{"id":6766,"date":"2010-05-13T17:11:00","date_gmt":"2010-05-13T21:11:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/west-coast-senators-introduce-bill-to-protect-the-pacific-coast-from-offshore-oil-drilling\/"},"modified":"2023-07-24T11:11:18","modified_gmt":"2023-07-24T15:11:18","slug":"west-coast-senators-introduce-bill-to-protect-the-pacific-coast-from-offshore-oil-drilling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/es\/west-coast-senators-introduce-bill-to-protect-the-pacific-coast-from-offshore-oil-drilling\/","title":{"rendered":"Senadores de la costa oeste presentan proyecto de ley para proteger la costa del Pac\u00edfico de la perforaci\u00f3n petrolera en alta mar"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Washington DC<\/strong> \u2013Senadores estadounidenses Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Maria Cantwell (D-WA), Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), Patty Murray (D-WA), Ron Wyden (D-OR) y Jeff Merkley (D-OR) introdujo legislaci\u00f3n hoy para prohibir permanentemente la perforaci\u00f3n en alta mar en la plataforma continental exterior de California, Oreg\u00f3n y el estado de Washington.<\/p>\n<p>La legislaci\u00f3n enmendar\u00eda la Ley de Tierras de la Plataforma Continental Exterior para proteger permanentemente las econom\u00edas costeras de $34 mil millones de los tres estados, que respaldan casi 570,000 empleos en California, Oreg\u00f3n y Washington.<\/p>\n<p>El Senador Boxer dijo: \u201cSimplemente no podemos permitirnos el riesgo que representa la extracci\u00f3n de petr\u00f3leo frente a nuestra magn\u00edfica costa. Casi 570,000 empleos y nuestra vital econom\u00eda costera no sobrevivir\u00edan a un desastre ambiental como el que estamos viendo ahora en la Costa del Golfo\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDebemos actuar para salvaguardar nuestras preciosas aguas costeras y poner fin a nuestra peligrosa adicci\u00f3n a los combustibles f\u00f3siles\u201d, dijo el Senador Cantwell. \u201cEs simplemente inaceptable arriesgarse a un da\u00f1o irreparable a nuestras comunidades costeras, econom\u00edas y ecosistemas solo para alimentar nuestra adicci\u00f3n al petr\u00f3leo con una soluci\u00f3n a corto plazo, especialmente cuando surgen nuevas tecnolog\u00edas que nos brindan alternativas reales\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLa extracci\u00f3n de petr\u00f3leo en alta mar conlleva un riesgo real. Los votantes de California han votado que no quieren perforaciones petroleras en alta mar, y yo no quiero perforaciones en alta mar. Ahora sabemos cu\u00e1l es el potencial de cat\u00e1strofe y tenemos que asegurarnos de que nunca vuelva a suceder\u201d, dijo la Senadora Feinstein. &quot;Por lo tanto, estoy muy feliz de unirme al Senador Boxer y otros en esta legislaci\u00f3n para prohibir permanentemente todo nuevo petr\u00f3leo y gas natural en alta mar a lo largo de la costa oeste&quot;.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSiempre me he opuesto a perforar en la costa de Washington. La tragedia actual en la Costa del Golfo es un doloroso recordatorio de que no podemos permitir perforaciones en ning\u00fan lugar de la Costa Oeste\u201d, dijo el Senador Murray. \u201cLa devastaci\u00f3n econ\u00f3mica y ambiental causada por el desastre del Exxon Valdez todav\u00eda est\u00e1 afectando a la industria de nuestra regi\u00f3n y no podemos permitir que vuelva a suceder. Nuestro medio ambiente y nuestra econom\u00eda son demasiado importantes como para arriesgarlos, y este proyecto de ley garantiza que las grandes compa\u00f1\u00edas petroleras nunca puedan tirar los dados en la costa del Pac\u00edfico\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHace dos a\u00f1os, la industria petrolera estaba en lo m\u00e1s alto de los coros de &#039;perfora, nena, perfora&#039; y eliminaron las protecciones para la costa del Pac\u00edfico que evitar\u00edan que Oreg\u00f3n se convirtiera en una v\u00edctima del tipo de derrame de petr\u00f3leo catastr\u00f3fico que ocurre en el Golfo de M\u00e9xico. \u201d, dijo el senador Wyden. \u201cEsta moratoria restaurar\u00e1 esas protecciones\u201d.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cEstamos unidos en el principio de que no debe realizarse ninguna perforaci\u00f3n petrolera en nuestras costas\u201d, dijo el Senador Merkley. \u201cLa Legislatura de Oreg\u00f3n ha actuado para dejar de perforar en la costa hasta tres millas, pero no pueden hacer mucho. Depende de nosotros en el Congreso proteger los trabajos costeros y las playas de Oreg\u00f3n\u201d.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>La Ley de Protecci\u00f3n de los Oc\u00e9anos de la Costa Oeste incluye un lenguaje claro que establece que \u201cel Secretario del Interior no otorgar\u00e1 un contrato de arrendamiento para la exploraci\u00f3n, el desarrollo o la producci\u00f3n de petr\u00f3leo o gas natural en cualquier \u00e1rea de la plataforma continental exterior frente a la costa del Estado de California, Oreg\u00f3n o Washington\u201d.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Washington, D.C. &ndash;U.S. Senators Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Maria Cantwell (D-WA), Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), Patty Murray (D-WA), Ron Wyden (D-OR) and Jeff Merkley (D-OR) introduced legislation today to permanently prohibit offshore drilling on the outer continental shelf of California, Oregon and Washington State. 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