He 425 mau ʻeka o ke kahakai ʻo Mendocino i kaulana loa ma ke kahakai ʻo Fort Bragg, Kaleponi. Inā hele ʻoe i ke ala kahakai o ke kūlanakauhale a nānā aku i ke kai, e ʻike ʻoe i nā pōhaku a me nā ʻawaʻawaʻawaʻawa, nā pali pali a me nā poʻo pua, a me nā kohola, nā liona kai a me nā pelicans he nui, he wahi kupaianaha e like me nā mea āpau ma ke kahakai ʻo Kaleponi. . Akā, inā nānā ʻoe i ke kūlanakauhale, ʻike ʻoe i ka pā kaulahao a me nā hōʻailona e ʻōlelo ana i ka pōʻino a me ka haumia.
Ua haʻi ʻia mai iā mākou no nā makahiki he nui ʻaʻole e hopohopo no kēia, ka haumia, akā naʻe ke kūʻē nei nā hōʻike a pau i kēia, ma mua o nā mea ʻawaʻawa a pau i loko o nā loko i waiho ʻia i ka wā i hoʻopau ʻia ai nā hale wili kahiko, e waiho ana ma hope o nā ʻeka lepo lepo a me kēia mau loko. he cocktail make o nā PCB a me nā dioxins, ke alakaʻi, ka ʻaila a me nā ʻano mea ʻawaʻawa.
He ʻoiaʻiʻo anei ka pōʻino, a e pale anei ka pā iā mākou? ʻO Kauka John Balmes, he kauka ʻepekema ma UCSF a me UC Berkeley e kamaʻilio ana i kahi hālāwai kūkā 2019 ma Caspar, i haʻi mai iā mākou. ʻO nā dioxins, no ka laʻana, ʻo ia nā "kemika nui loa a mākou i ʻike ai." ʻO lākou nā "meaʻawaʻawa hānau a me nā carcinogens." "Ua hoʻokumu maikaʻi ʻia" kēia a waiho i nā mea e like me lākou, ua ʻōlelo ʻo Professor Balmes, "ʻaʻole ʻae ʻia."
Auwe, i keia la, na toxins i koe, a me na mea hou loa o na poʻo, ka Kaleponi a me Western Railroad (ka mākaʻikaʻi Skunk Train) i loko o ka aha hoʻopaʻapaʻa hoʻopaʻapaʻa 'aʻole lākou i kekahi ala oblicated e hahai i na rula, e hoʻomaʻemaʻe i ka mess lakou ' ua hoʻoilina; ʻoiaʻiʻo, ʻaʻole pono lākou, i ʻōlelo ʻia he ala kaʻaahi, e hahai i nā lula o ka mokuʻāina e pili ana i ke kaiapuni (CEQA, California Environmental Quality Act, etc.). A ʻoiai e noho ana ka lehulehu i ka pōʻeleʻele e pili ana i nā hihia pili kānāwai, ʻo ka "alanui" ka mea i hoʻomohala ʻia. Mai noʻonoʻo i nā lula, no ke aha ʻaʻole kahi hōkele hale hoʻokipa, hale kiʻekiʻe, kahi paka kumuhana e huki ai, ʻoiai, nā mea aloha kaʻaahi?
ʻO ka mea a mākou e ʻike nei ma Fort Bragg i kēia lā, ʻo ia ke koena o ka ʻoi aku o hoʻokahi haneli mau makahiki o ka wili lāʻau, ʻo ka hapa nui o ia mea i hana ʻia e ka hui Union Lumber. ʻO Union Lumber, nona nā mea nona, ka ʻohana Johnson o Kapalakiko, i ka makahiki 1885 i kūkulu ai i aupuni ma ke Kalana ʻo Mendocino me ka mea i lilo i hoʻokahi o nā hale wili lāʻau nui loa ma ka honua, me kahi alahao e hoʻopili ai i ka hoʻopau ʻana i ka ululāʻau o loko me ka wili kai. He mau tausani i hana ma keia wili; ʻO kā lākou hana i hoʻoikaika ʻia, akā ʻo ka hana he kau, weliweli a make pinepine. ʻO nā ʻeha hōʻeha, nā maʻi a me ka ʻilihune, ʻoki pōkole i nā ola - haʻi ʻia nā moʻolelo o ka haukapila. Ua loaʻa i ka poʻe o ke kūlanakauhale nā ao o ka uahi ʻeleʻele, ka ea e pilau ai ka Fort Bragg a me nā pā hope, nā pā pāʻani a me nā kula pāʻani i haumia i ka lehu lele.
Ma ka waena o ke kenekulia iwakālua, akā naʻe, ua emi ka ululāʻau, ua hoʻomaka ka poʻe hale wili e hoʻohaʻahaʻa i kāna mau hana a hiki i ka makahiki 1969, kūʻai aku nā Johnson i ko lākou aupuni (158,000 ʻeka o ka ʻāina lāʻau ʻulaʻula a me ka hale wili ʻo Fort Bragg) i ka Boise Cascade Corporation. ʻEhā mau makahiki ma hope mai, kūʻai ʻo Georgia Pacific, ka ʻoihana pepa nui o nā kaikunāne Koch billionaire 'Koch Industries, i ka wili a me nā poʻo.
ʻO nā mea a pau a Georgia Pacific i manaʻo ai i ke kūʻai ʻana i ka wili, ʻaʻole ʻo ka hoʻomaʻemaʻe ʻana. No laila, i ka wā i pani ʻia ai ka wili i ka makahiki 2002, ua waiho ʻia ke kūlanakauhale e pili ana i kahi moeʻuhane. ʻO ka lima hope loa mai GP a hiki i Kaleponi a me Western Railroad, kahi hui me nā kumuwaiwai liʻiliʻi, ʻike ʻia he ʻaelike haʻahaʻa haʻahaʻa (hana ʻoi aʻe a emi ʻole ma kahi huna) o ke kānāwai kānalua.
I nā makahiki mai ka wā i kūʻai ai ʻo PG i ka wili, ua hoʻokani ka poʻe ʻepekema kamaʻāina i ka puʻupuʻu - pinepine a loaʻa nā hana kaulana, a hiki i kēia lā, ʻoiai ʻaʻole hiki ke hoʻomau. ʻO nā ʻaha kūkā o ke kūlanakauhale, nā manaʻo like ʻole, ua hele mai a hele, ʻo kēlā me kēia kīkē i ke ala, ʻaʻole loa me ka ʻike maopopo, kokoke i nā mea āpau me ka liʻiliʻi o ka wāwae i loko o ke kahua hoʻomoana "hoʻomohala". ʻOiaʻiʻo, ʻo Fort Bragg, kahi kūlanakauhale ʻilihune o 7000 plus, ʻaʻole i loaʻa ke kālā e kūʻai i ka waiwai a hoʻomaʻemaʻe iā ia (ua manaʻo ʻia he $25 miliona no ka hoʻomaʻemaʻe wale ʻana). He ʻoiaʻiʻo nō naʻe ʻaʻole ia i hoʻāʻo e hoʻopaʻa i ka poʻe i hana, ma mua o nā GP āpau.
Ua lohi paha no kahi hoʻonā e pono ai ke kamaʻāina o Fort Bragg, ʻoiai e hele ana i kahi pōʻino e hiki mai ana? ʻO ia hoʻi, ka piʻi ʻana o ka ʻilikai a me ka ʻai ʻana i ka wā o ke poʻo a i ʻole ka pōʻino, kahi ōlaʻi a i ʻole kai eʻe e hoʻohaumia ai i kēlā ʻāpana o ke kahakai, e ʻawaʻawa ana i nā mile o ke kahakai a kahe ʻana i ke kai, kahi ʻōpala make e make ai ka hapa nui o nā mea āpau ma kona ala.
ʻAʻole pono e ʻae ʻia ʻo GP e kūʻai aku me ka ʻole o ka hoʻomaʻemaʻe pono ʻana, a loaʻa iā ia a me Koch Industries ke kālā e hana ai. ʻOi aku, inā ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka poʻe kālai'āina o ke kūlanakauhale, ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi loa, ʻaʻole pono kā lākou ʻōlelo i hope. He mana ko ka Moku'āina o Kaleponi a me nā waiwai nui, e like me ke Kōmike Coastal a me ka lehulehu o nā keʻena ʻē aʻe a me kā mākou mau luna kānāwai, ua hoʻohiki lākou a pau, e ʻōlelo lākou, i ka pane kūpono i ka pilikia o ke aniau. ʻAʻole i lohi ka hana pono.
ʻO ka luʻi ʻo ka hoʻokō ʻana i ke kaona a me kona mau poʻo me ke koena o ke kahakai a me ka hapa nui o ka honua a noʻonoʻo i ka ʻāina ākea, ka hoʻihoʻi hou ʻana, ka hoʻoulu hou ʻana, ka hoʻoulu hou ʻana, kahi alahele holoholona hihiu, nā kahakai maʻemaʻe, me ka leʻaleʻa a me ka hoʻonaʻauao ma ke ʻano he mea nui e hui pū ai. ka pono koke o ka makaainana i keia la me ka hopena o ko kakou honua.
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