Source: In These Times
Aia ma ka hope o kahi maze o nā alanui lepo a 40-ʻeka aʻo mahiʻai i kapa ʻia Hale ʻOka ʻEleʻele, kahi i ʻākoakoa ai ka poʻe kamaʻāina ma kahi Lāpule o Nowemapa 2021 no kahi papa hana hoʻoponopono ʻāina mahiʻai a me ka hui kaiaulu. ,"Inā makemake ʻoukou a pau e ʻohi hou i ka lāʻau, aia lākou i waho, "wahi a Kauka Jifunza Wright-Carter - nāna e holo i ke kikowaena me kāna kāne ʻo Fred Carter - i nā mea hou loa. Ua hui pū kekahi me ka hui e hoʻomaʻemaʻe i nā kumulāʻau i ʻoki ʻia no ka homesteading off-grid, aʻo kekahi i noho i loko e hoʻomaha a kamaʻilio.
"Ua kokoke mākou iā lākou e hoʻokomo ana," wahi a Wright-Carter, "a ʻaʻohe mea i ʻike i kahi e komo ai. ʻAʻohe mea i ʻike i kahi palapala ʻāina."
Ma waho aʻe o ka hoʻoulu ʻana i ka meaʻai a me ka hoʻokipa ʻana i nā papa, ua lilo ʻo Black Oaks i hub no ka hoʻonohonoho ʻana e kūʻē i kahi paipu kinoea kūlohelohe i manaʻo ʻia e kekahi poʻe kamaʻāina e hoʻoweliweli i ke ʻano o ka mahiʻai ʻana o ka ʻāina, kahi i hoʻokumu ʻia i ka mālama kaiapuni.
Hoʻokumu ʻia ma ka 1860s na Iosepa"ʻO Pap" Tetter ma hope o kona pakele ʻana i ka hoʻoluhi, ua lawelawe ʻo Pembroke ma ke ʻano he puuhonua no na mea e ae ʻauheʻe ʻĀkau a no nā poʻe Potawatomi kūloko e ʻalo nei i ka neʻe ʻana i nā wahi hoʻomaha. Ua ulu i ka kaiaulu mahiʻai ʻEleʻele nui loa ma ka ʻākau o ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa. Ua ulu ka poʻe mahiʻai i ka hemp ma laila i ka wā o ke Kaua Honua II a hāʻawi i ka meaʻai i Chicago i ka wā o ka Migration Nui. Nā hanauna o nā mahiʻai ʻeleʻele ua mālama ʻia ʻO ka kaiaola kaiaola ʻekolu-biome laha loa o Pembroke, i ʻike ʻia no kona wahi noho ʻana o ka ʻoka ʻeleʻele.
"ʻO ka mahiʻai hou ka mea a mākou i hana ai, no ka mea, ʻaʻole hiki iā mākou ke kūʻai i kekahi ʻano hana ʻē aʻe, "wahi a Carter, nona ka ʻanakala i hele mai i ʻaneʻi mai ka Hema ma ka 1950s a kuai elima eka.
I kēia manawa, ke alualu nei ʻo Nicor Gas i kahi $10 hoʻolālā miliona e waiho oi aku mamua o 30 nā mile o nā laina kinoea e hoʻohui i nā haneli o nā hale Pembroke, ʻoiai ke kūʻē. Manaʻo ka poʻe kākoʻo e hoʻomaka ka papahana i ka hoʻomohala ʻana i ka hoʻokele waiwai kūloko, ʻoiai ʻo ka poʻe kūʻē e ʻōlelo hoʻoweliweli iā ia i ka waiwai kaiaola waiwai o Pembroke a hiki ke hoʻoneʻe i nā mahiʻai ʻeleʻele.
Ma ʻAukake 27, 2021, me ka hoʻopaʻapaʻa ʻana mai nā kamaʻāina o Pembroke a me nā mea hoʻokele kaiapuni, ʻo Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker kakauinoa i ka bila e hiki ai i ka hui ke hoʻolako kālā i ka pipeline ma Pembroke, i kohoia i"wahi pilikia,” na hoonui uku ma luna o nā mea uku uku ʻo Nicor. ʻEkolu pule ma hope mai, ua waiho ʻo Nicor no kahi Palapala no ka lehulehu a me ka pono mai ka Illinois Commerce Commission (ICC) e hoʻomaka i ka hoʻokomo ʻana ma Pembroke Township.
Ua ʻike wale nā kānaka o Pembroke e pili ana i ka noi i hoʻokahi mahina ma hope, i ʻOkakopa 2021, wahi a Wright-Carter. Ua kōkua ʻo ia i ke kūkulu ʻana i ka ʻO Pembroke Environmental Justice Coalition (PEJC) ma hope koke iho, ua neʻe e komo i loko o ka ʻaha. Akā ʻo ka mahina nalowale he hōʻailona o ke ʻano o ke kaʻina hana, wahi a Wright-Carter.
ʻO nā hui kaiaulu virtual a Nicor ma ʻEhiku. 8 - 9, 2021, ua mālama ʻia i ke kakahiaka, i ka wā e hana ana ka nui o nā kamaʻāina, ma kahi kaiāulu me ka ʻole o ka ʻike pūnaewele pono ʻole - i ʻōlelo ʻia ʻo Gavin Kearney, ka ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo kiʻekiʻe me ka Komite Loio Kikako no na Pono Kivila, nāna e pani i ka PEJC. ,"ʻAʻole kēia ke kaʻina hana āu e hana ai inā makemake maoli ʻoe i ka makemake o ka lehulehu i kēia, a me kā lākou hopohopo, "wahi a Kearney.
"Ua kokoke mākou iā lākou e kau nei, "wahi a Wright-Carter, "ʻaʻohe mea i ʻike i kahi e komo ai. ʻAʻohe kanaka i ʻike i ka palapala ʻāina.
I kēia manawa, ua hoʻohiki ʻo Mark Hodge, ke kuhina nui o Hopkins Park hoʻonui waiwai kūloko mai na laina kinoea, a me Rev. Jesse Jackson, o ka Rainbow PUSH Coalition ma Kikako, kahea i ka papahana i"mea nui" a me kahi"lā hou no Pembroke, he kaiaulu mahiʻai ʻEleʻele i haʻalele ʻia." Hoʻohui ʻo Jackson"E kōkua ʻo ia i ka lawe ʻana i ka ʻoihana iā Pembroke, a e kōkua ia i nā poʻe ʻē aʻe e hana ʻoihana me Pembroke.
Manaʻo nā lālā o ka PEJC, ʻoi aku ka nui o ke kaumaha o ka papahana ma mua o nā pōmaikaʻi. Nui na kamaaina wela ko lakou mau home me ka hui pū ʻana o ka propane, ka lāʻau a me nā mea hoʻomehana uila, a me ka hoʻololi ʻana i nā mea hana kinoea e uku nui ʻia - ʻoi aku ka nui ma kahi kaiāulu ʻilihune.
"He kanaka makua au, no laila, ʻaʻole ia he nui kaʻu kālā i hoʻopaʻa ʻia e hana ai," wahi a Diane McDonald, he 32-makahiki kamaaina o Pembroke. Wahi a McDonald makemake ʻo ia e ʻike mua i ka pūnaewele hilinaʻi a me ka uila.
Makaʻu pū ʻo Wright-Carter i ka pahū kinoea maoli, ʻoiai ʻo ke keʻena kinai ahi kokoke loa he hapalua hola ka mamao. Loaʻa iā Nicor kahi moʻolelo o nā leaka a me nā pahū a ke hoʻokolokolo ʻia nei e ka loio nui ʻo Illinois no $500 miliona iloko pohō ʻaina, me ka hoʻohaumia ʻana i ka wai ma nā wahi he kakini.
"Ma ke ʻano he mahiʻai, "wahi a McDonald"Ke hopohopo nei au i kahi e holo ai ka laina a pehea e pili ai i koʻu ulu ʻana. Makaʻu kekahi poʻe kamaʻāina o hopu ʻia ko lākou ʻāina ma lalo o ke aupuni hanohano a ʻohi ʻia nā kumulāʻau, a he nui ka ninau ina paha Ua hana ʻo Nicor i kahi noiʻi ʻana i ka hopena o ke kaiapuni.
Ma Ian. 5, ua koho ka ICC e hāʻawi i ka noi a Nicor no kā lākou palapala hōʻoia no ka pono o ka lehulehu a me ka pono. ,"ʻO Nicor kahi kokoke loa i ka hoʻoikaika ʻana i kāna pipeline wahie fossil ma o kahi kaiāulu mahiʻai ʻeleʻele makemake ʻole iā ia ma laila, e hoʻoweliweli ana i kahi microbiome kaulana i ka honua a wikiwiki i nā pōʻino o ka hoʻololi ʻana i ke aniau. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo PEJC ma kahi ʻōlelo mamuli o ka olelo hooholo. Ke koi nei ka hui i ka hoʻokolokolo hou ʻana i ka hihia.
Inā e hoʻololi ʻo Pembroke i kahi ʻōnaehana ikehu hou, ʻōlelo nā lālā o PEJC aia nā koho maʻemaʻe a ʻoi aku ka uku. ʻO ka ʻO ke kānāwai ʻo Illinois Climate and Equitable Jobs Act, ua hoʻoholo i ka hālāwai like me ka bila kālā a Nicor, hana i nā miliona miliona o nā mea hoʻoikaika no nā kaiāulu haʻahaʻa e hoʻohuli i ka ikehu hou. ʻO Nicor ʻo ia"ka laka ʻana i ke kinoea maoli ... i ka manawa like a mākou, ma ke ʻano he mokuʻāina, ke kau nei i nā kānāwai e ʻōlelo ana makemake mākou e hoʻopau i nā wahie fossil" 2045, Kearney memo.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Carter penei:"Pono mākou i kahi hoʻolālā lōʻihi e pili ana i ko mākou wā e hiki mai ana ʻaʻole i komo i ka pōʻino o ko mākou olakino a me ko mākou kaiapuni.
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