{"id":19392,"date":"2019-02-12T20:23:37","date_gmt":"2019-02-12T20:23:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/westernlaw.org\/?p=19392"},"modified":"2019-02-12T20:23:38","modified_gmt":"2019-02-12T20:23:38","slug":"federal-court-cites-climate-urges-rejection-montana-coal-mine-expansion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/westernlaw.org\/es\/federal-court-cites-climate-urges-rejection-montana-coal-mine-expansion\/","title":{"rendered":"La corte federal cita el clima e insta al rechazo de la expansi\u00f3n de la mina de carb\u00f3n de Montana"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Un juez federal ayer tarde <a href=\"https:\/\/pdf.wildearthguardians.org\/support_docs\/2019.2.11%20Spring%20Creek%20Mining%20Plan_magistrate%20findings.pdf\">dictamin\u00f3 que el Departamento del Interior de EE. UU. aprob\u00f3 ilegalmente la expansi\u00f3n de una mina de carb\u00f3n en el sureste de Montana<\/a>, encontrando que los funcionarios ignoraron inapropiadamente los costos clim\u00e1ticos.<\/p>\n<p>En 2017, <a href=\"https:\/\/flatheadbeacon.com\/2017\/06\/09\/environmental-groups-try-block-spring-creek-mine-expansion\/\">WildEarth Guardians, Montana Environmental Information Center y Western Environmental Law Center presentaron una demanda<\/a> por la aprobaci\u00f3n del Interior de una expansi\u00f3n de la mina Spring Creek, la mina de carb\u00f3n m\u00e1s grande de Montana.<\/p>\n<p>La demanda se centr\u00f3 en el hecho de que Interior no tuvo en cuenta los costos clim\u00e1ticos de aprobar m\u00e1s miner\u00eda de carb\u00f3n y su inevitable quema.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEl cambio clim\u00e1tico est\u00e1 da\u00f1ando las cosas que m\u00e1s preocupan a los habitantes de Montana. El aumento de la actividad de los incendios forestales en Montana provoca una calidad del aire insegura y una devastaci\u00f3n econ\u00f3mica. La sequ\u00eda est\u00e1 da\u00f1ando cada vez m\u00e1s la agricultura, la recreaci\u00f3n al aire libre y los negocios. Los crecientes costos del cambio clim\u00e1tico ya no pueden ser ignorados. Al gobierno federal le encanta promocionar los beneficios de los combustibles f\u00f3siles como el carb\u00f3n de la mina Spring Creek, pero la ley exige que se tengan en cuenta tanto los beneficios como los costos. Es un alivio cuando los atrapan poniendo su pulgar en la balanza\u201d, dijo Anne Hedges, subdirectora del Centro de Informaci\u00f3n Ambiental de Montana.<\/p>\n<p>En un fallo que recomienda la reversi\u00f3n de la expansi\u00f3n de la mina Spring Creek, un juez federal rechaz\u00f3 el hecho de que el gobierno no tuvo en cuenta los costos de carbono y otras consideraciones relacionadas con el clima, afirmando:<\/p>\n<p>Independientemente de las pol\u00edticas de la administraci\u00f3n que van y vienen con las mareas pol\u00edticas, las agencias deben cumplir con su obligaci\u00f3n de cuantificar adecuadamente los costos cuando han promocionado los beneficios econ\u00f3micos de una acci\u00f3n propuesta.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLa conclusi\u00f3n es que la pol\u00edtica no triunfa sobre los hechos\u201d, dijo Jeremy Nichols, Director del Programa de Clima y Energ\u00eda de WildEarth Guardians. \u201cEste fallo es otro golpe cr\u00edtico a la pol\u00edtica de negaci\u00f3n clim\u00e1tica del presidente Trump y otra victoria para la acci\u00f3n clim\u00e1tica y la energ\u00eda limpia\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>La mina Spring Creek, una gran mina a cielo abierto a cielo abierto, es propiedad de Cloud Peak Energy y env\u00eda carb\u00f3n a plantas de energ\u00eda en el Medio Oeste, Washington y Arizona. La empresa tambi\u00e9n env\u00eda carb\u00f3n al noroeste del Pac\u00edfico para exportarlo a Asia.<\/p>\n<p>La mina es parte de la cuenca del r\u00edo Powder, la regi\u00f3n productora de carb\u00f3n m\u00e1s grande del pa\u00eds. <a href=\"http:\/\/arcg.is\/1bOqDq\">M\u00e1s del 43 por ciento de todo el carb\u00f3n extra\u00eddo en los EE. UU. proviene de esta \u00e1rea, lo que la convierte en uno de los principales contribuyentes al cambio clim\u00e1tico y un campo de batalla clim\u00e1tico clave.<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>La aprobaci\u00f3n del Interior autoriz\u00f3 una expansi\u00f3n de 1,117 acres de la mina Spring Creek y 84.8 millones de toneladas adicionales de carb\u00f3n para miner\u00eda a cielo abierto. En total, se liberar\u00edan m\u00e1s de 150 millones de toneladas m\u00e9tricas de di\u00f3xido de carbono, equivalente a la cantidad emitida por 31 millones de autom\u00f3viles al a\u00f1o (seg\u00fan el <a href=\"https:\/\/www.epa.gov\/energy\/greenhouse-gas-equivalencies-calculator\">Calculadora de equivalencia de gases de efecto invernadero de la Agencia de Protecci\u00f3n Ambiental de EE. UU.<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>Los funcionarios afirmaron que estas emisiones no ser\u00edan significativas, afirmaci\u00f3n que el magistrado federal rechaz\u00f3 rotundamente.<\/p>\n<p>Si bien el magistrado no lleg\u00f3 a recomendar el cese de la miner\u00eda, las partes en el caso tienen 14 d\u00edas para presentar objeciones y podr\u00edan solicitar una orden judicial sobre la miner\u00eda. Un juez federal considerar\u00e1 cualquier objeci\u00f3n y emitir\u00e1 un fallo final poco despu\u00e9s del per\u00edodo de 14 d\u00edas.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Contactos:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Shiloh Hernandez, Centro de Derecho Ambiental Occidental, (406) 204-4861, <a href=\"&#x6d;&#97;i&#x6c;&#116;o&#x3a;&#104;e&#x72;&#110;a&#x6e;&#100;e&#x7a;&#x40;w&#x65;&#x73;&#116;&#x65;&#x72;&#110;&#x6c;&#x61;&#119;&#46;&#x6f;&#114;g\">hernandez@westernlaw.org<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Jeremy Nichols, Guardianes de la Tierra Salvaje, (303) 437-7663, <a href=\"&#109;&#x61;&#x69;&#108;&#x74;&#x6f;&#58;&#x6a;&#x6e;&#105;&#x63;&#x68;&#111;&#x6c;&#x73;&#64;&#x77;&#x69;&#108;&#x64;&#x65;&#97;&#x72;&#x74;&#104;&#x67;&#x75;a&#x72;&#x64;i&#x61;&#x6e;s&#46;&#x6f;r&#103;\">jnichols@wildearthguardians.org<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Anne Hedges, Centro de Informaci\u00f3n Ambiental de Montana, (406) 443-2520, <a href=\"&#x6d;&#x61;&#x69;&#x6c;&#x74;&#x6f;&#58;&#97;&#104;&#101;dges&#x40;&#x6d;&#x65;&#x69;&#x63;&#x2e;&#111;&#114;&#103;\">ahedges@meic.org<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A federal judge late yesterday ruled the U.S. Department of the Interior illegally approved a coal mine expansion in southeast Montana, finding that officials inappropriately ignored climate costs. 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