Progressives idatsika ku White House Lachinayi mpaka kufunika kuti Purezidenti wa US a Joe Biden agwiritse ntchito ulamulilo wake kuletsa Mountain Valley Pipeline ndikulengeza zavuto lanyengo kuti lifulumizitse kutha kwa nthawi yamafuta opangira mafuta.
Kuvomerezedwa kwa Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP) kunali mwachangu sabata yatha kudzera pa ngongole ngongole vomerezani kuti Biden, kuthawa zosankha zake zochitira unilateral kanthu, zopangidwa ndi a House Republican omwe adalanda chuma padziko lonse lapansi. Kukula kwa gasi ku Appalachia-anakankhira zovuta ndi GOP ndi Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.V.), a wopindula malasha ndi Congress yemwe amalandira ndalama zambiri za Mafuta Akuluakulu - ndi imodzi mwazinthu zingapo zomwe Biden ali ndi mphamvu zoyimitsa.
Pomwe a Biden anali mkati mwa White House akulankhula ndi Prime Minister waku United Kingdom a Rishi Sunak, mazana a anthu adasonkhana panja kuti kumbukirani Purezidenti kuti "atha kuyimitsa MVP monga adayimitsa Keystone XL." Msonkhanowu unakonzedwa ndi People vs. Fossil Fuels, mgwirizano wa mabungwe oposa 1,200. Imazindikiritsa chiyambi masiku angapo akugwira ntchito mdziko lonse.
Anthu ambiri amavala masks chifukwa cha izi mpweya woopsa ku Washington, D.C. Mitambo yodzaza ndi utsi ku East Coast ndi a zotsatira zachindunji za moto wakuthengo womwe ukukulirakulira ku Canada - zomwe owonera anali ofunitsitsa kufotokoza ngati umboni wa chifukwa chomwe Biden akuyenera kubweza zilolezo zofunika kuti amalize MVP ndi ntchito zina zamafuta oyaka moto padziko lapansi.
Atafunsidwa ndi mtolankhani Lachitatu ngati mgwirizano ukukonzekera kuletsa ziwonetsero za Lachinayi ngati chitetezo cha anthu, mkulu wa Fossil Free Media Jamie Henn anati, "Ayi, ndiye chifukwa chake tiyenera kuchita izi." Lachinayi, iye anawonjezera kuti "sitikhala opanda ntchito monga dziko likuyaka."
Msonkhano wapadera womwe uyenera kuchitika Lachinayi ku New York City uyenera kuchitika adachotsedwa, komabe, chifukwa kuwonongeka kwa mpweya komwe kwaphimba dera lomwe lili ndi anthu ambiri m'dzikolo muutsi walalanje wa apocalyptic kuli ndi chiopsezo chachikulu.
"Tikumenyera tsogolo," wokhala ku West Virginia a Maury Johnson anati pa ziwonetsero mu likulu la dziko. "Palibe yomwe yadzaza ndi utsi."
Othandizira chilungamo chanyengo adalumikizidwa kunja kwa White House ndi Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.). Pozindikira kuti MVP ilibe chochita ndi kukweza malire a ngongole ya dziko - mopanda malire ndi zotsutsana ndi malamulo kapu pa federal kubwereka komwe GOP ili nayo zida kuti akhazikitse zolinga zake kangapo - wopanga malamulo wopita patsogolo adadzudzula kuphatikizidwa kwa chivomerezo cha projekitiyo mumgwirizano wangongole.
As The Guardianinanena Lachinayi, "Pulojekiti ya Mountain Valley Pipeline yakhala ikukumana ndi zovuta zamalamulo kwazaka zambiri chifukwa chotsutsidwa ndi magulu a anthu komanso eni malo koma mgwirizano womwe Congress idapereka kukweza ngongole yaku US, yosainidwa ndi Biden kumapeto kwa sabata. amasankha pipeline monga ‘zofunikira m’chikomerezo cha dziko’ motero ziyenera kuloledwa kupitiriza, kutetezeredwa ku kuunika kulikonse kwa makhothi.”
Kuvomerezedwa kwa MVP kumabwera patangotha miyezi ingapo Biden adayatsa zazikulu za ConocoPhillips Ntchito yobowola mafuta a Willow ku Alaska Arctic. Kuphatikiza apo, ngakhale ali ndi ulamuliro woletsa pafupifupi khumi ndi awiri zosangalatsa ntchito zotumiza kunja kwa gasi zomwe zikuwopseza kutulutsa mpweya wotenthetsera wofanana ndi magetsi opitilira 400 atsopano opangira malasha, bungwe la Biden lasamukira kudziko lina. wonjezani mphamvu yotumiza gasi yosweka, makamaka mu US Gulf Coast, popeza dziko la Russia linalanda dziko la Ukraine February watha. Purezidenti nayenso adasindikiza chidindo Zambiri amaloleza kutulutsa mafuta ochulukirapo m'malo a anthu ndi madzi kuposa omwe adatsogolera ku White House.
Boma la Biden lachita zonsezi ngakhale umboni wokwera kuchuluka kwamphamvu kwapang'onopang'ono komanso kokwanira machenjezo kuchokera kwa asayansi za kusagwirizana kwa kukulitsa mphamvu zamafuta ndi kusunga dziko lapansi. Mlembi Wamkulu wa United Nations António Guterres posachedwapa adanena Biden ndi akuluakulu ena olemera m'dzikolo mosakayikira kuti ndondomeko zawo zanyengo ndi "chiweruzo cha imfa" chachitukuko.
People vs. Fossil Fuels wachita anatsutsana kuti purezidenti "akhoza kubwezeranso cholowa chake chanyengo poyimitsa ntchito zonse zatsopano zamafuta."
Msonkhano wa Lachinayi kunja kwa White House ndi chiyambi cha zomwe mgwirizanowu udatcha "kuponderezana kwa zomwe zagawidwa m'dziko lonselo" kuyambira Juni 8-11.
Ophunzira ali ndi zinayi zazikulu amafuna kwa Biden:
- Kuthetsa ntchito zatsopano zamafuta, kuphatikiza Willow ndi Alaska LNG polojekiti;
- Kuthetsa kukumba mafuta ndi gasi kosalekeza m'malo a anthu;
- Nenani zavuto lanyengo; ndi
- Pangani umisiri wamagetsi ongowonjezwdwanso kupezeka kunyumba ndi zoyendera.
Monga mgwirizano wina wamagulu olimbikitsa opita patsogolo anafotokoza: "Pulezidenti ali ndi mndandanda wautali wa zochita zimene akanatha kutenga kapena kulangiza mabungwe ake kuti atenge, kuyambira pa kuyimitsa zivomerezo za maziko a mafuta oyambira pansi pa nthaka mpaka kulangiza [U.S. Environmental Protection Agency] kuti ipereke lamulo loletsa kuipitsidwa kwa gawo lamafuta ndi gasi. Kulengeza zavuto lanyengo pansi pa National Emergency Act kungatsegule mphamvu zowonjezera, kuphatikiza kuthekera koyimitsa kutumizidwa kunja kwa mafuta osakanizika ndikuwongolera ndalama kuti apange mphamvu zosinthika, zogawidwanso. ”
M'mawu sabata ino, wotsogolera bungwe la Zero Hour Magnolia Mead anati kuti "achinyamata ndi okwiya komanso otopa ndikuwona Purezidenti Biden phanga kumakampani opangira mafuta nthawi ndi nthawi."
"Tikufuna kusintha kwanthawi yomweyo ku mphamvu zowonjezera kuti tichepetse vuto la nyengo, ndipo sizingatheke pomwe Purezidenti wathu akuvomerezabe kukula kwamafuta," adatero Mead. "Ngati Purezidenti Biden amasamala za mibadwo yam'tsogolo komanso madera akutsogolo, ayenera kusankha kuthetsa nthawi yamafuta oyaka."
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