Mamiliyoni aku America omwe samaganizira konse za kusintha kwanyengo tsopano akudziwa kuti wochita masewero Daryl Hanna adamangidwa ku Washington mwezi watha, komanso kuti payipi ya mchenga wa Keystone XL ndi chiwopsezo cha chilengedwe. Mamiliyoni ambiri amafika pozindikira kuti "mchenga wa phula" uli. Pakati pa 1253 omwe adamangidwa pazaka ziwiri za "rolling" sit-ins anali wolemba-wolimbikitsa Bill McKibben; James Hansen, wasayansi wodziwika bwino wanyengo padziko lonse lapansi; Gus Speth yemwe anali mkulu wa bungwe la White House; mlembi Naomi Klein; wojambula mafilimu Josh Fox; alimi ochokera ku Texas ndi Nebraska omwe malo awo angawopsezedwe ndi pipeline ya Keystone XL; Atsogoleri a First Nation omwe madzi, nthaka ndi mpweya zaipitsidwa ndi poizoni zomwe zimatulutsidwa tsiku ndi tsiku kuchokera kuzitsulo zoyenga phula za US; Anthu apakati a ku America ochokera ku Arkansas omwe madzi awo ali ndi poizoni chifukwa cha kubowola gasi; atumiki; aphunzitsi; akatswiri azachilengedwe; maloya. Ngakhale msilikali wanga wakale yemwe anali wapolisi wolimbana ndi mankhwala osokoneza bongo anamangidwa. Panali achinyamata ambiri azaka za mโma XNUMX. Panalinso ena octogenarians ndiyeno, aliyense pakati.
Ichi ndichifukwa chake tinamangidwa. phula la phula lokwana masikweya kilomita 54,000 limadutsa mumchenga ndi dongo pansi pa nkhalango zoziziritsa kukhosi za Alberta, chimodzi mwa zigawo za kumadzulo kwa Canada. Pokwiriridwa, mchenga wa phula ndi chimodzi mwa zodabwitsa za dziko lapansi, zotsalira za zinthu zakale zamoyo kuyambira zaka mamiliyoni ambiri zapitazo. Zofukulidwa, ndi zakupha. Makampani opanga mchenga wa phula asakaza nkhalango za ku Alberta, kuwononga mpweya ndi madzi, komanso kuwononga moyo wa anthu a mโderali. Sizinamangidwebe, payipi ya Keystone XL imanyamula migolo 800,000 tsiku lililonse, phula lowononga, lodzaza ndi poizoni likuyenda mowopsa kuchokera ku Alberta kupita ku Texas Gulf Coast. Pakhala kale phula lalikulu kutaya kuchokera ku mapaipi omwe alipo ku Canada kupita ku US; pali zotsimikizika kukhala zambiri. Njirayi ikuyembekezera OK kapena kukanidwa ndi Purezidenti Obama. Ngati ayankha kuti inde, adzasandutsa mchenga wa phula kukhala a bomba la nthawi ya carbon. Malinga ndi a James Hansen, mapaipiwo atanthauza "kutha" kwanyengo.
Pakutha kwa sit-ins anthu 1253 adamangidwa, zomwe zidapangitsa izi kukhala kusamvera kwakukulu kwa anthu zochita kuyambira 1977 komanso zomwe zakhazikika kwambiri kuyambira pa kampeni yayikulu yomenyera ufulu wachibadwidwe. "Zinangochitika," adatero Bill McKibben, wolankhulira wamkulu wa tarsandsaction.org, "chifukwa anthu ndi okonzeka kuchitapo kanthu."
Kwa ine inali nthawi yayitali. Ndinali kudwala kusaina zopempha ndi kulemba makalata aulemu kwa anthu a Congress, ndikudwala chifukwa cha kumverera kwakuya komwe ndimakhala nako m'mawa uliwonse ndikatsegula pepala langa ndikudziwa kuti mwina sipadzakhala nkhani yabwino komanso kuti, inde, zonse zikhoza kuipiraipira. Panali 111 a ife pa August 31, tsiku lakhumi ndi chiwiri. Mavani apolisi ndi mabasi anadzaza ndipo mmodzimmodzi anatinyamula kupita nafe kundende. Mโgalimoto yathu munali akazi asanu olekanitsidwa ndi khoma lopyapyala lachitsulo ndi amuna ambiri. Ndinatsamira kutsogolo ndikulola manja anga, omangidwa m'manja ndi mapepala olimba a pulasitiki, akulendewera kumbuyo kwa msana wanga wopindika, thukuta likutuluka m'maso mwanga kumbuyo kwa magalasi anga, omwe ndinapitiriza kuyesa kukweza mphuno yanga pogwedeza nkhope yanga pa mawondo anga.
Kunali kotentha: kotentha kwambiri, koma osati kotentha ngati fetid, lodziwika bwino la Washington central cell block komwe gulu loyamba, lomwe linaphatikizapo McKibben unachitikira kumapeto kwa mlungu wa August 20. Sikunali kotentha kwambiri monga kumwera kwa Sahara ku Africa mu 1985 kumene ndinaona koyamba othaลตa kwawo kwa nyengo, alimi akale akuthawa chilala ku Western Sudan, akugona mโfumbi mโmakwalala a likulu la Sudan, Khartoum. Ine sindimadziwa chimene ine ndinali kuwona pamenepo; m'nkhani yanga ya The Village Voice ndinayitcha "njala." Koma patatha zaka zitatu, mu 1988 James Hansen adatchula nyengo yoopsa kwambiri polankhula ku Congress, kuchenjeza kuti kutentha kwa dziko lapansi kukuchitika.
Nyuzipepala ya New York Times ya sabata yathayi inanena za chilala ndi moto wolusa ku Texas, mvula yambiri, mphepo ndi kusefukira kwa madzi ku Mississippi, Georgia, Alabama ndi Tennessee. Chilala chikuwononga kumโmwera chakumadzulo kwa China; chachikulu Kutentha kwa Russia cha 2010 chinawononga mbewu yonse ya tirigu mโdzikolo, kukwezera mitengo yambewu padziko lonse lapansi; ndi 2003 Kutentha kwa ku Ulaya, komwe kwatentha kwambiri mโmbiri kuyambira 1540, kunapha anthu a ku Ulaya oposa 40,000, pafupifupi 15000 a iwo (makamaka okalamba) ku France kokha. Madzi oundana akusungunuka padziko lonse lapansi. Madzi a m'nyanja akuwonjezeka, zilumba akumira ku South Pacific. Mu Massachusetts komwe ndimakhala, mphepo yamkuntho ingapo idagunda Western Massachusetts mwezi watha wa June. Medford, Massachusetts, kumene nyumba yanga ili, sikunali chigawo cha kusefukira kwa madzi. Tsopano izo ziri.
Bwanamkubwa waku Texas Rick Perry, yemwe ali ndi mwayi wokhala Purezidenti wotsatira waku US, amakana kusintha kwanyengo (zosadabwitsa kuti Opereka nawo kampeni ali ndi mafuta ambiri). Chaka chatha a Congressman kufuna kukhala mtsogoleri wa House Energy and Commerce Committee adati Mulungu sangalole kutentha kwa dziko. Zina zomwe zidakankhidwa m'nthawi yosaka mfiti za a Puritan zimati amuna kapena akazi okhaokha (kapena aluntha, kapena achikomyunizimu, kapena omasuka achifashisti) ndi omwe ali ndi mlandu chifukwa chanyengo yomwe ikuwononga dziko lapansi.
Ndilo gawo limodzi la Amereka. Zina ndi zomwe ndidaziwona ku Washington. Pakati pa anthu omwe ndinakumana nawo paziwonetsero panali m'busa wa evangelical yemwe amakhulupirira kuti Big Oil ikuchitira mwano chilengedwe cha Mulungu; Larry Gibson, wazaka 67 wakale wogwira ntchito yokonza General Motors ku Appalachia yemwe abambo ake adaphedwa ndi migodi kwa moyo wawo wonse, ndipo phiri lake lachotsedwa ndi migodi. Panali David Daniel, Mnyamata wamba m'zaka zake za m'ma 40 adakhala mtsogoleri wanthawi zonse chifukwa Keystone XL idzaphwasula malo ake ku East Texas ngati Obama apereka; Dan Gottschall, mlimi wachinyamata wa ku Nebraska yemwe nyama zake zingaphedwe poyizoni ngati payipi itathira mu Ogallala aquifer, mlengalenga wa 174,000 masikweya mailosi pansi pa magawo asanu ndi atatu. Panalinso amayi ndi amuna ochokera ku Arkansas ndi Pennsylvania omwe madzi awo akuwotchedwa "kuphulika" - kubowola gasi m'mashelefu akuluakulu a shale omwe ali pansi pa nthaka yawo.
Kotero apa, kachiwiri, ndi phunziro lomwe makampani amafuta, mabanki, a Koch Brothers ndi aganyu awo amafuna kuti tiyiwale: tonse talumikizidwa. Kuchokera ku Amereka apakati kupita ku Pakistanis osakazidwa chaka chatha ndi chimodzi cha kusefukira kwakukulu mโmbiri; kwa anthu a mtundu wa Inuit amene malo awo opherako nsomba ndi osaka nyama amasungunuka kwenikweni ndi madzi oundana a ku Arctic; kwa a Texans omwe tsopano akuyenera kugawa madzi kwa nthawi yoyamba.
Nditabwerera kunyumba kuchokera ku Washington, ndidapeza imelo yochokera kwa anzanga aku Europe, pempho lina lokhumudwa lotsutsana ndi amisala aku Republican, iyi inati, "Chotsani EPA?" Ndinasaina ndikulemberanso anzanga:
"Ndinangomangidwa pa tsiku la 12 la masabata awiri a ziwonetsero pamaso pa White House motsutsana ndi pipeline ya mchenga wa Keystone tar. Zomwe zikuchitika ku US ndi tsunami za kupusa, kudzikuza, umbombo, ndi chisoni. Koma palibe chofanana ndi kulimbana kwakukulu ndi mgwirizano kuti munthu atsimikize kuti asataye mtima.
Sungani zolembedwa za masitepe otsatira. Chochita china chikukonzekera Okutobala 7 kapena 8 (pa 7th dipatimenti ya Boma ikhala ndi nthawi yomaliza yomvera paipi ndipo chigamulo chomaliza chokhudza Keystone XL chidzakhala cha Obama).
Ellen Cantarow ndi mtolankhani yemwe nkhani yake pa mchenga wa phula idasindikizidwa mu Epulo watha pa Tom Kutuluka. Kuyambira kumapeto kwa 1970s adalembera The Village Voice, Mayi Jones, Grand Street, Nation, Tom Kutuluka, Z Magazine ndi malo ena. Ntchito yake ku Palestine yatsimikiziridwa, monganso magawo a bukhu lake, Kusuntha Phiri: Azimayi Akugwira Ntchito Zosintha Anthu (The Feminist Press, McGraw Hill, 1980).
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