Tsiku Lapansi 2024, Washington, DC | Kapeti yofiyira anali atakulungidwa kuchokera kuzitseko zazitali ndikutsika pamasitepe opukutidwa a maofesi a Meya kupita ku Freedom Plaza. Gulu la zidole zazikulu zoimira oteteza Dziko lapansi linatsegula zikondwererozo, pamene ochita nawo masewerawa adafika atavala tayi yakuda ndi zovala zokongola. Alendo ovala zovala zanyama amatha kuwoneka ali pakati pa ochita maphwando. Kuyimba ng’oma kunali kwachipongwe komanso kodzaza ndi chisangalalo, monganso nthawi ya masika. Koma, mwatsoka, pamutu wa malowo, panalibe mpando wopanda kanthu.
Meya wa DC Muriel Bowser, mlendo wolemekezeka, adakana kulowa nawo.
DC ili ndi vuto la gasi
Zopangidwa ndi Extinction Rebellion DC (XRDC), 2024 Earth Day Gala idakondwerera zaka ziwiri za kampeni yawo #EndMethane ndi #ElectrifyDC, kuyesa kuyimitsa pulogalamu yosinthira mapaipi ya Washington Gas ya $ 12 biliyoni, Mapaipi a Project.
DC ili ndi mapaipi akale kwambiri apansi panthaka a methane mdziko muno, okhala ndi zochulukirapo 3,000 kutayikira. Kuposa 70% ya kutayikira zomwe zidadziwika mu 2021 zinali zowopsa, zomwe zidawopseza kwambiri anthu okhala mumzindawu. Malinga ndi a DC Office of the People's Counsel, Project Pipes yalephera kuchepetsa mpweya wabwino kapena kutayikira kwa ma adilesi kuchokera kumagetsi ake okalamba.
Ikatenthedwa m'nyumba, methane imatulutsa poizoni wa mankhwala ndi mpweya monga formaldehyde, carbon dioxide, particulate matter, ndi nitrogen dioxide. Ana m’nyumba zokhala ndi chitofu cha gasi ali ndi 42% mwachiwopsezo chowonjezereka cha kukhala ndi mphumu kuposa ana amene mabanja awo amagwiritsira ntchito masitovu amagetsi, chiŵerengero chofanana ndi cha ana okhala ndi osuta ndudu. Masitovu amapitilirabe kutulutsa methane m'nyumba pamene iwo azimitsidwa.
Washington Gas imanena kuti mpweya wa methane ndi "wongowonjezedwanso," "woyera," "wachilengedwe," "wodalirika," ndi "wobiriwira," mawu onse onyezimira omwe amawonjezera bizinesi monga mwanthawi zonse. Kwenikweni, gasi wowonjezera kutentha utsi wotuluka mukugwiritsa ntchito mpweya wa methane tsopano ukuposa utsi wa malasha ku United States - chitukuko chowopsa kuyambira pomwe methane imalowa mumlengalenga, ofufuza apeza kuti ili ndi vuto lanyengo. kuposa makala oyaka.
Ponseponse, methane imatenthetsa dziko lapansi kuwirikiza ka 80 kuposa mpweya woipa. Mu 2020, methane adawerengera pafupifupi kotala kuchuluka kwa mpweya wowonjezera kutentha kwa DC. Miyendo ya methane mumlengalenga ndi yokwera kwambiri kotero kuti ndiyomwe imayambitsa 30-50% ya kukwera kwa kutentha kwapadziko lonse lapansi.
Mapaipi a gasi akuchucha, monga aku DC, ndi a gwero lalikulu la mpweya wa methane ku US. Monga ngati izi sizinali zoyipa mokwanira, kuchuluka kwa methane komwe makampani amafuta amatulutsidwa ndi zoipa kwambiri kuposa momwe owongolera amaganizira, makamaka chifukwa cha mpweya woipa umene umabwera chifukwa cha “kutuluka” ndi “kuwotcha” gasi wachilengedwe wochuluka, umene pazaka khumi ndi umodzi umakhala wofanana ndi wa magalimoto pafupifupi 42 miliyoni pachaka.
Zonsezi zachiwonongeko ndi zakuda zikuwonetsa kuti ngakhale zili choncho DC walonjeza kuti asatengeke ndi kaboni pofika chaka cha 2045, mapulani a Washington Gas amapangitsa cholinga ichi kukhala chosatheka kukwaniritsa. Ngakhale Dipatimenti ya Mphamvu ndi Zachilengedwe imatcha dongosolo la Washington Gas "kusowa mwaukadaulo ndi zolakwika zazikulu. "
Ndiye zingatheke bwanji kuti Project Pipes ipite patsogolo? Kupitilira muzochita zokhazikika koma zaupandu, zotsutsana ndi demokalase za olimbikitsa mafuta opangira mafuta, yankho ndikuwotcha bajeti yayikulu. Kuti atsimikizire kuti ziwerengero ndi zotsatira sizikuwonjezera, Washington Gas yakhala ikutsanulira ndalama mu kampeni yogwirizana ya PR. Iwo anathandizira Chikondwerero chamsewu cha Petworth, ndi kuthamangitsa chakudya chamagulu chifukwa cha Thanksgiving, ndi wothandizana nawo pazofalitsa ndi WUSA9, zomwe zimapereka malo osavuta a PR awo obiriwira. Malinga ndi okonza a XRDC, "zonsezi ndi utsi ndi magalasi kuti Washington Gas adutse ndi Mapaipi awo akupha."
"Ngakhale kukhalapo kwake pambuyo pa kuphulika kwa mpweya komanso kugwiritsa ntchito milomo chifukwa cha nyengo, Meya Bowser wasiya kwambiri Washington Gas ndi mankhwala ake a methane osatchulidwa. Mpweya wa methane ukuwononga mpweya wathu, kuwononga thanzi lathu ndi chitetezo chathu, ndikufulumizitsa vuto la nyengo," adatero Carol Spring (iye), wolankhulira atolankhani ku XRDC. "Ngati Meya Bowser akufuna kukhala mtsogoleri wanyengo yemwe amati ndi, ndiye kuti atchule njovu m'chipindamo. Mpweya wa methane ulibe malo m'tsogolomu. Zofuna zathu ndikumuyitana kuti akhale mtsogoleri weniweni wanyengo ndikugwirizana nafe pomanga tsogolo labwino la DC lomwe likuyenera kukhala. ”
Chikumbutso ndi kuyitanidwa
XRDC ndi ogwirizana nawo akhala kukana Mapaipi a Project kudzera muzochita zachindunji zopanda chiwawa, kuyambira kumangirira mpaka kumalo omanga mpaka kusokoneza misonkhano ya gasi. Iwo ayang'ananso pa kufalikira kwa anthu, mgwirizano, ndi masomphenya abwino a tsogolo labwino komanso lopanda zokwiriridwa pansi, kukula ndi kusiyanitsa chiwerengero chawo. Zaka ziwiri pambuyo pake, palidi zambiri zokondwerera.
Zofunikira zazikulu za #TSIRIZA Kampeni ya Methane ikuphatikizapo:
- Aphungu khumi ndi atatu mwa makhansala a DC khumi ndi atatu analemba chikalata ku bungwe la DC Public Service Commission (PSC) kuwalimbikitsa kuti akane ma Project Pipes
- Ofesi ya Uphungu wa Anthu inapempha PSC tsegulani kafukufuku mu pulogalamu yochepetsera kutayikira kwa Washington Gas
- DC Attorney General adapempha PSC kuti sintha chisankho chawo kupatsa Washington Gas ndalama zina zokwana madola 50 miliyoni kuti apitilize ntchitoyi
Kumanga pakukula kwa kupambana uku, 2024 Earth Day Gala sichinali chikondwerero chachikumbutso chabe, chinali chochita mwaluso munthawi yomwe ili yofunika kwambiri pa kampeni. Monga momwe wolinganiza kampeni akulongosolera kuti: “Tsopano ndi nthaŵi yofunika kwambiri kuti meya alankhulepo ndi kugwiritsira ntchito chisonkhezero chake kuletsa ntchito yakupha imeneyi. Adathandizira kukhazikitsa malamulo omwe amayika zolinga zanyengo za DC ndikuziyika ku Dubai pa COP28 ya chaka chatha. Kuti akwaniritse malonjezo ake, Meya Bowser ali ndi udindo wolankhula za kuopsa kwa mpweya wa methane komanso kufunika kwa mzindawu kuti usinthe kuti ukhale ndi tsogolo lomwe onse okhala ku DC angachite bwino. Meya Bowser ayenera kuthetsa methane tsopano. "
Zochita za Earth Day zidatsata malingaliro otsutsana ndi a Meya Bowser a 2025 ndi Kutumiza kwa makalata kwa XRDC kufuna kuti meya atenge njira yosiyana kwambiri: mmodzi wa atsogoleri owona zanyengo. Mogwirizana ndi Extinction Rebellion's zofuna zapadziko lonse lapansi, “Nenani zoona. Chitanipo Tsopano." XRDC amafuna kuti meya:
- Nenani poyera kuti DC iyenera kuchotsa gasi wa methane kuti ikwaniritse zolinga zake zothana ndi vuto la nyengo, monga zafotokozedwera mu dongosolo lanu la Carbon Free DC, ndikuti Washington Gas ikukonzekera kusintha zida zonse zamafuta a methane ku DC kudzera mu Project Pipes. kupanga zolinga izi kukhala zosatheka kukwaniritsa.
- Dziperekeni kuti muyambe ntchito yolumikizana ndi mabungwe omwe ali muulamuliro wanu kuti athandizire kuyendetsa bwino, kungochotsa mpweya wa methane womwe umayika patsogolo anthu oponderezedwa kwambiri a DC ndikuthetsa kudalira kwa gasi pofika chaka cha 2032.
Ofesi ya Wachiwiri kwa Meya pa Ntchito ndi Zomangamanga adayankha kalata yoyamba ya XRDC, koma analephera kukwaniritsa zofunikazo. M'malo mwake, adapereka zonena zamzitini zomwe Boma la DC likuchita kuti lichoke ku gasi popanda kuchitapo kanthu kwenikweni kuchokera kwa meya kuti athandizire. Mwamwayi, mapulogalamu ambiri omwe amayankhidwa, monga Solar for All and Affordable Home Electrification programme, afowoka kwambiri chifukwa cha kuchepa kwandalama mu lingaliro latsopano la Meya Bowser.
“A meya amangolankhula zabwino zanyengo zikamkomera. Ichi ndichifukwa chake tsiku la Earth Day, XRDC ikusonkhana kuti ipemphe meya kuti athetse methane tsopano ndikutithandiza kumanga tsogolo labwino lomwe tikuyenera kukhala nalo, "adatero wokonza mapulaniwo mwambowu usanachitike.
M'mawa pa Epulo 22, XRDC idatulutsa kapeti yayikulu yofiyira kuchokera ku ofesi ya meya, ndikumuitanira ku chikondwerero cha Earth Day, kuwonetsa momwe tsogolo lopanda kuyaka mafuta lingawonekere. Ntchitoyi idayamba ndi ulendo wopita ku Wilson Building, komwe kunali "galasi lalikulu lamtsogolo" lomwe lidachitikira. "Kunali msonkhano wa tonsefe kuti tiwonetse a Meya Bowser zomwe tikupanga ndikumuyitana kuti atenge nawo mbali popanga," adatero wokonza mapulani.
Chochitikacho chinali ndi zolankhula zochokera kwa okonza magulu osiyanasiyana am'deralo, chiwonetsero cha zidole cha ophunzira a zisudzo ochokera ku yunivesite ya Towson, kapeti yayikulu yofiyira, komanso chikwangwani cholembedwa kuti "BOWSER: BE A TRUE CIMATE LEADER".
Ophunzirawo adapempha Meya Bowser kuti alowe nawo, kumupatsa mpando ndi mtundu wokulirapo wa zomwe akufuna kuti asayine. Iye kulibe, zidole anachita skit aulula Njira zachinyengo za Washington Gas ndi mphamvu ya zochita pamodzi. Oimira mabungwe ena am'deralo adalankhula za momwe tsogolo labwino limawonekera kwa iwo.
Kukonzekera za tsogolo labwino
"Ndikuganiza kuti ntchitoyi inali nthawi yabwino kwambiri ya Tsiku la Padziko Lapansi," adagawana nawo Stef S (iye), wokonza bungwe la XRDC. “Bwalo la zisudzo, kapeti yofiyira yopita ku Nyumba ya Wilson, ng'oma zabwino kwambiri, komanso mphamvu za anthu zidalumikizana. Uthenga umene tidatumiza kwa a Mayor Bowser unali womveka bwino: Project Pipes iyenera kutha tsopano ndipo monga mtsogoleri wathu akuyenera kukhala akuthandiza aphungu ndi nzika zambiri zomwe zakweza mawu awo motsutsa izi. Project Pipes imapangitsa kuti mafuta azigwiritsidwa ntchito pazaka makumi angapo zikubwerazi, ndipo izi zilibe malo m'tsogolomu. Zilibe malo mumzinda wathu.”
Stef adayamba kukonzekera ndi XRDC mu 2021, ndipo kwa iye izi ndizovuta zabanja. “Ine ndi mwamuna wanga tili ku XRDC, ndipo timaphatikiza mwana wathu wamkazi wazaka zisanu ndi zitatu pa chilichonse chomwe timachita. Ndi za iye zomwe ndimapanga. Ndiyenera kuona kuti ndikuchita zonse zomwe ndingathe kuti ndimusiyire iyeyo ndi ana ake dziko lokhalamo. Ndikufunanso kuti akule ndi malingaliro omveka achilungamo komanso odzipereka. Pamene ndinkalowa nawo m’gululi, ndinapeza kukongola ndi nyonga zambiri m’magulu ochezera anthu moti sindingathe kulingalira moyo wanga popanda izo. Zandibweretsera chifuno chotero, ndi njira yopezera chimwemwe, ngakhale pamene tikuyang’anizana ndi vuto lalikulu koposa.”
Pa nthawiyi, pempho lotseguka linaperekedwa kwa a People's Assembly, kumene, monga momwe Stef analongosolera, “anthu ochokera m’mikhalidwe yosiyanasiyana amasonkhana pamodzi kukambitsirana nkhani ndi kupeza njira zothetsera, ndipo zimenezo zinakhala zamphamvu kwambiri. Ndi sitepe yoyamba yobwezeretsa demokalase yeniyeni ... anthu akadzatenganso mphamvuzo, ambiri akhoza kugonjetsa ndalamazo. "
Ngakhale otenga nawo mbali ndi owonera adalimbikitsidwa ndi zomwe adachita, zachisoni, mpando wa Meya udali wopanda kanthu. Mwambowu udatha pomwe m'modzi mwa omwe adakonza ndi amayi ake adalowa muofesi ya Meya ndikukaperekanso seti ya zofuna, zomwe mpaka pano sizinayankhidwe. (The Ofesi ya Meya Sanayankhe pempho loti apereke ndemanga pankhaniyi.) Ngakhale Meya Bowser, monganso akuluakulu ambiri, akukana kuyitanidwa kwa chigawo chake kuti akhale gawo lopanga tsogolo labwino, gulu lomwe likukulirakulira kumbuyo kwa masomphenyawa lidzalimbanabe, iye kapena popanda iye. .
"Zolinga za Meya Bowser ndi kulephera kukwaniritsa zomwe tikufuna zikuwonetsa zomwe amaika patsogolo. Meya samangosiya nyengo pazokambirana. Iye akubwerera m'mbuyo zomwe DC yachita pazochitika za nyengo ndi chilungamo, kuika patsogolo mabizinesi olemera ndi apolisi kuposa zosowa za anthu," adatero Rachel (iwo / iwo), wolankhulira atolankhani ku XRDC.
"Chiwonetsero chamasiku ano chinali chionetsero chokongola cha tsogolo lopanda zotsalira zakufa zakale za DC zoyenera. Kusowa kwa Meya Bowser kukuwonetsa kuti sitingadalire atsogoleri athu kapena dongosolo lathu lapano kuti likwaniritse tsogolo limenelo. Tiyenera kudalirana. Pamodzi, titha kugwiritsa ntchito mphamvu zathu zonse kuti tithane ndi vuto la nyengo pokhazikitsa kusintha koyenera komanso koyenera ndikubweretsa tsogolo labwino lomwe taliwona bwino lero. "
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Tsatirani XRDC ndi kulowerera. Kuthamangitsidwa Kwambiri ndi gulu lapadziko lonse komanso losagwirizana ndi ndale lomwe limagwiritsa ntchito zinthu zopanda chiwawa pofuna kukopa maboma kuti achite zinthu mwachilungamo pa nyengo ndi zachilengedwe.
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