Nhengo dzeRunyararo Kumukirana uye Utah Tar Sands Resistance dzakaungana kunze kwe Bureau of Land Management (BLM) muSalt Lake City nemusi weMuvhuro, sechikamu chevhiki chezviito zvekubatana neTar Sands Blockade muEast Texas. Vanoverengeka vedu akashanyira blockade muna Gumiguru kuitira chiitiko chikuru, uye nekuti tiri kushanda kumisa kucherwa kwetar sands kuti isaitike muUtah, kukosha kwekushanda pamwe nekuratidza kubatana kwave kujeka zvakanyanya.
Vhiki imwe chete yapfuura, iyo BLM yakataura kuti ingangoburitsa 830,000 maeka enzvimbo dzinotungamirwa nemubatanidzwa muUtah, Colorado neWyoming kuchera jecha nemafuta shale migodhi. Muchitauriro chayo chekupedzisira chekukanganisa kwezvakatipoteredza (EIS) pamusoro pemigodhi yakarongwa, BLM yakati yakanga yadzika danho rayo rekutanga rekurenda nzvimbo dzinosvika mamirioni mazana maviri nemazana mashanu enzvimbo dzeveruzhinji, asi mapoka edu aiziva kuti uku kwaive kutenderera chaiko. Naizvozvo, takaunza a People's Environmental Impact Statement kuBLM, ichitsanangura chaizvo kuti sei tar sands uye migodhi yemafuta shale ine njodzi zvakanyanya kuti isambobvumidzwa muUS.
Takamira kunze kwemahofisi eBLM, takaverenga chirevo chedu, ndokuzoita dzimwe mitambo yemitambo yaisanganisira magweta anomiririra vanhu mavhesi eBLM, pamwe chete nechikara chejecha retara โ chisikwa chisina kumboda kubviswa panyika, uye chiri rwendo kumisa majecha etara uye kucherwa kweshale yemafuta kuti zvisaitike muUS Mhomho yevanhu vangangosvika makumi matanhatu yakaedza kupinda mumahofisi eBLM, ndokusangana nemasoja aive nezvombo. Nhengo mbiri dzemapoka edu dzakazobvumidzwa kupfuura uye kuendesa People's EIS.
Mukutaura kwedu, takanongedza kumatambudziko mana makuru ekucherwa kwejecha retara uye kucherwa kwemafuta ekuchera shale: kusvibiswa kwemvura, kudonha kwemvura, kurasikirwa kwehupenyu uye kushanduka kwemamiriro ekunze. Kwete chete kuti mugodhi wacho waizoshandisa mvura yakawanda munzvimbo isina mvura chete, waizopawo muchetura mumvura ine njodzi ine chepfu muzvikamu patiririyoni. Tichipindura zvakataurwa nemakambani kuti mugodhi wacho waizoita kuti vanhu vawane mabasa, takatsanangura kuti, โPamabasa api neapi ayo anofungidzirwa kuti aizowanikwa mukucherwa kwetara, mabasa akawanda omunzvimbomo aizoparadzwa.โ Mataundi ari mhiri kweUtah anowana mari yakawanda kubva mukushanya, zvakananga kana zvisina kunanga, uye kuparadza nekusvibisa renje kungakanganisa munhu wese anogara mukati mehupfumi hunoenderana nekushanya.
MuUtah, migodhi ye tar sands inogona kutanga kutanga gore rinouya kana kambani yekuCanada US Oil Sands ikakwanisa kupa mari nekuvaka zvivakwa zvepurojekiti. Parizvino, kambani ine marendi pa32,000 mahekita enzvimbo yenyika uye inoshandisa gomba rekuedza muEast Tavaputs Plateau yekumabvazuva Utah panzvimbo inonzi PR Spring. Tichifunga nezvechokwadi ichi, tine basa rakawanda rekuita mugore rinouya kumisa maitiro anoparadza emigodhi kubva kwete kungoenderera mberi, asi kukura.
Dzimwe nharaunda dzinosvika makumi mana, dzakawanda dzakatarisana nematambudziko adzo nemaindasitiri ezvekuwedzera, dzakatora chikamu muvhiki yezviito zvekubatana. Rallies nekudonha kwemabhena kwakaitika kubva kuBritish Columbia kuenda kuNew York kuenda kuLondon, nemapoka akadai seUnis'tot'en โโmhuri yeWet'suwet'en First Nation, Cascadia Forest Defenders, Glacier's Edge Earth First!, UK Tar Sands Network uye 40.org - iyo yakaunganidza vanhu zviuru zvitatu nemazana mashanu kunze kweWhite House kuti vashevedze Mutungamiri Obama kuti varambe pombi yeKeystone XL.
Zviito izvi zvaivewo chikamu che network yakakura yezviito zvekubatana inonzi the Vhiki Rekuita rePasi rose reKutonga Kwemamiriro ekunze. Mazana akafora kuenda kumumiriri weUS muManilla neChitatu chapfuura kunoda kuti zviitwe nekukurumidza, nepo huwandu hukuru hwevarimi, hwakarongwa nePakistan Fisherfolk Forum, yaida kuchengetedzwa kwezviwanikwa muJamshoro. Rwandan Climate Change Network yakabatsira kuparadzira ruzivo rwemamiriro ekunze kuvanhu vekumaruwa eRwanda.
Zvichakadaro, muTexas, vanhu vanopfuura 100 vakamira kuvaka yepombi yeKeystone XL nemusi weMuvhuro, neina ichivharira pasi uye vamwe vachimisikidza nyowani yemuti-sit blockade. Vanhu gumi nemumwe vakasungwa vamwe vacho vakaitirwa hutsinye nemapurisa. Houston blockaders akatungamira nhengo makumi masere munharaunda parwendo rwekunatsa uye petrochemical zvidyarwa kumagumo kweguta.
Kim Huynh weTar Sands Blockade anoti zviito zvekubatana zvinomiririra kwete vhiki yerutsigiro, asi network ine simba yevabatsiri vanoshanda pane chimwe chikonzero.
"Izvi zviito zvekubatana," akatsanangura kudaro, "imwe chikamu chekufamba kuri kuramba kuchikura kwevanhuwo zvavo vachiuya pamwechete munharaunda dzavanogara, zvikoro nenzvimbo dzenharaunda kuti vatore hukama pakati pekuchera zvakanyanya sekushandiswa kwejecha retar uye mamiriro ekunze akanyanya sekusanaya kwemvura kunoparadza varimi nevarimi. muTexas yose neMidwest. Nhasi tinoungana kuti tivake ramangwana iro vanhu vese nepasi vane hutano uye huri kubudirira. โ