{"id":27836,"date":"2026-03-03T11:41:26","date_gmt":"2026-03-03T18:41:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/westernlaw.org\/?p=27836"},"modified":"2026-03-03T11:41:26","modified_gmt":"2026-03-03T18:41:26","slug":"lawsuit-challenges-montanas-bull-mountains-coal-mine-expansion-trumps-sham-energy-emergency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/westernlaw.org\/es\/lawsuit-challenges-montanas-bull-mountains-coal-mine-expansion-trumps-sham-energy-emergency\/","title":{"rendered":"Demanda impugna la expansi\u00f3n de la mina de carb\u00f3n Bull Mountains en Montana y la farsa de emergencia energ\u00e9tica de Trump\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Grupos de conservaci\u00f3n <a href=\"https:\/\/westernlaw.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/2026.03.03-Bull-Mountains-Expansion-Emergency-Complaint.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">demand\u00f3 a la administraci\u00f3n Trump hoy<\/a> por su aprobaci\u00f3n de una importante expansi\u00f3n de la mina de carb\u00f3n Bull Mountains en Montana.<\/p>\n<p>La Oficina de Miner\u00eda a Cielo Abierto de EE. UU. aprob\u00f3 la expansi\u00f3n en junio pasado sin publicar un borrador de la declaraci\u00f3n de impacto ambiental, citando la orden de emergencia energ\u00e9tica de la administraci\u00f3n Trump para impulsar el proyecto sin consulta p\u00fablica. En su presentaci\u00f3n, los grupos se\u00f1alan que no existe una emergencia energ\u00e9tica, e incluso si la hubiera, esta expansi\u00f3n no ayudar\u00eda a abordarla, ya que pr\u00e1cticamente todo el carb\u00f3n de la mina se exporta al extranjero.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTanto los mineros como los reguladores sab\u00edan bien que una mina de tajo largo deshidratar\u00eda las monta\u00f1as Bull, expulsando a familias ganaderas generacionales de sus tierras para enriquecer a tres corporaciones de fuera del estado que enviaban carb\u00f3n al extranjero\u201d, dijo <b>Pat Thiele, terrateniente en Bull Mountains y miembro de las organizaciones demandantes.<\/b> \u201cA nadie con autoridad le importa\u201d.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEsta mina no ha sido un buen vecino para nosotros aqu\u00ed en Bulls\u201d, dijo <b>Tom Baratta, terrateniente de Bull Mountains y miembro de las organizaciones demandantes<\/b>. Vemos el da\u00f1o a la tierra y a las fuentes de agua locales causado por la miner\u00eda. Respiramos el aire a sotavento de una pila de desechos t\u00f3xicos. Estamos perdiendo h\u00e1bitat para la vida silvestre y la caza. Los ganaderos y propietarios son expulsados por poco dinero. Hemos intentado en repetidas ocasiones colaborar con la mina y el Departamento de Calidad Ambiental de Montana, pero nunca hemos logrado encontrar un punto de acuerdo ni una comunicaci\u00f3n productiva.\u201c<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLa &#039;emergencia energ\u00e9tica nacional&#039; del presidente Trump es pura ficci\u00f3n. En realidad, 2024 marc\u00f3 los niveles m\u00e1s altos de producci\u00f3n de combustibles f\u00f3siles en la historia de Estados Unidos, culminando siete a\u00f1os consecutivos de dominio estadounidense sobre los mercados mundiales de combustibles f\u00f3siles. <b>Melissa Hornbein, abogada principal del Western Environmental Law Center<\/b>. La &#039;emergencia&#039; es otro abuso de poder fraudulento para silenciar al p\u00fablico, ignorar los requisitos ambientales y aprobar esta infame expansi\u00f3n de la mina de carb\u00f3n cueste lo que cueste. Nuestro objetivo es detenerla.\u201c<\/p>\n<p>Tras asumir el cargo, la administraci\u00f3n Trump emiti\u00f3 una orden ejecutiva que anunciaba una emergencia energ\u00e9tica, argumentando que Estados Unidos carec\u00eda de energ\u00eda suficiente para satisfacer sus necesidades. Sin embargo, la producci\u00f3n de combustibles f\u00f3siles ha alcanzado niveles r\u00e9cord en un mercado ya sobresaturado. Si la orden de la administraci\u00f3n pretend\u00eda abordar una emergencia energ\u00e9tica real, los grupos conservacionistas afirman que ser\u00eda absurdo adoptar simult\u00e1neamente pol\u00edticas que inhiban el desarrollo de la energ\u00eda e\u00f3lica y solar \u2014las fuentes de energ\u00eda de m\u00e1s r\u00e1pido crecimiento a nivel mundial\u2014 y promover las exportaciones de carb\u00f3n a otros pa\u00edses.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEsta mina ha devastado por completo la calidad y cantidad del agua en las monta\u00f1as Bull, todo para que podamos enviar carb\u00f3n al extranjero\u201d, dijo <b>Derf Johnson, subdirector del Centro de Informaci\u00f3n Ambiental de Montana<\/b>. Mientras tanto, el presidente Trump intenta cerrar la fuente de energ\u00eda m\u00e1s asequible del mercado \u2014la energ\u00eda e\u00f3lica\u2014 para que sus colegas de los combustibles f\u00f3siles obtengan ganancias. Que tenga sentido.\u201c<\/p>\n<p>Al aprobar la expansi\u00f3n, la administraci\u00f3n Trump no analiz\u00f3 adecuadamente las amenazas que la mina representa para los vitales recursos h\u00eddricos de la regi\u00f3n. Los suministros de agua ya han sido destruidos por encima de la mina, lo que ha obligado a los ganaderos locales a abandonar las Monta\u00f1as Bull.<\/p>\n<p>Los ganaderos y los animales de las Monta\u00f1as Bull dependen completamente del 0.1% del \u00e1rea que contiene manantiales, pozos y estanques. Estudios estatales y federales de la Oficina de Miner\u00eda a Cielo Abierto predijeron que la mina de las Monta\u00f1as Bull deshidratar\u00eda irreversiblemente las Monta\u00f1as Bull y que esos da\u00f1os no podr\u00edan mitigarse. Sin embargo, la aprobaci\u00f3n final de la mina ignor\u00f3 dichos estudios.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDurante d\u00e9cadas, tanto expertos como ciudadanos han dado la alarma de que esta mina drenar\u00eda el agua de las monta\u00f1as Bull, y los tribunales han dictaminado que cualquier expansi\u00f3n adicional ser\u00eda ilegal\u201d, dijo <b>Kristine Akland, directora de las Monta\u00f1as Rocosas del Norte en el Centro para la Diversidad Biol\u00f3gica<\/b>.\u201cLas familias ganaderas y las comunidades locales pagar\u00e1n el precio de esta expansi\u00f3n\u201d.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Un New York Times de 2023<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2023\/01\/13\/climate\/signal-peak-mine-coal.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> reporte<\/a> Se describi\u00f3 una historia profundamente problem\u00e1tica en la mina Bull Mountains de Signal Peak. Los reguladores han detectado reiteradas violaciones a la seguridad laboral y las salvaguardias ambientales relacionadas con las operaciones pasadas de la mina.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCuando una mina tiene un historial peligroso de violaciones de seguridad y ambientales, lo \u00faltimo que deber\u00edan hacer los reguladores es apresurar la aprobaci\u00f3n a puerta cerrada\u201d, dijo <b>Rebecca Sobel, directora de clima y salud de WildEarth Guardians<\/b>. La NEPA exige transparencia, ciencia y participaci\u00f3n p\u00fablica, especialmente cuando la tierra y el agua de las comunidades est\u00e1n en juego. Este caso trata de defender el estado de derecho e impedir que las agencias federales reescriban las salvaguardias ambientales mediante atajos pol\u00edticos.\u201c<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLa administraci\u00f3n Trump aprob\u00f3 autom\u00e1ticamente la expansi\u00f3n de una mina con un historial alarmante\u201d, dijo <b>Shiloh Hernandez, abogada principal de la Oficina de las Monta\u00f1as Rocosas del Norte de Earthjustice<\/b>. La falsa emergencia energ\u00e9tica en la que se bas\u00f3 esta aprobaci\u00f3n no existe, e incluso si existiera, el env\u00edo de carb\u00f3n al extranjero no ayudar\u00eda a solucionarla. La agencia ha vuelto a incumplir fielmente la ciencia, as\u00ed que los veremos en los tribunales.\u201c<\/p>\n<p>Earthjustice y el Centro de Derecho Ambiental Occidental representan al Centro de Informaci\u00f3n Ambiental de Montana, al Centro para la Diversidad Biol\u00f3gica y a WildEarth Guardians en el litigio. La demanda de hoy se present\u00f3 ante el Tribunal de Distrito de los Estados Unidos para el Distrito de Montana.<\/p>\n<p><b>Contactos:\u00a0\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Melissa Hornbein, Centro de Derecho Ambiental Occidental, 406-708-3058, <a href=\"&#109;&#x61;i&#x6c;&#x74;&#111;&#x3a;h&#x6f;&#x72;&#110;&#x62;e&#x69;&#x6e;&#64;&#x77;e&#x73;&#x74;&#101;&#x72;n&#x6c;&#x61;&#119;&#x2e;o&#x72;&#x67;\">hornbein@westernlaw.org<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Perry Wheeler, Justicia de la Tierra, <a href=\"&#x6d;&#x61;&#105;&#108;&#116;o&#x3a;&#x70;&#x77;&#104;&#101;el&#x65;&#x72;&#x40;&#101;&#97;r&#x74;&#x68;&#x6a;&#117;&#115;&#116;i&#x63;&#x65;&#x2e;&#111;&#114;g\">pwheeler@earthjustice.org<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Derf Johnson, MEIC, 406-581-4634, <a href=\"&#x6d;&#97;i&#x6c;&#x74;&#111;:&#x64;&#x6a;&#111;h&#x6e;&#x73;&#111;n&#x40;&#x6d;&#101;i&#x63;&#46;&#111;r&#x67;\">djohnson@meic.org<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Kristine Akland, Centro para la Diversidad Biol\u00f3gica, 406-544-9863, <a href=\"&#109;&#x61;i&#108;&#x74;o&#x3a;&#x6b;&#97;&#x6b;l&#97;&#x6e;d&#64;&#x62;&#105;&#x6f;l&#111;&#x67;i&#99;&#x61;&#108;&#x64;&#x69;&#118;&#x65;r&#115;&#x69;t&#x79;&#x2e;&#111;&#x72;g\">kakland@biologicaldiversity.org<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Rebecca Sobel, Guardianes de WildEarth, 505-216-6828, <a href=\"&#109;&#x61;i&#x6c;t&#111;&#x3a;&#114;&#x73;o&#98;&#x65;&#108;&#x40;w&#x69;&#x6c;&#100;&#x65;a&#x72;t&#104;&#x67;&#117;&#x61;r&#100;&#x69;&#97;&#x6e;s&#46;&#x6f;&#114;&#x67;\">rsobel@wildearthguardians.org<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Conservation groups sued the Trump administration today over its approval of a major expansion of the Bull Mountains Coal Mine in Montana. 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