{"id":5953,"date":"2014-12-09T14:22:00","date_gmt":"2014-12-09T19:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/senators-push-epa-for-stronger-carbon-pollution-reductions-in-clean-power-plan\/"},"modified":"2023-07-24T11:10:11","modified_gmt":"2023-07-24T15:10:11","slug":"senators-push-epa-for-stronger-carbon-pollution-reductions-in-clean-power-plan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/es\/senators-push-epa-for-stronger-carbon-pollution-reductions-in-clean-power-plan\/","title":{"rendered":"Los senadores presionan a la EPA para que reduzca m\u00e1s la contaminaci\u00f3n por carbono en el plan de energ\u00eda limpia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>WASHINGTON \u2013 Hoy, el senador Jeff Merkley y el senador Brian Schatz (D-HI) de Oreg\u00f3n encabezaron a once senadores al pedir a la Agencia de Protecci\u00f3n Ambiental (EPA) que fortalezca su propuesta <i>Plan de energ\u00eda limpia<\/i> lograr reducciones a\u00fan mayores de la contaminaci\u00f3n por carbono. En el primer gran llamado del Congreso para fortalecer a\u00fan m\u00e1s el plan a partir de sus objetivos existentes, los senadores enfatizaron que es esencial que el plan alcance los niveles objetivo de reducci\u00f3n de emisiones necesarios para evitar los efectos m\u00e1s da\u00f1inos del cambio clim\u00e1tico.<\/p>\n<p>A Merkley y Schatz se unieron los senadores Ben Cardin (D-MD), Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Ed Markey (D-MA), Cory Booker (D-NJ), Ron Wyden (D-OR), Bernie Sanders ( I-VT), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) y Elizabeth Warren (D-MA).<\/p>\n<p>En una carta a la administradora de la EPA, Gina McCarthy, los senadores escribieron: \u201cLa <i>Plan de energ\u00eda limpia <\/i>Ser\u00e1 el paso m\u00e1s significativo que este pa\u00eds haya dado jam\u00e1s para abordar las emisiones de gases de efecto invernadero en el sector energ\u00e9tico, por lo que es esencial que se haga correctamente. Para el <i>Plan de energ\u00eda limpia <\/i>Para que sea un \u00e9xito, debe alcanzar el nivel de reducci\u00f3n de emisiones que exige la ciencia para evitar los impactos m\u00e1s peligrosos del cambio clim\u00e1tico\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Los senadores enfatizaron que la tecnolog\u00eda actual y las condiciones del mercado permiten implementar energ\u00edas renovables de manera m\u00e1s agresiva para reducir a\u00fan m\u00e1s la contaminaci\u00f3n por carbono desde el primer borrador del acuerdo. <i>Plan de energ\u00eda limpia<\/i>. En un ap\u00e9ndice detallado de la carta, los senadores establecieron \u00e1reas espec\u00edficas dentro de la propuesta donde se puede fortalecer el proyecto de regla.<\/p>\n<p>El texto de la carta se puede leer a continuaci\u00f3n y se puede encontrar una copia firmada de la carta y el ap\u00e9ndice completo. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/es\/imo\/media\/doc\/EPA%20Power%20Plan%20Comment%20letter%20with%20signatures.pdf\/\">aqu\u00ed<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">###<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">9 de diciembre de 2014<\/p>\n<p>La Honorable Gina McCarthy<\/p>\n<p>Administrador<\/p>\n<p>Agencia de Protecci\u00f3n Ambiental<\/p>\n<p>1200 Pensilvania Ave, noroeste<\/p>\n<p>Washington, DC 20460<\/p>\n<p>Estimado administrador McCarthy:<\/p>\n<p>Felicitamos a la EPA por utilizar su autoridad bajo la Ley de Aire Limpio para proponer la <i>Plan de energ\u00eda limpia\u2014<\/i>un enfoque flexible y pr\u00e1ctico para reducir las emisiones de carbono del sector de generaci\u00f3n el\u00e9ctrica. La necesidad de una acci\u00f3n nacional para reducir las emisiones de carbono es esencial para que Estados Unidos asuma la responsabilidad de frenar sus emisiones de carbono.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Si bien los objetivos de reducci\u00f3n de emisiones del <i>Plan de energ\u00eda limpia <\/i>son loables, creemos que con cambios modestos que reflejen las condiciones tecnol\u00f3gicas y del mercado del mundo real, el plan puede, y debe, lograr reducciones de emisiones a\u00fan mayores. Espec\u00edficamente, esta carta incluye recomendaciones en su Ap\u00e9ndice que dar\u00edan como resultado la implementaci\u00f3n de m\u00e1s energ\u00eda renovable (bajo el Bloque de Construcci\u00f3n Tres) y eficiencia energ\u00e9tica (bajo el Bloque de Construcci\u00f3n Cuatro) de lo que se contabiliza actualmente en el borrador del plan.<\/p>\n<p>El <i>Plan de energ\u00eda limpia <\/i>Ser\u00e1 el paso m\u00e1s significativo que este pa\u00eds haya dado jam\u00e1s para abordar las emisiones de gases de efecto invernadero en el sector energ\u00e9tico, por lo que es esencial que se haga correctamente. Para el <i>Plan de energ\u00eda limpia <\/i>para ser un \u00e9xito, debe alcanzar el nivel de reducci\u00f3n de emisiones que exige la ciencia para evitar los impactos m\u00e1s peligrosos del cambio clim\u00e1tico. Maximizar el despliegue de energ\u00eda renovable rentable y la eficiencia energ\u00e9tica ser\u00e1 la clave para lograr las reducciones de emisiones necesarias. propuesta de la EPA <i>Plan de energ\u00eda limpia<\/i> puede cumplir con estos objetivos realizando las modificaciones al plan descrito en esta carta. &nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Esperamos seguir trabajando con usted en esta importante e hist\u00f3rica propuesta para combatir el cambio clim\u00e1tico. Se adjunta un ap\u00e9ndice que proporciona mayor detalle sobre las recomendaciones hechas en esta carta.<\/p>\n<p>Atentamente,<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WASHINGTON &ndash; Today, Oregon&rsquo;s Senator Jeff Merkley and Senator Brian Schatz (D-HI) led eleven Senators in calling on the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to strengthen its proposed Clean Power Plan to achieve even greater reductions of carbon pollution. 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