WASHINGTON, DC \u2013 Hoy, el senador de Oreg\u00f3n, Jeff Merkley, anunci\u00f3 la Ley para detener la perforaci\u00f3n en el oc\u00e9ano \u00c1rtico de 2015, una importante ley para detener la perforaci\u00f3n en alta mar en el \u00c1rtico. 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 \u00c1rtico.<\/p>\n
\n"Un derrame en el \u00c1rtico ser\u00eda una cat\u00e1strofe ambiental de proporciones extraordinarias, y tal derrame es inevitable si contin\u00faan las perforaciones", dijo Merkley. \u201cEl ecosistema del \u00c1rtico es demasiado fr\u00e1gil y la capacidad de responder a un derrame en esta regi\u00f3n es inexistente. Perforar en el Oc\u00e9ano \u00c1rtico es el colmo de la irresponsabilidad. Necesitamos prohibirlo de forma permanente\u201d.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
El Departamento del Interior estima que existe un 75 por ciento de posibilidades de que se produzca un gran derrame de petr\u00f3leo que supere los 42.000 galones de petr\u00f3leo si se desarrollan concesiones de perforaci\u00f3n en el \u00c1rtico. Hasta la fecha, no ha habido ninguna operaci\u00f3n exitosa de petr\u00f3leo y gas en el Oc\u00e9ano \u00c1rtico. La regi\u00f3n \u00e1rtica alberga uno de los ecosistemas m\u00e1s delicados del mundo, condiciones extremas y traicioneras y una capacidad gravemente limitada para responder a un derrame de petr\u00f3leo o un accidente.<\/p>\n
En 2010, cuando el Deepwater Horizon de BP explot\u00f3 y comenz\u00f3 a hundirse, la estaci\u00f3n de la Guardia Costera m\u00e1s cercana estaba aproximadamente a 132 millas a\u00e9reas de distancia, en Nueva Orleans. En cambio, las propuestas actuales de Shell Oil Company para perforar en el mar de Chukchi est\u00e1n a m\u00e1s de 900 millas a\u00e9reas de la estaci\u00f3n de la Guardia Costera m\u00e1s cercana en Kodiak y a m\u00e1s de 1.200 millas del puerto de aguas profundas m\u00e1s cercano en Dutch Harbor. El Golfo tiene una de las infraestructuras de b\u00fasqueda y rescate m\u00e1s completas de Am\u00e9rica del Norte; sin embargo, Deepwater Horizon arroj\u00f3 aproximadamente 4,9 millones de barriles (210 millones de galones) de petr\u00f3leo en el Golfo durante 87 d\u00edas.<\/p>\n
El \u00c1rtico 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, las aves migratorias, las poblaciones ind\u00edgenas y los cazadores de subsistencia. Abrir el desarrollo de una nueva reserva de combustibles f\u00f3siles en el \u00c1rtico no s\u00f3lo pone en riesgo los recursos naturales, los ecosistemas y las comunidades dependientes, sino que tambi\u00e9n contradice el Plan de Acci\u00f3n Clim\u00e1tica del Presidente para limitar las emisiones de gases de efecto invernadero y reducir el cambio clim\u00e1tico.<\/p>\n
En junio, el Senador Merkley encabez\u00f3 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
El proyecto de ley est\u00e1 copatrocinado por el senador Martin Heinrich (D-NM), el senador Ed Markey (D-MA), el senador Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), el senador Bernie Sanders (I-VT) y el senador. Al Franken (D-MN).<\/p>\n
Un PDF del proyecto de ley est\u00e1 disponible aqu\u00ed.<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley announced the Stop Arctic Ocean Drilling Act of 2015, a major piece of legislation to stop offshore Arctic drilling. The legislation would prevent any new or renewed leases for the exploration, development, or production of oil, natural gas, or any other mineral in the Arctic planning area. […]<\/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":[24],"tags":[45],"class_list":["post-5796","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-releases","tag-tackling-climate-change"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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