{"id":5808,"date":"2015-06-30T14:55:00","date_gmt":"2015-06-30T18:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/merkley-leads-senators-in-calling-on-white-house-to-rescind-shell-oil-companys-arctic-permit\/"},"modified":"2023-07-24T11:09:59","modified_gmt":"2023-07-24T15:09:59","slug":"merkley-leads-senators-in-calling-on-white-house-to-rescind-shell-oil-companys-arctic-permit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/es\/merkley-leads-senators-in-calling-on-white-house-to-rescind-shell-oil-companys-arctic-permit\/","title":{"rendered":"MERKLEY LIDERA A LOS SENADORES EN UN PEDIDO A LA CASA BLANCA PARA QUE RESCINDA EL PERMISO PARA EL \u00c1RTICO DE SHELL OIL COMPANY"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\"><b>Washington DC<\/b> \u2013 Hoy, el senador de Oreg\u00f3n Jeff Merkley, junto con otros cuatro senadores, inst\u00f3 a la Casa Blanca y al presidente Obama a rescindir el permiso de exploraci\u00f3n condicional de Shell Oil Company en el mar de Chukchi.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Merkley, junto con los senadores Ed Markey (D-MA), Gary Peters (D-MI), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) y Martin Heinrich (D-NM) escribieron la carta en respuesta a la reciente decisi\u00f3n de la Administraci\u00f3n de aprobar condicionalmente perforaciones realizadas por Shell Oil Company en el Mar de Chukchi dentro del Oc\u00e9ano \u00c1rtico, destacando una falla en el permiso de Shell que lo pondr\u00eda en violaci\u00f3n de los planes de protecci\u00f3n y mitigaci\u00f3n de la vida silvestre bajo la Ley de Protecci\u00f3n de Mam\u00edferos Marinos.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cDurante la \u00faltima d\u00e9cada, los intentos de realizar exploraciones de petr\u00f3leo y gas en el Oc\u00e9ano \u00c1rtico han resultado en controversia, juicios exitosos y el desv\u00edo de recursos gubernamentales\u201d, escribieron los Senadores. \u201cEl \u00faltimo permiso de Shell no ser\u00e1 una excepci\u00f3n si se aprueba a pesar de las inconsistencias con los requisitos de las agencias federales\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cSu administraci\u00f3n tiene tanto la oportunidad como la obligaci\u00f3n de reexaminar decisiones pasadas y seguir las pautas de sus propias agencias para proteger la vida silvestre, los pueblos ind\u00edgenas y limitar las emisiones de gases de efecto invernadero. Reiteramos que las operaciones de perforaci\u00f3n en el Oc\u00e9ano \u00c1rtico son inaceptables y le instamos a rescindir el Permiso de Exploraci\u00f3n condicional de Shell en el Mar de Chukchi\u201d.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"p1\">Seg\u00fan las regulaciones del Servicio de Pesca y Vida Silvestre (FWS), Shell debe mantener una zona de amortiguamiento de 15 millas entre todos los pozos o la actividad s\u00edsmica; sin embargo, el Plan de Exploraci\u00f3n propuesto por Shell utiliza sitios de perforaci\u00f3n identificados espec\u00edficamente, ninguno de los cuales mantiene una separaci\u00f3n de 15 millas. Sin esta separaci\u00f3n obligatoria, los pozos planificados por Shell tendr\u00e1n un impacto negativo en los lugares de descanso, alimentaci\u00f3n y reproducci\u00f3n de los mam\u00edferos marinos.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">A continuaci\u00f3n se muestra el texto completo de la carta. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/es\/download\/20150630_arcticletter\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"s1\">Para un PDF, por favor haga clic aqu\u00ed<\/span><\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p class=\"p1\">Estimado presidente Obama:<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Recientemente nos ha llamado la atenci\u00f3n que la propuesta de Shell de realizar operaciones de perforaci\u00f3n en el Mar de Chukchi est\u00e1 en conflicto directo con las regulaciones del Servicio de Pesca y Vida Silvestre (FWS) sobre captura incidental en virtud de la Ley de Protecci\u00f3n de Mam\u00edferos Marinos. Instamos a su administraci\u00f3n a rescindir la aprobaci\u00f3n condicional del Plan de Exploraci\u00f3n de Shell debido a la clara violaci\u00f3n de los planes de protecci\u00f3n y mitigaci\u00f3n de la vida silvestre.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Hemos escrito previamente a sus agencias destacando los peligros y las consecuencias potencialmente devastadoras de perforar en el Oc\u00e9ano \u00c1rtico. En las mejores circunstancias, las operaciones de perforaci\u00f3n desbloquear\u00e1n una reserva de combustibles f\u00f3siles intacta y obstaculizar\u00e1n sus esfuerzos para abordar el cambio clim\u00e1tico. Lo m\u00e1s probable es que, como muestra el an\u00e1lisis de la Oficina de Gesti\u00f3n de Energ\u00eda Oce\u00e1nica (BOEM), las condiciones duras, remotas y traicioneras den como resultado un derrame de petr\u00f3leo en ecosistemas sensibles y \u00e1reas vitales de subsistencia para las comunidades locales.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">El Plan de Exploraci\u00f3n de Shell ha recibido la aprobaci\u00f3n condicional del BOEM y est\u00e1 buscando Cartas de Autorizaci\u00f3n del FWS para la captura de osos polares y morsas del Pac\u00edfico que ser\u00e1n acosados por las operaciones de perforaci\u00f3n. Seg\u00fan las normas del FWS, Shell debe mantener una zona de amortiguamiento de 15 millas entre todos los pozos o la actividad s\u00edsmica. El Plan de exploraci\u00f3n presentado por Shell utiliza sitios de perforaci\u00f3n espec\u00edficamente identificados, ninguno de los cuales mantiene una separaci\u00f3n de 15 millas. Sin esta zona de separaci\u00f3n obligatoria, los pozos planificados por Shell tendr\u00e1n un impacto negativo en los lugares de descanso, alimentaci\u00f3n y reproducci\u00f3n de las morsas.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">La regi\u00f3n del \u00c1rtico es el hogar de comunidades vibrantes, vida silvestre ic\u00f3nica y algunos de los \u00faltimos lugares salvajes relativamente intactos por el desarrollo industrial. Durante la \u00faltima d\u00e9cada, los intentos de realizar exploraciones de petr\u00f3leo y gas en el Oc\u00e9ano \u00c1rtico han dado lugar a controversias, juicios exitosos y la desviaci\u00f3n de recursos gubernamentales. El \u00faltimo permiso de Shell no ser\u00e1 una excepci\u00f3n si se aprueba a pesar de las inconsistencias con los requisitos de las agencias federales.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">Las nuevas ventas de arrendamiento 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 para mitigar el cambio clim\u00e1tico. Su administraci\u00f3n tiene tanto la oportunidad como la obligaci\u00f3n de reexaminar decisiones pasadas y seguir las pautas de sus propias agencias para proteger la vida silvestre, los pueblos ind\u00edgenas y limitar las emisiones de gases de efecto invernadero. Reiteramos que las operaciones de perforaci\u00f3n en el Oc\u00e9ano \u00c1rtico son inaceptables y lo instamos a rescindir el Permiso de exploraci\u00f3n condicional de Shell en el Mar de Chukchi.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Washington, DC &ndash; Today, Oregon&rsquo;s Senator Jeff Merkley, joined by four other Senators, urged the White House and President Obama to rescind Shell Oil Company&rsquo;s conditional Exploration Permit in the Chukchi Sea. 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