{"id":5734,"date":"2015-11-04T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-11-04T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/new-bill-would-keep-fossil-fuel-reserves-on-public-lands-in-the-ground\/"},"modified":"2023-07-24T11:09:52","modified_gmt":"2023-07-24T15:09:52","slug":"new-bill-would-keep-fossil-fuel-reserves-on-public-lands-in-the-ground","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/es\/new-bill-would-keep-fossil-fuel-reserves-on-public-lands-in-the-ground\/","title":{"rendered":"Nuevo proyecto de ley mantendr\u00eda bajo tierra las reservas de combustibles f\u00f3siles en tierras p\u00fablicas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Durante el a\u00f1o pasado, los ambientalistas pidieron que se mantuvieran en el suelo reservas significativas de los combustibles f\u00f3siles que quedan en el mundo para frenar el cambio clim\u00e1tico, un llamado que es&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nature.com\/nature\/journal\/v517\/n7533\/full\/nature14016.html\">respaldado<\/a> por la ciencia Ahora, un nuevo proyecto de ley pretende hacer precisamente eso.<\/p>\n<p>El senador Jeff Merkley (D-OR), junto con el senador y candidato presidencial Bernie Sanders, presentar\u00e1n un proyecto de ley el mi\u00e9rcoles que prohibir\u00eda nuevos contratos de arrendamiento de carb\u00f3n, gas, petr\u00f3leo y extracci\u00f3n de arenas bituminosas en tierras p\u00fablicas en los EE. 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El proyecto de ley, titulado la Ley Keep it in the Ground, tambi\u00e9n prohibir\u00eda la perforaci\u00f3n en alta mar en el \u00c1rtico y el Oc\u00e9ano Atl\u00e1ntico y prohibir\u00eda la renovaci\u00f3n de arrendamientos que a\u00fan no han producido combustibles f\u00f3siles.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEste proyecto de ley trata de reconocer que las reservas de combustibles f\u00f3siles que se encuentran en nuestras tierras p\u00fablicas deben administrarse en inter\u00e9s del p\u00fablico, y el inter\u00e9s p\u00fablico es que ayudemos a impulsar una transici\u00f3n de los combustibles f\u00f3siles a un futuro de energ\u00eda limpia\u201d, dijo Merkley en una llamada de prensa el martes. \u201cNo tenemos mucho tiempo para hacer esto, por lo que es urgente, y un lugar que est\u00e1 disponible para que actuemos es sobre los combustibles f\u00f3siles que se encuentran en nuestras tierras p\u00fablicas\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Merkley referenciado&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nature.com\/nature\/journal\/v517\/n7533\/full\/nature14016.html\">recomendaciones<\/a>&nbsp;desde principios de este a\u00f1o que el 80 por ciento de las reservas de carb\u00f3n, junto con un tercio de las reservas mundiales de petr\u00f3leo y la mitad de las reservas mundiales de gas natural, deber\u00edan permanecer bajo tierra entre ahora y 2050 para mantener el calentamiento a 2\u00b0C, el l\u00edmite que muchos Los cient\u00edficos est\u00e1n de acuerdo en que debemos permanecer debajo para evitar los peores efectos del cambio clim\u00e1tico. Prohibir nuevos arrendamientos de petr\u00f3leo y gas en tierras p\u00fablicas, como lo har\u00eda el proyecto de ley, ser\u00eda un paso hacia este objetivo.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMuchos arrendamientos se explotan durante d\u00e9cadas: tienes arrendamientos de gas que pueden durar 30 a\u00f1os y arrendamientos de carb\u00f3n que pueden durar de 40 a 50 a\u00f1os, por lo que hacer nuevos arrendamientos asegura la extracci\u00f3n de combustibles f\u00f3siles en las pr\u00f3ximas d\u00e9cadas\u201d, dijo Merkley. \u201cEso no es de inter\u00e9s p\u00fablico\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>La producci\u00f3n de combustibles f\u00f3siles en tierras de propiedad federal se ha convertido recientemente en un tema clave en los debates sobre el clima. El tema del fracking ha ganado especial atenci\u00f3n, ya que antes de este a\u00f1o, EE. UU. no hab\u00eda finalizado las reglas sobre el fracking en terrenos p\u00fablicos. El Departamento del Interior&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/thinkprogress.org\/climate\/2015\/03\/20\/3637106\/republicans-freaking-on-fracking-rules\/\">liberado<\/a>&nbsp;regulaciones sobre la pr\u00e1ctica en marzo, pero los ambientalistas han dicho que las reglas no van lo suficientemente lejos como para proteger estas tierras del fracking.<\/p>\n<p>Los combustibles f\u00f3siles de las tierras p\u00fablicas ya constituyen una parte importante de las emisiones de carbono de los Estados Unidos:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.americanprogress.org\/press\/release\/2015\/03\/19\/109215\/release-cap-the-wilderness-society-call-on-obama-administration-to-account-for-greenhouse-gas-emissions-from-fossil-fuels-extracted-from-americas-public-lands-and-waters\/\">de acuerdo a<\/a>&nbsp;Seg\u00fan un informe del Center for American Progress and Wilderness Society, el petr\u00f3leo, el carb\u00f3n y el gas tomados de tierras y aguas de propiedad federal son responsables de m\u00e1s del 20 por ciento de las emisiones totales de gases de efecto invernadero del pa\u00eds. Seg\u00fan una Oficina de Administraci\u00f3n de Tierras&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.blm.gov\/wo\/st\/en\/prog\/energy\/oil_and_gas\/EPCA_III.html\">informe<\/a>, 279 millones de acres de tierras federales en los EE. UU. contienen un total estimado de 31 mil millones de barriles de petr\u00f3leo y 231 billones de pies c\u00fabicos de gas natural.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEstas tierras p\u00fablicas son uno de los lugares m\u00e1s f\u00e1ciles para que controlemos el flujo de carbono a la atm\u00f3sfera\u201d, dijo Bill McKibben, fundador del grupo de acci\u00f3n clim\u00e1tica 350.org, en la llamada del martes.<\/p>\n<p>McKibben dijo que el llamado a mantener la mayor\u00eda de las reservas de combustibles f\u00f3siles bajo tierra puede compararse con los esfuerzos de Brasil para combatir la deforestaci\u00f3n. El pa\u00eds no lo ha hecho a la perfecci\u00f3n, dijo, pero se ha esforzado por dejar de destruir el ecosistema.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEstos dep\u00f3sitos de carb\u00f3n, petr\u00f3leo y gas son el equivalente\u201d, dijo. \u201cTenemos que dejarlos intactos por la salud del planeta, y este proyecto de ley es un paso notable en esa direcci\u00f3n\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>El proyecto de ley llega poco despu\u00e9s de que un grupo de dem\u00f3cratas del Senado&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/thehill.com\/policy\/energy-environment\/258829-senate-dems-want-coal-fees-to-account-for-climate-costs\">escribi\u00f3<\/a>&nbsp;una carta al Departamento del Interior solicitando que los costos del cambio clim\u00e1tico se incluyan en los arrendamientos de carb\u00f3n en tierras p\u00fablicas. Tambi\u00e9n llega aproximadamente un mes despu\u00e9s de Royal Dutch Shell.&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/thinkprogress.org\/climate\/2015\/09\/28\/3706196\/shell-pulls-out-of-arctic\/\">suspendido<\/a>&nbsp;sus planes de perforaci\u00f3n en el \u00c1rtico, y&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/thinkprogress.org\/climate\/2015\/09\/10\/3700223\/businesses-against-atlantic-drilling\/\">en medio de<\/a>&nbsp;oposici\u00f3n significativa en los estados del sureste a la perforaci\u00f3n en alta mar en el Atl\u00e1ntico.<\/p>\n<p>En junio, Merkley&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/thinkprogress.org\/climate\/2015\/07\/17\/3681751\/bill-introduced-to-stop-arctic-drilling\/\">introducido<\/a>&nbsp;un proyecto de ley que habr\u00eda prohibido cualquier arrendamiento nuevo o renovado en el \u00c1rtico. Dijo que el p\u00fablico tuvo una &quot;gran respuesta&quot; a la idea de dejar el \u00c1rtico fuera de los l\u00edmites, y cree que esa visi\u00f3n de proteger el \u00c1rtico se trasladar\u00e1 a las fuentes de combustibles f\u00f3siles en tierras p\u00fablicas.<\/p>\n<p>Merkley dijo que no espera mucha acci\u00f3n sobre el proyecto de ley bajo el liderazgo actual en la C\u00e1mara y el Senado, pero cree que el proyecto de ley ayudar\u00e1 a generar conversaci\u00f3n entre los miembros del Congreso, el p\u00fablico y los candidatos presidenciales.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSi retrocedieras el reloj hace dos a\u00f1os, esto habr\u00eda sido un alcance sobre el horizonte, y ahora no lo es\u201d, dijo. \u201cAl presentar el proyecto de ley, creo que la gente comenzar\u00e1 a decir: &#039;S\u00ed, es l\u00f3gico que no emitamos nuevos contratos de arrendamiento que bloqueen la extracci\u00f3n en las pr\u00f3ximas d\u00e9cadas cuando nosotros, como humanos en este planeta, debemos alejarnos de los f\u00f3siles. combustibles&#039;\u201d.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Over the past year, environmentalists have called for keeping significant stores of the world&rsquo;s remaining fossil fuel stores in the ground in order to curb climate change &mdash; a call that&rsquo;s&nbsp;backed up by science. 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