{"id":1442,"date":"2016-04-04T21:55:58","date_gmt":"2016-04-04T21:55:58","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2016-04-04T21:55:58","modified_gmt":"2016-04-04T21:55:58","slug":"guest-opinion-coal-mine-threatens-bull-mountain-water-supply","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/westernlaw.org\/es\/guest-opinion-coal-mine-threatens-bull-mountain-water-supply\/","title":{"rendered":"Opini\u00f3n de los hu\u00e9spedes: la mina de carb\u00f3n amenaza el suministro de agua de Bull Mountain"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"field_author\">Shiloh Hern\u00e1ndez y Derf Johnson<\/div>\n<p>En Bull Mountains, aproximadamente una hora al noreste de Billings, dos fuerzas importantes en la historia de Montana, la miner\u00eda del carb\u00f3n y la ganader\u00eda, se enfrentan de una manera que dice mucho sobre los posibles caminos para el futuro del estado.<\/p>\n<p>La Junta de Revisi\u00f3n Ambiental de Montana revoc\u00f3 recientemente un permiso para la expansi\u00f3n propuesta de una mina de carb\u00f3n, diciendo que el Departamento de Calidad Ambiental del estado no hab\u00eda considerado, entre otras cosas, los impactos a largo plazo de la miner\u00eda en el agua.<\/p>\n<p>La miner\u00eda del carb\u00f3n ha estado presente durante mucho tiempo en el este y centro de Montana, aunque ha sido muy controvertida durante el \u00faltimo medio siglo y nunca ha sido sostenible a largo plazo. La ganader\u00eda, por otro lado, ha sido un pilar de la econom\u00eda de Montana desde antes de la estadidad y ha demostrado ser sostenible. En nuestro \u00e1rido estado, el agua es el alma de las operaciones ganaderas familiares que han estado manejando ganado por generaciones. En pocas palabras, la ganader\u00eda en Montana no puede sobrevivir sin agua limpia y disponible, algo para lo que la extracci\u00f3n de millones de toneladas de carb\u00f3n representa un gran riesgo.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Expansi\u00f3n de 7,000 acres<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>En el caso de la solicitud de Signal Peak Energy para expandir su miner\u00eda en 7,000 acres, la Junta de Revisi\u00f3n Ambiental decidi\u00f3 a favor del agua limpia, lo que puede ser un buen augurio para el futuro de la ganader\u00eda en Bull Mountains.<\/p>\n<p>La industria del carb\u00f3n est\u00e1 en una espiral de muerte. Se prev\u00e9 que el consumo de carb\u00f3n en los EE. UU. disminuya en un 20 por ciento o m\u00e1s en las pr\u00f3ximas d\u00e9cadas. Las principales corporaciones de carb\u00f3n en los EE. UU. est\u00e1n en problemas financieros, como lo demuestra la quiebra de Arch Coal y Peabody Energy al borde de la ruina financiera.<\/p>\n<p>Ser\u00eda ingenuo esperar que las empresas de carb\u00f3n de otros estados que est\u00e1n al borde del colapso se comprometan con el bienestar a largo plazo de Montana. Este es particularmente el caso de Signal Peak, que es copropiedad de Boich Companies y FirstEnergy (ambas de Ohio), y Gunvor Group, un comerciante mundial de productos b\u00e1sicos registrado en Chipre y con sede en Suiza.<\/p>\n<p>Es dif\u00edcil imaginar a Boich, FirstEnergy y Gunvor echando ra\u00edces en Montana o limpiando los suministros de agua perdidos en 50 a\u00f1os. De hecho, Signal Peak ya comenz\u00f3 a reducir la producci\u00f3n y despedir trabajadores, y First Energy les dijo recientemente a los inversionistas que su participaci\u00f3n de un tercio en la mina no vale nada (como cero).<\/p>\n<p><strong>15 cartas de advertencia<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Esto es importante en el contexto de la decisi\u00f3n de la Junta de Revisi\u00f3n Ambiental porque cuando Signal Peak haga las maletas y se vaya de Montana, lo cual es inevitable, desafortunadamente, la compa\u00f1\u00eda no se llevar\u00e1 consigo la contaminaci\u00f3n del agua. Eso se quedar\u00e1 con nosotros. DEQ ya est\u00e1 mirando hacia otro lado por las repetidas violaciones de la Ley de Agua Limpia y la Ley de Agua Potable Segura en la mina Signal Peak. En los \u00faltimos tres a\u00f1os, la agencia ha enviado 15 cartas de advertencia y recordatorios de violaciones a Signal Peak, pero no ha tomado ninguna medida formal de cumplimiento.<\/p>\n<p>El declive mundial de la industria del carb\u00f3n hace que sea a\u00fan m\u00e1s urgente responsabilizar a las empresas por los da\u00f1os al agua irremplazable de Montana. Debemos asegurarnos de que las personas que viven en Montana, como las generaciones de familias que se han ganado la vida con la ganader\u00eda en Bull Mountains, no tengan que vivir con un legado de contaminaci\u00f3n mientras pagan para limpiar los desastres de las compa\u00f1\u00edas de carb\u00f3n. Montana ha visto esto innumerables veces antes. Aprendamos de los errores del pasado en lugar de repetirlos.<\/p>\n<p>La Junta de Revisi\u00f3n Ambiental devolvi\u00f3 el permiso de expansi\u00f3n de Signal Peak a DEQ para una revisi\u00f3n adicional. Seguiremos este caso de cerca para asegurarnos de que los recursos h\u00eddricos de Montana no se sacrifiquen para que las corporaciones de carb\u00f3n de otros estados puedan obtener una ganancia r\u00e1pida antes de retirarse.<\/p>\n<p><em>Shiloh Hernandez, de Helena, trabaja para el Centro de Derecho Ambiental Occidental, que representa al Centro de Informaci\u00f3n Ambiental de Montana en asuntos de miner\u00eda del carb\u00f3n. Derf Johnson, de Helena, trabaja para el Centro de Informaci\u00f3n Ambiental de Montana.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>_____<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.westernlaw.org\/our-work\/climate-energy\/fighting-coal\/bull-mountain-mine-expansion-mt\" target=\"_blank\">Aprende m\u00e1s<\/a> sobre nuestro trabajo en esto.<em><br \/><\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Shiloh Hernandez and Derf Johnson In the Bull Mountains, an hour or so northeast of Billings, two important forces in Montana\u2019s history \u2014 coal mining and ranching \u2014 are butting heads in a way that says a lot about possible paths for the state\u2019s future. Montana\u2019s Board of Environmental Review recently overturned a permit for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1442","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Guest opinion: Coal mine threatens Bull Mountain water supply - Western Environmental Law Center<\/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:\/\/westernlaw.org\/es\/guest-opinion-coal-mine-threatens-bull-mountain-water-supply\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"es_MX\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Guest opinion: Coal mine threatens Bull Mountain water supply - Western Environmental Law Center\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Shiloh Hernandez and Derf Johnson In the Bull Mountains, an hour or so northeast of Billings, two important forces in Montana\u2019s history \u2014 coal mining and ranching \u2014 are butting heads in a way that says a lot about possible paths for the state\u2019s future. 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