{"id":6016,"date":"2014-07-29T16:21:00","date_gmt":"2014-07-29T20:21:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/merkley-testifies-at-epa-hearing-calls-for-action-on-clean-power-plan\/"},"modified":"2023-07-24T11:10:17","modified_gmt":"2023-07-24T15:10:17","slug":"merkley-testifies-at-epa-hearing-calls-for-action-on-clean-power-plan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/es\/merkley-testifies-at-epa-hearing-calls-for-action-on-clean-power-plan\/","title":{"rendered":"Merkley testifica en la audiencia de la EPA y llama a la acci\u00f3n sobre el plan de energ\u00eda limpia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>WASHINGTON, DC\u2014El senador Jeff Merkley de Oregon testific\u00f3 hoy ante la Agencia de Protecci\u00f3n Ambiental (EPA) en apoyo de la acci\u00f3n m\u00e1s importante jam\u00e1s adoptada para combatir la contaminaci\u00f3n por carbono en los Estados Unidos, el Plan de Energ\u00eda Limpia.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&quot;La contaminaci\u00f3n por carbono est\u00e1 cobrando un gran precio a nuestros recursos naturales, y los impactos est\u00e1n aumentando&quot;, dijo Merkley. &quot;El Plan de Energ\u00eda Limpia no s\u00f3lo salvar\u00e1 empleos en nuestros sectores agr\u00edcola, pesquero y forestal, sino que invertir\u00e1 en cientos de miles de empleos en la econom\u00eda de energ\u00eda limpia&quot;.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>El Plan de Energ\u00eda Limpia de la EPA, que establece un enfoque flexible para limitar las emisiones de di\u00f3xido de carbono de las centrales el\u00e9ctricas, reducir\u00eda las emisiones de carbono en aproximadamente un 30 por ciento para el a\u00f1o 2030, aprovechando alternativas de energ\u00eda limpia como la solar y la e\u00f3lica.<\/p>\n<p>En su testimonio ante la EPA, el senador Merkley se centr\u00f3 en los impactos de la contaminaci\u00f3n por carbono en la agricultura, la pesca y los bosques que se observan hoy en todo Oreg\u00f3n.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&quot;No hay que mirar m\u00e1s all\u00e1 de los incendios forestales que arden hoy en Oreg\u00f3n para ver cu\u00e1n grave es este problema&quot;, dijo.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>El Senador Merkley tambi\u00e9n discuti\u00f3 el impacto de los escarabajos de los pinos en nuestros bosques, la disminuci\u00f3n de la capa de nieve para nuestros agricultores que dependen del riego y el Oc\u00e9ano Pac\u00edfico m\u00e1s \u00e1cido para los criadores de ostras de Oreg\u00f3n.<\/p>\n<p>Fuera de Washington, las audiencias de la EPA sobre el Plan de Energ\u00eda Limpia se llevar\u00e1n a cabo en Atlanta, Denver y Pittsburgh. El per\u00edodo de comentarios de la EPA durar\u00e1 hasta el 16 de octubre de 2014.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">###<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WASHINGTON, DC&mdash;Oregon&rsquo;s Senator Jeff Merkley testified before the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today in support of the most significant action ever taken to combat carbon pollution in the United States, the Clean Power Plan. &ldquo;Carbon pollution is taking a big toll on our natural resources, and the impacts are growing,&rdquo; Merkley said. &ldquo;The Clean Power [&hellip;]<\/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-6016","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-releases","tag-tackling-climate-change"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Merkley Testifies at EPA Hearing, Calls for Action on Clean Power Plan - Merkley<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/es\/merkley-testifies-at-epa-hearing-calls-for-action-on-clean-power-plan\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"es_MX\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Merkley Testifies at EPA Hearing, Calls for Action on Clean Power Plan - Merkley\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"WASHINGTON, DC&mdash;Oregon&rsquo;s Senator Jeff Merkley testified before the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today in support of the most significant action ever taken to combat carbon pollution in the United States, the Clean Power Plan. &ldquo;Carbon pollution is taking a big toll on our natural resources, and the impacts are growing,&rdquo; 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