{"id":5829,"date":"2015-05-22T16:29:00","date_gmt":"2015-05-22T20:29:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/merkley-leads-senators-in-opposition-to-dangerous-recently-re-opened-arctic-drilling\/"},"modified":"2023-07-24T11:10:00","modified_gmt":"2023-07-24T15:10:00","slug":"merkley-leads-senators-in-opposition-to-dangerous-recently-re-opened-arctic-drilling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/es\/merkley-leads-senators-in-opposition-to-dangerous-recently-re-opened-arctic-drilling\/","title":{"rendered":"Merkley lidera a los senadores en oposici\u00f3n a las peligrosas perforaciones en el \u00c1rtico recientemente reabiertas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\"><b>WASHINGTON DC<\/b> \u2013 Hoy, despu\u00e9s de que se declarara el estado de emergencia en California debido al derrame de petr\u00f3leo de un oleoducto que contamina millas de la costa del Pac\u00edfico, el senador Jeff Merkley de Oreg\u00f3n, junto con otros diecisiete senadores, inst\u00f3 a la Oficina de Seguridad y Cumplimiento Ambiental a detener todo el petr\u00f3leo y gas en alta mar. permisos de perforaci\u00f3n en la regi\u00f3n \u00e1rtica.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Merkley, junto con los senadores Ed Markey (D-MA), Brian Schatz (D-HI), Dick Durbin (D-IL), Gary Peters (D-MI), Patrick Leahy (D-VT), Sheldon Whitehouse (D- RI), Al Franken (D-MN), Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Bob Men\u00e9ndez (D-NJ), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Martin Heinrich (D-NM), Cory Booker (D-NJ) , Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Ben Cardin (D-MD), Bernie Sanders (I-VT) y Chuck Schumer (D-NY) escribieron la carta en respuesta a la reciente decisi\u00f3n de la Administraci\u00f3n. decisi\u00f3n de aprobar la perforaci\u00f3n por parte de Shell Oil Company en el Mar de Chukchi, dentro del Oc\u00e9ano \u00c1rtico.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cAbrir 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. Es una decisi\u00f3n inaceptable e irresponsable\u201d, escribieron los senadores.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"p1\">Los recientes intentos de perforar pozos de exploraci\u00f3n en los mares de Chukchi y Beaufort por parte de Shell Oil Company demuestran la imprevisibilidad, las duras condiciones y el mayor potencial de error humano que caracterizan cualquier actividad industrial en el Oc\u00e9ano \u00c1rtico. Debido a estas condiciones \u00e1rticas, todav\u00eda no existe una forma efectiva de limpiar un derrame de petr\u00f3leo y la regi\u00f3n carece de la infraestructura para respaldar una perforaci\u00f3n o un esfuerzo de limpieza adecuadamente seguro.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/es\/download\/letter-to-secretary-jewell-arctic-drilling-concerns\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Un PDF de la carta est\u00e1 disponible aqu\u00ed.<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">A continuaci\u00f3n se muestra el texto completo de la carta.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p class=\"p1\">Estimada Secretaria Jewell:&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Le escribimos para expresar nuestra extrema decepci\u00f3n por la reciente decisi\u00f3n de la Administraci\u00f3n de aprobar la perforaci\u00f3n en el Mar de Chukchi, dentro del Oc\u00e9ano \u00c1rtico. Instamos firmemente a la Oficina de Cumplimiento de la Seguridad y el Medio Ambiente a suspender todos los permisos de perforaci\u00f3n de petr\u00f3leo y gas en alta mar en la regi\u00f3n \u00e1rtica, uno de los ecosistemas m\u00e1s delicados del mundo, dadas las condiciones extremas y traicioneras, y la capacidad gravemente limitada de respuesta y limpieza.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Al restablecer el permiso de perforaci\u00f3n de Shell en el \u00c1rtico, nos preocupa que el Departamento del Interior no haya tenido plenamente en cuenta la probabilidad de derrames de petr\u00f3leo y los impactos culturales y ambientales resultantes del desarrollo de combustibles f\u00f3siles en la regi\u00f3n del \u00c1rtico. El propio an\u00e1lisis de su agencia sobre la Venta 193 estim\u00f3 una probabilidad del 75 por ciento de que se produzca un gran derrame de petr\u00f3leo si se desarrollan los arrendamientos de Chukchi. &nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">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. Es una decisi\u00f3n inaceptable e irresponsable.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Aplaudimos la decisi\u00f3n del Presidente Obama a principios de este a\u00f1o de retirar formalmente \u00e1reas ecol\u00f3gicas cr\u00edticas en el Oc\u00e9ano \u00c1rtico, como Barrow, Kaktovik y a lo largo de la costa del Mar de Chukchi. Retirar estas \u00e1reas del desarrollo de petr\u00f3leo y gas brinda protecci\u00f3n vital a recursos culturales como \u00e1reas de subsistencia, pesca y caza, as\u00ed como a las rutas de migraci\u00f3n de ballenas. Creemos que se deber\u00edan tomar precauciones similares en el Mar de Chukchi y en todo el \u00c1rtico.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">La industria del petr\u00f3leo y el gas ha demostrado deficiencias en la prevenci\u00f3n y respuesta a derrames de petr\u00f3leo en las dif\u00edciles aguas del \u00c1rtico, y la regi\u00f3n carece de infraestructura para apoyar las operaciones de perforaci\u00f3n o la respuesta de limpieza con seguridad o eficacia adecuadas. Como usted sabe, los intentos de exploraci\u00f3n anteriores de Shell en 2012 pusieron en riesgo numerosas vidas, incluidas las de los equipos de la Guardia Costera que manejaron condiciones complejas y traicioneras para sacar de manera segura a 18 personas de una plataforma petrolera separada y flotante. Abogamos por que los arrendamientos en el \u00c1rtico, como los vendidos en el Mar de Chukchi o en el Programa de Arrendamiento de Petr\u00f3leo y Gas de la Plataforma Continental Exterior propuesto para 2017-2022, se retiren o se retiren junto con Barrow y Kaktovik.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">La regi\u00f3n \u00e1rtica alberga comunidades vibrantes, vida salvaje emblem\u00e1tica y algunos de los \u00faltimos lugares salvajes relativamente al margen del desarrollo industrial. Durante siglos, los nativos de Alaska han subsistido a partir de los recursos naturales de los mares de Chukchi y Beaufort, dependiendo de los animales que viven en el mar o pasan por \u00e9l para continuar con su forma de vida tradicional de subsistencia. Es irresponsable poner en peligro su cultura y sus medios de vida con operaciones de perforaci\u00f3n innecesarias y cargadas de riesgos.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"p4\">&nbsp;Instamos al Departamento del Interior a priorizar la salud de los ecosistemas, la seguridad y las pr\u00e1cticas culturales de las comunidades locales, y a prohibir la perforaci\u00f3n y el arrendamiento en el Oc\u00e9ano \u00c1rtico.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WASHINGTON, D.C. &ndash; Today, after a state of emergency was declared in California due to a pipeline oil spill polluting miles of Pacific coastline, Oregon&rsquo;s Senator Jeff Merkley, joined by seventeen other Senators, urged the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement to halt all offshore oil and gas drilling permits in the Arctic region. 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