Mtsinje wa Fort Bragg, California uli ndi maekala 425 a Gombe lotchuka la Mendocino. Mukayenda m'mphepete mwa nyanja ya tawuniyi ndikuyang'ana kunyanja, mudzawona miyala ndi mapiri obisika, matanthwe otsetsereka ndi mapiri amaluwa, komanso anamgumi, mikango ya m'nyanja ndi pelicans galore, malo ochititsa chidwi kwambiri monga pafupifupi aliyense ku California Coast. . Komabe, ngati muyang'ana m'tauniyo, mukuona mpanda wolumikizira maunyolo ndi zikwangwani zochenjeza za ngozi ndi matenda.
Tauzidwa kwa zaka zambiri kuti tisadandaule za izi, kuipitsidwa, komabe umboni wonse umatsutsana ndi izi, pamwamba pa poizoni onse m'mayiwe omwe anatsalira pamene nyumba zakale za mphero zinachotsedwa, kusiya maekala a dziko loipitsidwa ndi m'mayiwewa. chakudya chakupha cha PCBs ndi dioxins, lead, petroleum ndi zinthu zambiri zapoizoni.
Kodi ngoziyo ndi yoona, ndipo kodi mpandawo udzatiteteza? Dr. John Balmes, dokotala wasayansi ku UCSF ndi UC Berkeley akuyankhula ku msonkhano wa 2019 ku Caspar, adatiuza mosiyana. Mwachitsanzo, ma dioxin ndi โmankhwala akupha kwambiri amene timawadziลตa.โ Ndi "zowopsa zoberekera komanso zowopsa." Zimenezi โnโzakhazikikaโ ndipo kusiya zinthu mmene zilili, Pulofesa Balmes ananenanso kuti, โnโkosaloleka.โ
Tsoka, lero, poizoni akadalipo, ndipo eni ake aposachedwa a headlands, California ndi Western Railroad (oyendera alendo a Skunk Train) ali kukhothi akutsutsa kuti sakuyenera kutsatira malamulowo, kuyeretsa chisokonezo chomwe iwo ' tinatengera; Zowonadi, kuti iwo, omwe amati ndi njanji, sayenera kutsatira malamulo aboma okhudza chilengedwe (CEQA, California Environmental Quality Act, etc.). Ndipo ngakhale anthu akadali mumdima pankhani yazamalamulo, "njanjiyo" momveka bwino ili ndi chitukuko m'malingaliro. Osakumbukira malamulowo, bwanji osakhala hotelo, nyumba zapamwamba, paki yamutu kuti akope, mwachiwonekere, okonda kuphunzitsa?
Zomwe tikuwona ku Fort Bragg masiku ano ndi zotsalira zazaka zopitilira 1885 za mphero yamatabwa, zambiri zimachitidwa ndi kampani ya Union Lumber. Union Lumber, omwe eni ake, banja la Johnson la San Francisco, pofika XNUMX adamanga ufumu ku Mendocino County kuphatikizapo chomwe chinakhala chimodzi mwa mphero zazikulu kwambiri zamatabwa padziko lapansi, ndi njanji yolumikiza kuwonongeka kwa nkhalango ndi mphero ya m'mphepete mwa nyanja. Anthu zikwizikwi adagwira ntchito mumphero iyi; kuvutikira kwawo kwakhala kokonda, koma kwenikweni ntchito inali yanyengo, yowopsa komanso nthawi zambiri yakupha. Kuvulala kolemala, matenda ndi umphawi, kufupikitsa moyo - zolemba zachipatala zimafotokoza nkhaniyi. Anthu a m'tauniyo anali ndi mitambo ya utsi wakuda, mpweya umene unapangitsa Fort Bragg kununkha ndi mabwalo akumbuyo, mabwalo amasewera ndi mabwalo ochitira masukulu okhudzidwa ndi phulusa la ntchentche.
Komabe, pofika m'zaka za m'ma 1969, nkhalango inakula kwambiri, eni ake a mphero anayamba kuchepetsa ntchito zake mpaka 158,000, Johnsons anagulitsa ufumu wawo (maekala XNUMX a matabwa a redwood ndi mphero ya Fort Bragg) ku Boise Cascade Corporation. Zaka zinayi pambuyo pake Georgia Pacific, kampani yayikulu yamapepala a Koch Industries ya abale mabiliyoni ambiri, idagula mphero ndi madera.
Chilichonse chimene Georgia Pacific chinali nacho mโmaganizo pogula mpheroyo, kuyeretsa sikunali mbali yake. Choncho, pamene mpheroyo inatsekedwa mu 2002, tawuniyi inasiyidwa moyandikana ndi zoopsa za chilengedwe. Chomaliza chinali chochokera ku GP kupita ku California ndi Western Railroad, bungwe lomwe lili ndi chuma chochepa, mwachiwonekere malonda apansi apansi (ochitidwa mochuluka kapena mocheperapo mobisa) zalamulo zokayikitsa.
M'zaka kuyambira pomwe PG idagula mphero, asayansi a nzika akhala akuchenjeza - mobwerezabwereza ndipo pakhala pali zoyeserera zodziwika bwino, mpaka lero, ngakhale pakadali pano palibe zokhazikika. Makhonsolo a Mizinda, a zokopa zosiyanasiyana, abwera ndi kupita, aliyense akukankhira chitini mumsewu, osayang'ana bwino, pafupifupi onse ali ndi phazi mumsasa wa "kukulitsa". Ndizowona, ndithudi, kuti Fort Bragg, tawuni yosauka ya 7000 kuphatikiza, sinakhalepo ndi ndalama zogulira malo ndi kuyeretsa (kuyerekeza $ 25 miliyoni kuyeretsa kokha). Komabe ndizowonanso kuti sizinayesepo kuti iwo omwe adatero, koposa GP, aziyankha mlandu.
Kodi kwachedwa kwambiri kuti mupeze yankho lomwe lingapindulitse nzika za Fort Bragg, ndikuchoka patsoka lomwe likubwera? Ndiko kuti, kukwera kwa madzi a m'nyanja ndi kukokoloka kwa nthawi ya mapiri kapena masoka, chivomezi kapena tsunami zomwe zimawononga mbali ya m'mphepete mwa nyanja, kuwononga mailosi a m'mphepete mwa nyanja ndikugwera m'nyanja, kutayika koopsa komwe kungaphe kwambiri chilichonse chomwe chili panjira yake.
GP sayenera kuloledwa kugulitsa popanda kuyeretsa bwino, ndipo iwo ndi Koch Industries akadali ndi ndalama zochitira izi. Kuphatikiza apo, ngati andale amtawuniyi akhala akumvera bwino, achita zoyipa kwambiri, mawu awo sayenera kukhala omaliza. Boma la California lili ndi mphamvu komanso chuma chambiri, monganso a Coastal Commission komanso mabungwe ena ambiri ndi aphungu athu, onse adalonjeza, akuti, kuyankha momveka bwino pazovuta zanyengo. Sikuchedwa kuchita chinthu choyenera.
Chovuta ndikupangitsa tawuniyi ndi madera ake kuti zigwirizane ndi madera ena onse a m'mphepete mwa nyanja ndi dziko lonse lapansi ndikuganiza malo otseguka, kukonzanso, kukonzanso nkhalango, kukonzanso, malo odyetserako nyama zakuthengo, magombe abwino, zosangalatsa ndi maphunziro monga gawo loyamba. zosowa zaposachedwa za nzika masiku ano ndi tsogolo la dziko lathu lapansi.
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