{"id":27035,"date":"2025-06-06T12:03:11","date_gmt":"2025-06-06T18:03:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/westernlaw.org\/?p=27035"},"modified":"2025-06-06T12:07:30","modified_gmt":"2025-06-06T18:07:30","slug":"interior-approves-expansion-for-lawless-montana-coal-mine-without-public-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/westernlaw.org\/es\/interior-approves-expansion-for-lawless-montana-coal-mine-without-public-review\/","title":{"rendered":"El Departamento del Interior aprueba la expansi\u00f3n de una mina de carb\u00f3n ilegal en Montana sin revisi\u00f3n p\u00fablica\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"

El Departamento del Interior hoy anunci\u00f3 la aprobaci\u00f3n de una expansi\u00f3n de aproximadamente 50 millones de toneladas<\/a> de la famosa mina subterr\u00e1nea de carb\u00f3n Bull Mountains, cerca de Roundup, Montana. La administraci\u00f3n Trump aprob\u00f3 la expansi\u00f3n sin un borrador de declaraci\u00f3n de impacto ambiental ni la oportunidad de que el p\u00fablico comentara sobre dicho borrador, alegando la llamada emergencia energ\u00e9tica nacional, a pesar de que el carb\u00f3n de la mina se exportar\u00e1 a mercados extranjeros, principalmente a Jap\u00f3n y Corea del Sur.<\/p>\n

La mina Bull Mountains de Signal Peak es una de las operaciones mineras m\u00e1s notorias del pa\u00eds. Un art\u00edculo del New York Times de 2023... Detall\u00f3 la corrupci\u00f3n y los antecedentes criminales que rodean a Signal Peak.<\/a>. Junto con los impactos en los ganaderos locales, la historia revela malversaci\u00f3n de fondos, un secuestro falso, soborno, tr\u00e1fico de coca\u00edna, violaciones de armas de fuego, v\u00ednculos anteriores con Vladimir Putin e infracciones ambientales y de seguridad de los trabajadores relacionadas con la mina.<\/p>\n

\u201cLa administraci\u00f3n Trump tendr\u00e1 muchas dificultades en un tribunal federal para explicar c\u00f3mo la agilizaci\u00f3n de la aprobaci\u00f3n para expandir las operaciones en una mina de carb\u00f3n que exporta 98% de su producto cae bajo una ley extremadamente espec\u00edfica. dom\u00e9stico<\/i> declaraci\u00f3n de emergencia energ\u00e9tica\u201d, dijo Melissa Hornbein, abogada principal del Western Environmental Law Center<\/b>La declaraci\u00f3n de emergencia energ\u00e9tica, a primera vista absurda, solo sirvi\u00f3 como un abuso del gobierno federal para enriquecer a los magnates de los combustibles f\u00f3siles. Usarla para expandir la mina de carb\u00f3n de Bull Mountains lo deja claro.<\/p>\n

Llevamos 16 a\u00f1os esperando este an\u00e1lisis. Sin embargo, nos preocupa que esta decisi\u00f3n se base en una orden ejecutiva de 'emergencia energ\u00e9tica nacional' falsamente inventada para silenciar a la poblaci\u00f3n rural trabajadora, cuyas tierras, agua y medios de vida seguir\u00e1n amenazados por la actividad minera con m\u00ednima supervisi\u00f3n. Pat Thiele, vicepresidente de Bull Mountain Land Alliance y residente de Roundup que vive justo afuera de la mina.<\/b> Esto contin\u00faa una preocupante tendencia a imponer pol\u00edticas ilegales para enriquecer a\u00fan m\u00e1s a las acaudaladas corporaciones energ\u00e9ticas y a sus multimillonarios propietarios, mientras que la poblaci\u00f3n rural se ve desperdiciada. Se han documentado con detalle los graves da\u00f1os a nuestras aguas, pero se ha tomado poca o ninguna medida para abordar el problema. \u00bfPor qu\u00e9 se da un trato especial a esta corporaci\u00f3n con condenas penales, mientras que quienes simplemente buscan soluciones son silenciados sin posibilidad de comentar esta decisi\u00f3n? \u00bfY c\u00f3mo es que el carb\u00f3n que se enviar\u00e1 a Asia forma parte de una "emergencia energ\u00e9tica nacional"? Esta afirmaci\u00f3n fraudulenta es un pretexto para negar los derechos de los estadounidenses, no solo aqu\u00ed en Montana, sino en todo el pa\u00eds.<\/p>\n

\u201cEs una completa tonter\u00eda que tengamos que sacrificar el clima, los recursos h\u00eddricos, la vida silvestre y las operaciones ganaderas de la zona para enviar carb\u00f3n al extranjero para que sea quemado por pa\u00edses extranjeros\u201d, dijo Anne Hedges, directora ejecutiva del Centro de Informaci\u00f3n Ambiental de Montana<\/b>Signal Peak ha ignorado las leyes estatales y federales durante d\u00e9cadas. Ahora, la administraci\u00f3n Trump est\u00e1 premiando a estos malhechores con carta blanca sin considerar el da\u00f1o al sustento de los ganaderos, a la vida silvestre que depende de la desaparici\u00f3n de los recursos h\u00eddricos de la zona ni la devastaci\u00f3n que resultar\u00e1 de agravar a\u00fan m\u00e1s la crisis clim\u00e1tica. No hay excusa para este tipo de ilegalidad y, desde luego, no se est\u00e1 aliviando ninguna emergencia energ\u00e9tica nacional.<\/p>\n

\u201cEsta es otra decisi\u00f3n desastrosa de una administraci\u00f3n que no respeta el estado de derecho\u201d, dijo Shiloh Hernandez, abogada principal de la Oficina de las Monta\u00f1as Rocosas del Norte de Earthjustice<\/b>Emitir esta decisi\u00f3n conforme a los procedimientos de emergencia del Departamento del Interior, excluyendo al p\u00fablico en el proceso, es una farsa. No existe una emergencia energ\u00e9tica en EE. UU. Que el Departamento del Interior vaya m\u00e1s all\u00e1 y afirme que sus supuestos mandatos de emergencia aprueban un proyecto masivo de exportaci\u00f3n de carb\u00f3n es absurdo y un insulto a las comunidades afectadas. Esta mina tiene un historial sin precedentes de corrupci\u00f3n y perjuicios. Permitir su expansi\u00f3n causar\u00e1 a\u00fan m\u00e1s da\u00f1o a los residentes de Bull Mountains y agravar\u00e1 la crisis clim\u00e1tica.<\/p>\n

En 2023, un juez federal Detuvo la extracci\u00f3n de carb\u00f3n federal en la mina Bull Mountains<\/a> A la espera de un an\u00e1lisis exhaustivo de los impactos de la mina en los ganaderos, las fuentes vitales de agua y el clima. Al aprobar inicialmente la expansi\u00f3n de la mina, la primera administraci\u00f3n de Trump ignor\u00f3 en gran medida estos impactos. La decisi\u00f3n de hoy, una vez m\u00e1s, no incluye un an\u00e1lisis ambiental adecuado ni la posibilidad de consulta p\u00fablica.<\/p>\n

Signal Peak ha destruido valiosos recursos h\u00eddricos sobre la mina y ha intentado expulsar a los ganaderos locales de las Monta\u00f1as Bull. Los ganaderos y la fauna de las Monta\u00f1as Bull dependen completamente del 0.1% de la zona, que contiene manantiales, pozos y estanques. Investigaciones recientes muestran que<\/a> Que la mina no puede reponer ni siquiera 1% del agua que drena de las Monta\u00f1as Bull. El hundimiento superficial (hundimientos) de la mina subterr\u00e1nea tambi\u00e9n ha abierto grietas y hendiduras en las Monta\u00f1as Bull, provocando la desecaci\u00f3n de manantiales y pozos, poniendo en peligro a todos los usuarios de la zona. Adem\u00e1s, en un intento reconocido de evadir las obligaciones de recuperaci\u00f3n, Signal Peak ha cancelado los contratos de arrendamiento de los ganaderos y los ha acosado hasta el punto de que algunos han abandonado la ganader\u00eda en la zona.<\/p>\n

Contactos: <\/b><\/p>\n

Melissa Hornbein, Centro de Derecho Ambiental Occidental, 406-708-3058, hornbein@westernlaw.org<\/a><\/p>\n

Perry Wheeler, Justicia de la Tierra, 202-792-6211, pwheeler@earthjustice.org<\/a><\/p>\n

Anne Hedges, Centro de Informaci\u00f3n Ambiental de Montana, 406-461-9546, ahedges@meic.org<\/a><\/p>\n

Dustin Ogdin, Consejo de Recursos de las Llanuras del Norte\/Alianza de Tierras de Bull Mountain, 406-248-1154, dustin@northernplains.org<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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