{"id":1766,"date":"2024-10-24T18:31:41","date_gmt":"2024-10-24T18:31:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/farmstand.chee.studio\/case\/no-greenwashing-factory-farm-gas-blumm-v-northwest-natural-gas-co\/"},"modified":"2026-09-14T07:26:58","modified_gmt":"2026-09-14T07:26:58","slug":"no-greenwashing-factory-farm-gas-blumm-v-northwest-natural-gas-co","status":"publish","type":"case","link":"http:\/\/farmstand.org\/es\/case\/no-greenwashing-factory-farm-gas-blumm-v-northwest-natural-gas-co\/","title":{"rendered":"No hay lavado verde: la industria de la ganader\u00eda y el gas (Blumm v. Northwest Natural Gas Co.)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Las empresas de servicios p\u00fablicos no deber\u00edan poder aprovechar la preocupaci\u00f3n p\u00fablica por el cambio clim\u00e1tico para promover granjas industriales contaminantes. Los clientes de Northwest Natural Gas de Oreg\u00f3n est\u00e1n demandando a la compa\u00f1\u00eda por afirmaciones enga\u00f1osas que est\u00e1n en el centro de su programa Smart Energy, que la compa\u00f1\u00eda anuncia como una forma para que los clientes \u201ccompensen\u201d sus emisiones de gas natural. Sin embargo, Northwest Natural Gas env\u00eda los fondos de Smart Energy de los clientes a digestores de metano que en realidad promueven m\u00e1s contaminaci\u00f3n.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

La empresa afirma que los cr\u00e9ditos compensatorios obtenidos a trav\u00e9s del programa equivalen a eliminar cientos de miles de autom\u00f3viles con motor de gasolina de la carretera. Pero la tarifa que pagan los consumidores se destina a financiar los digestores de esti\u00e9rcol en granjas industriales como Threemile Canyon Farms de Boardman, en Oreg\u00f3n, donde m\u00e1s de 61.000 vacas producen entre 9 y 16 millones de libras de metano al a\u00f1o. Estas emisiones de metano no se ven afectadas por la forma en que el esti\u00e9rcol de estas decenas de miles de vacas es gestionado a trav\u00e9s de los digestores.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

FarmSTAND y Sugerman Dahab representan a los clientes en esta acci\u00f3n colectiva, quienes afirman que el lavado de cara de Northwest Natural Gas constituye una infracci\u00f3n del contrato conforme a la ley de Oregon y viola la prohibici\u00f3n del estado de reclamaciones de marketing injustas y enga\u00f1osas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Northwest Natural Gas present\u00f3 una moci\u00f3n para desestimar el caso, as\u00ed como una moci\u00f3n para anularlo en virtud de la ley anti-SLAPP de Oreg\u00f3n. Las leyes anti-SLAPP (Acciones legales estrat\u00e9gicas contra la participaci\u00f3n p\u00fablica) tienen como objetivo impedir que actores malintencionados utilicen demandas sin fundamento y costosas para intimidar a personas y organizaciones que ejercen sus derechos bajo la Primera Enmienda.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

En este caso, Northwest Natural Gas intent\u00f3 abusar de esta ley, tratando de alegar que nuestro caso tiene como objetivo silenciarlos \u2014cuando en realidad nuestro caso aborda la violaci\u00f3n de su contrato y la publicidad comercial enga\u00f1osa, no su discurso p\u00fablico sobre temas de inter\u00e9s p\u00fablico\u2014. El tribunal se pronunci\u00f3 a favor de nosotros, desestimando la moci\u00f3n de desestimaci\u00f3n y la mayor parte de la moci\u00f3n de rechazo, permitiendo que nuestro caso prosiga. Northwest Natural Gas ha apelado contra la decisi\u00f3n del tribunal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Alegatos de bienhecho<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Queja (Blumm contra Northwest Natural Gas Co.)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Oposici\u00f3n a la moci\u00f3n de desestimaci\u00f3n (Blumm v. NW Natural Gas)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Oposici\u00f3n a la moci\u00f3n anti-SLAPP (Blumm v NW Natural Gas)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Denegaci\u00f3n de la orden de Deny Anti-SLAPP (Blumm v. NW Natural Gas)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Decisi\u00f3n de denegar la demanda de MTD (Blumm contra NW Natural Gas)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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