{"id":970,"date":"2022-08-09T21:55:22","date_gmt":"2022-08-09T21:55:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/greenlatinos.swooncreative.ca\/as-usual-senator-manchin-puts-fossil-fuel-interests-over-vulnerable-communities\/"},"modified":"2024-12-18T22:03:30","modified_gmt":"2024-12-18T22:03:30","slug":"as-usual-senator-manchin-puts-fossil-fuel-interests-over-vulnerable-communities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.greenlatinos.org\/es\/as-usual-senator-manchin-puts-fossil-fuel-interests-over-vulnerable-communities\/","title":{"rendered":"Como de costumbre, el senador Manchin antepone los intereses de los combustibles f\u00f3siles a las comunidades vulnerables"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"font_8\"><strong>WASHINGTON DC<\/strong> &#8211; Earlier this week, in another devastating blow to our communities, Sen. Joe Manchin <em>(Dem\u00f3crata s\u00f3lo de nombre-WV)<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/us-policy\/2022\/07\/14\/manchin-climate-tax-bbb\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\"><em> <\/em><\/a>dijo a los l\u00edderes dem\u00f3cratas que no apoyar\u00eda las partes sobre clima y energ\u00eda limpia del paquete legislativo que ha estado estancado en bloqueos y negociaciones infructuosas durante la mayor parte de dos a\u00f1os.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font_8\"><\/p>\n<p class=\"font_8\">Aside from being a tremendous waste of time, effort, and taxpayer resources, Senator Manchin&#8217;s actions have once again made it clear that he will not protect the American people from the worsening climate crisis \u2013 including those he represents in West Virginia. He made his millions from dirty coal. His decision to derail critical investments in climate, justice, clean energy, jobs, and health that the American people want and need \u2013 <em>particularmente nuestras comunidades marrones y negras m\u00e1s vulnerables <\/em>\u2013 ha dejado claro que el senador Manchin est\u00e1 consolidando su legado como pol\u00edtico de intereses especiales que s\u00f3lo es leal a las industrias de combustibles f\u00f3siles que se han llenado los bolsillos.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font_8\"><\/p>\n<p class=\"font_8\">En las comunidades latinas\/a\/x, el impacto perjudicial de que el senador Manchin se aleje de la inversi\u00f3n clim\u00e1tica m\u00e1s importante en la historia de Estados Unidos ser\u00e1 severo y mortal. <a href=\"https:\/\/lulac.org\/blog\/The_Fight_for_Clean_Air\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\"><u>48%<\/u><\/a> de los latinos\/a\/x en los EE. UU. viven en condados que con frecuencia violan los est\u00e1ndares de ozono a nivel del suelo. M\u00e1s que<a href=\"https:\/\/lulac.org\/blog\/The_Fight_for_Clean_Air\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\"> <u>1,78 millones<\/u><\/a> residen en \u00e1reas donde la contaminaci\u00f3n t\u00f3xica del aire proveniente de instalaciones de petr\u00f3leo y gas es tan alta que el riesgo de c\u00e1ncer excede el nivel de preocupaci\u00f3n de la EPA.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font_8\"><\/p>\n<p class=\"font_8\">El vergonzoso fracaso del senador Manchin a la hora de abordar estas crisis es un golpe para la <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dataforprogress.org\/memos\/latino-voters-support-holding-oil-companies-accountable\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\"><u>81%<\/u><\/a> de los votantes latinos\/a\/x preocupados por la contaminaci\u00f3n del aire y del agua que afecta a sus familias y al <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pewresearch.org\/fact-tank\/2021\/10\/04\/most-u-s-latinos-say-global-climate-change-and-other-environmental-issues-impact-their-local-communities\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\"><u>casi 93% <\/u><\/a>de votantes latinos\/a\/x <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pewresearch.org\/fact-tank\/2021\/10\/04\/most-u-s-latinos-say-global-climate-change-and-other-environmental-issues-impact-their-local-communities\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\"><u>quien dice<\/u><\/a> Para ellos es esencial proteger la calidad del medio ambiente para las generaciones futuras.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font_8\"><\/p>\n<p class=\"font_8\">El senador Manchin y todos los senadores republicanos le han fallado al pueblo estadounidense. No tenemos idea de cu\u00e1ndo llegar\u00e1 la pr\u00f3xima oportunidad para una legislaci\u00f3n clim\u00e1tica radical, y el senador Manchin se ha asegurado de desperdiciar el precioso tiempo que no tenemos con los devastadores efectos de la crisis clim\u00e1tica. No tenemos tiempo para jugar con las vidas de las personas en nuestras comunidades. Hacemos un llamado al presidente Biden para que haga todo lo que est\u00e9 a su alcance para cumplir su promesa presidencial de proteger a las comunidades de justicia ambiental y reducir la contaminaci\u00f3n clim\u00e1tica a la mitad para 2030.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font_8\"><\/p>\n<p class=\"font_8\"><u><strong>Declaraciones del director del programa:<\/strong><\/u><\/p>\n<p class=\"font_8\"><\/p>\n<p class=\"font_8\">\u201cIt has never been more evident &#8211; Joe Manchin has zero interest in taking anything resembling meaningful action on the climate crisis. Manchin\u2019s stance is clear: he would rather we die than create a sustainable climate future. But we have no time to spare in taking strong policy action to make our communities more sustainable. From high electricity costs to toxic tailpipe emissions, Latino\/a\/x communities bear disproportionate health and economic burden for the costs of climate degradation. We will not rest until we achieve climate justice for all, despite Manchin\u2019s best efforts,\u201d said <strong>Andrea Marpillero-Colomina, Directora del Programa Comunidades Sostenibles.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"font_8\"><\/p>\n<p class=\"font_8\">&#8220;In the shadow of increasing food &amp; housing insecurity, exposure to toxic pollutants, and deprivation from nature in America, Congress should have done everything in their power to protect Americans through comprehensive domestic climate policy. But they failed, and the onus is on Senator Manchin and Republican members of the Senate Climate Solutions Caucus. Without legislation, it is unlikely that our institutions will cut U.S. emissions in half by 2030; our communities will face toxic environments daily because of Senator Manchin&#8217;s disgraceful failure to uphold democratic values. As a GreenLatinos community, we must now support each other more than ever to demand the Administration take courageous executive climate action,&#8221; said <strong>Olivia Ju\u00e1rez, Directora del Programa de Suelo P\u00fablico.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"font_8\"><\/p>\n<p class=\"font_8\">\u201cNo hay palabras para describir lo destrozados y decepcionados que nos sentimos al ver al senador Manchin desperdiciar esta oportunidad incomparable de invertir en la salud y los medios de vida de nuestras comunidades. Anteponer las ganancias de los contaminadores a la salud y el bienestar del pueblo estadounidense, especialmente para las comunidades latinas que durante mucho tiempo han sido las m\u00e1s afectadas por los efectos nocivos de la contaminaci\u00f3n y la crisis clim\u00e1tica, esto es un golpe devastador. A ra\u00edz de la inacci\u00f3n del Congreso, instamos al presidente Biden a hacer todo lo que est\u00e9 a su alcance para tomar medidas significativas que satisfagan la urgencia del momento\u201d.<strong> dijo Irene Burga, directora del Programa de Justicia Clim\u00e1tica y Aire Limpio.<\/strong><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WASHINGTON, DC &#8211; Earlier this week, in another devastating blow to our communities, Sen. Joe Manchin (Democrat in name only-WV) told Democratic leaders that he would not support the climate and clean energy portions of the legislative package that has been mired in blockages and fruitless negotiations for the better part of two years. 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