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Babbar kungiyar masu hakar kwal a Amurka ta sanar a jiya litinin cewa za ta amince da sauye sauyen mai daga burbushin mai zuwa makamashin da ake sabuntawa muddin gwamnatin tarayya ta dauki nauyin kula da ma'aikatan kwal ta hanyar samar da ayyukan yi na kore da tallafin kudin shiga ga wadanda ba su da aikin yi.
"Tsarin makamashi da manufofin aiki dole ne su dogara da fiye da alkawuran da aka yi a kan hanya."
-Cecil E. Roberts, UMWA
"Akwai bukatar a sami babban jari a nan," ya ce Cecil E. Roberts, shugaban kungiyar ma'aikatan ma'adinai ta Amurka (UMWA) na kasa da kasa. “Koyaushe muna fuskantar matsalar canjin yanayi, muna rufe ma’adinan kwal. Ba za mu taba kai ga kashi na biyu ba."
Gabanin wani taron manema labarai da ke bayyana hanyoyin da UMWA ke bi wajen tunkarar matsalar tabarbarewar yanayi ta hanyar da za ta inganta maimakon rage jin dadin ma'aikata a bangaren gurbataccen makamashi, Roberts. ya ce a cikin wata sanarwa cewa "matsakaicin makamashi da manufofin aiki dole ne su dogara da fiye da alkawuran da aka yi a kan hanya. Muna son mu tattauna yadda masu hakar ma’adinai, iyalansu, da kuma al’ummominsu za su iya fita daga wannan lokacin sauyin yanayi kuma su tabbata cewa za su kasance cikin yanayi mai kyau ko mafi kyau fiye da yadda suke a yau.”
"Yawancin yankunan da ake samar da kwal na Appalachia da sauran wurare sun riga sun kasance cikin mummunan yanayin tattalin arziki," ya ce Roberts. "Washington ba ta dau wani mataki don magance ta cikin shekaru goma da suka gabata. Dole ne hakan ya canza."
Ya kara da cewa, "Yayin da muke fuskantar wani yanayi na canjin makamashi na gaba, dole ne mu dauki matakai a yanzu don tabbatar da cewa al'amura ba su dada tabarbarewa ga masu hakar ma'adinan kwal, da iyalansu, da kuma al'ummominsu, amma a zahiri sun samu sauki."
Shirin UMWA "ya yi kira da a samar da sabbin ayyuka a Appalachia ta hanyar kudaden haraji da za su ba da tallafin samar da na'urorin sarrafa hasken rana da na'urori masu amfani da iska, da kuma bayar da kudade wajen farfado da nakiyoyin da aka yi watsi da su wadanda ke kawo hadari ga lafiyar jama'a," New York Times ruwaito. "Kungiyar tana son gwamnatin tarayya ta tallafa wa masu hakar ma'adinai da suka rasa ayyukansu ta hanyar sake horarwa da kuma maye gurbin albashinsu, inshorar lafiya, da kuma fansho."
Masanin siyasa Anand Giridharadas aka bayyana Bukatar UMWA ta mika mulki na adalci a matsayin "mafi kyau, kuma shaida ce ga ayyukan masu fafutuka da shugabannin da ake kira masu tsatsauran ra'ayi da kora-kuma wadanda tarihi zai tabbatar da su nan da nan."
Evan Weber, wanda ya kafa kuma darektan siyasa na kungiyar Sunrise Movement, ya yi tsokaci game da wannan ra'ayi, wanda ya danganta sabon bullar masu hakar ma'adinan ga makamashi mai sabuntawa a matsayin sakamakon hada kai ta hanyar aiki da masu fafutukar tabbatar da adalci a muhalli.
a cikin wata bayani, fitowar rana tabar UMWA. Weber ya ce "Muna sabunta alkawarinmu na yin yaki tare da su don tabbatar da gwamnati ta jagoranci tabbatar da cewa al'ummomin kwal sun kasance gaba daya kuma ba a bar su a baya ba," in ji Weber. "Muna ba da cikakken goyon bayan kiran da suke yi na horar da ayyukan yi, saka hannun jari, da ba da fifiko ga al'ummomin kwal don samun ci gaban tattalin arziki, da kuma ba da tabbacin albashi da fa'idodi ga ma'aikatan da gaggawar gaggawa da ta dace zuwa ga tattalin arzikin da ba shi da carbon."
Roberts ya kasance tare da Sanata Joe Manchin (DW. Va.) a taron manema labarai. Manchin, shugaban kwamitin makamashi da albarkatun kasa na majalisar dattijai wanda ya fito daga tsakiyar kasar kwal, ya yi amfani da wannan lokacin wajen amincewa da Dokar Kare Haƙƙin Tsara (PRO), rage yawan 'yan jam'iyyar Democrat waɗanda har yanzu ba su amince da dokar ta ƙwazo ba. zuwa uku.
Dangane da goyon bayan Manchin ga dokar PRO da kuma sauyin adalci ga ma'aikatan kwal, Weber ya ce " fatanmu ne cewa a yau ya zama wani sauyi ga Sanata Manchin. Idan da gaske ya himmatu wajen kare wannan al'umma da 'yan West Virginia, zai goyi bayan 'babban saka hannun jari' da Ma'aikatan Ma'adinai ke kira, farawa da dala tiriliyan 10 a cikin shekaru goma masu zuwa, ko dala tiriliyan 1 a kowace shekara, don tabbatar da cewa za mu iya canzawa da gaske a cikin shekaru goma masu zuwa. hanyar da ba ta barin kowa a baya.”
Har ila yau, zai daina yin riya cewa wannan wata ajandar ce da jam'iyyar Republican, wadda ta dade ta yi watsi da sha'awarta na isar wa jama'ar Amirka, za ta zo tare da yin kira da a amince da wannan muhimmin ajandar ga ma'aikatan ma'adinai da 'yan West Virginia ta hanyar wani tsari. mafi rinjaye ta hanyar soke filibuster," in ji Weber.
A matsayin 'yar jarida Sarah Lazare tweeted: "Daya daga cikin abubuwa masu ban sha'awa da yawa game da ganin yawancin masu fafutukar tabbatar da adalci na yanayi da masu zaman kansu sun shirya don aiwatar da Dokar PRO shine cewa yana taimakawa wajen gina amincewa da haɗin kai tsakanin sauyin yanayi da ƙungiyoyin aiki-maɓalli ga kowane nau'i na canjin yanayi, kawai sauyi, da dai sauransu. .”
“Gina irin wannan amana” yana da ƙalubale musamman duk da haka yana da mahimmanci, in ji Lazare, domin “ma’aikata suna da ba a zahiri gani ba canji mai adalci” — batu da Roberts ya jaddada a cikin jawabinsa.
The Times ya ruwaito cewa, "ma'aikatan hakar ma'adinan suna kuma yin kira da a kashe kudi kan bincike kan fasahar kama carbon da adanawa, wanda zai ba da damar masana'antar kwal su adana carbon dioxide a karkashin kasa maimakon sakinsa a cikin sararin samaniya, da kuma manufofin da ke ba da damar shukar gawayi ya kasance a bude. idan sun yi niyyar shigar da fasahar” - buƙatu ɗaya da ke iya kawo cikas ga masu ci gaba.
Yawancin shawarwarin UMWA sun bayyana a cikin Shirin Ayyukan Ayyukan Amurka, dala tiriliyan 2.3 na Shugaba Joe Biden. tsarin samar da ababen more rayuwa. Kamar yadda Times lura, wanda ya haɗa da "kuɗin don bincike a ciki kama carbon, wanda masu sukar suka yi izgili a matsayin mai tsada mai tsada, da kuma kuɗin kwato ma’adinai.”
"Idan kun yi imanin dakile rikicin yanayi yana buƙatar babban kalubalen jari hujja, dole ne ma'aikata su kasance cikin wannan."
-Sarah Lazare, yar jarida
Ba tsadar tsadar iskar carbon-kama amfani da ajiya (CCUS) ba ne ke damun yawancin masana muhalli. Baya ga yuwuwar yadudduka da gurɓatawa, masu ci gaba gargadi Babban yunƙurin ɓarkewa shine "maganin ƙarya" waɗanda zasu iya hana ƙwaƙƙwaran aikin sauyin yanayi Dole ne don kaucewa bala'i.
Idan ana ɗaukar CCUS a matsayin madadin ƙwaƙƙwaran ƙayyadaddun sauyin yanayi da manufofin daidaitawa, masu sukar sun ce, fasahar za ta iya karkatar da hankali daga matsananciyar buƙatar yin watsi da burbushin mai tare da rage hayaki mai gurbata yanayi da sauri da sauri.
A wasu kalmomi, yin amfani da yuwuwar da ake tsammani na ajiyar carbon don halalta fitar da makamashi mai datti zai iya ta'azzara bala'in yanayi. Masu ci gaba kamar Christian Parenti, farfesa a fannin tattalin arziki a Kwalejin John Jay, Jami'ar City ta New York, sun ya jaddada cewa idan an aiwatar da irin waɗannan fasahohin na ɗaukar carbon, to yakamata a yi amfani da su kawai don cire ƙurar carbon daga sararin samaniya yayin da sauran ke kiyaye su a ƙarƙashin ƙasa - ba a yi amfani da su ba don tabbatar da tsawaita yanayin da ake ciki.
A cikin jawabin nasa, Roberts ya jaddada cewa kare rayuwar ma'aikata wani abu ne da ake bukata don tallafawa dokokin yanayi, batun da wasu suka sake nanata.
"Idan kun yi imanin dakile rikicin yanayi yana bukatar babban kalubalen jari-hujja, dole ne ma'aikata su kasance wani bangare na hakan," in ji Lazare. "Ba 'yan kaɗan ba, amma a cikin ɗaruruwan miliyoyin. Gina haɗin kai na gaske tsakanin sauyin yanayi da ƙungiyoyin ma'aikata babban ƙalubale ne - kuma mai wanzuwa."
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