiedad ciudadana de futuros arrendamientos.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Esperamos trabajar con usted para proteger nuestro clima global, las comunidades nativas, las econom\u00edas basadas en recursos naturales, los ecosistemas sensibles y la salud p\u00fablica.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Atentamente,<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WASHINGTON, D.C. &ndash; In a letter sent last Thursday, June 2, 2016 to Interior Secretary Sally Jewell, eleven United States Senators urged the Obama Administration to take new fossil fuel leases off the table and protect vulnerable Arctic ecosystems in the Administration&rsquo;s 2017-2022 offshore leasing program. 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