"Kana mumwe munhu akagumbuka nekuputika, anofanira kutaura nematunhu."
-Norman Bay, Sachigaro weFederal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), Chivabvu 14, 2015
Sei kupikisa? Nei tichiratidzira? Sei pasina chisimba chakananga chiito? Chimwe chechikonzero kuisa simba kune avo vari kutonga kuti vavaputire kunze, kuvaita kuti vataure zvinhu pachena zvavangasataura, kuburitsa chokwadi chekuti sei uye nei zvinhu zviri kushanda nenzira yazviri.
FERC ine chekuita nekunyepa kupfuura chero imwe sangano remubatanidzwa, uye zvakanyanya kupfuura chero nyika imwe. Ivo vanobvumidza mapaipi epakati kutakura gasi rakatsemuka, zviteshi zve compressor kusunda gasi pamwe chete, nzvimbo dzekuchengetera kuti dziichengete uye, kwemakore maviri apfuura, kutakura zviteshi kuti zvitumire pasirese. Pasina zvivakwa izvi, fracking ingadai isiri kuitika.
Norman Bay haisi benzi. Anoziva izvi. Uye zvakadaro, nekuti FERC yanga iri chinangwa chekusaita mhirizhonga yakananga kweanopfuura mwedzi gumi, yakarongwa na Beyond Extreme Energy, uye nekuti BXE iri kuronga kudzokera kuFERC kubva Dai 21-29, akaraswa, achitaura uye achiita zvinhu zvisina kubatsira kugadzirisa “mamiriro ezvinhu” avari mairi zvino.
Bay vakataura mashoko anosekesa aya pazuva iro FERC yakaita musangano wayo wepamwedzi wega wega. Asi haina kuitwa pane yechitatu yenguva dzose China wemwedzi wawave uchiitwa kwemakore nemakore. Bay nevamwe vake veFERC Komisheni vakadzima nekuda kwekunetsekana kwakashata, vakadaro, "nekuchengetedzwa kwevashandi veFERC neveruzhinji" pamberi pehurongwa hweBXE hwakaziviswa pachena hwekutora chiito chisina mhirizhonga kuFERC pazuva iroro.
Kuwedzera kutuka, pazuva raChivabvu 14 iro musangano uyu wakarongedzerwa, makumi eruzhinji eruzhinji akavharirwa mukamuri maiitirwa musangano we“voruzhinji,” vatanhatu vakavharirwa nemapurisa eFederal Protective Services uye vatatu vakasungwa. .
Ndakazobatwa nemutori wenhau mushure mekuita uku, ndichida kuziva kuti sei BXE yakapinda muchirongwa ichi, kwayakabva. Ndakaenderera mberi nekumutsanangurira kuti zvakange zvabuda kubva muruzivo rwemakore nevanhu vazhinji vepasi vari kuyedza kunzwa zvakanaka kubva kuFERC maererano nemapaipi, ma compressor uye nzvimbo dzekuchengetera uye dzekutumira kunze kwenyika dziri kukumbirwa nharaunda dzavo. Ava ndivo vanhu vakatamba nemirairo yeFERC, vachienda kumusangano weruzhinji wakapindwa nevashandi veFERC kuti vadzidze nezve chirongwa chakarongwa, vachiva "mupindiri" wepamutemo, vachipa nharo dzakanyatsoferefetwa vachipokana nemapurojekiti ezvivakwa, vachinyora nhamba huru dzemashoko neFERC. , kukwidza chisarudzo cheFERC mukati mehutano hwehutungamiri hweFERC, uye migumisiro yaigara yakafanana: FERC mvumo yezvaida indasitiri yegesi.
Vazhinji vedu avo, makore akati wandei apfuura, takanga tisina kumbonzwa nezveFERC ikozvino tinonzwisisa kuti chitambi cherabha cheindasitiri yemafuta emafuta.
Mwedzi wapfuura imwe nyaya, "Vashandi vanotaurirana nezvemabasa emaindasitiri pasi peziso rebazi," rakabudiswa neE&E's Greenwire uye rakanyorwa naHannah Northey naKevin Bogardus, rakashuma pamusoro pehuori, mukati meFERC tsika inotsanangura nzira dzeFERC dzerubha-kutsika:
"Vashandi kuFederal Energy Regulatory Commission vane hukama hwakadzama kuindasitiri yavanotonga, sekureva kwemagwaro esangano anotsanangura nhaurirano dzebasa uye masheya.
“Marekodhi eEthics mugore rose ra2014 anoratidza vashandi vesangano iri vachitsvaga basa nevashandi vegrid, mafemu ezvemitemo uye zvekushandisa izvo sangano rinotonga uye rinowanzosangana naro parinoisa mirairo nemitemo mitsva. Pamusoro pezvo, vashandi veFERC vakabata kana kuramba vari chikamu chezvirongwa zvepenjeni kubva kumakambani anogona kukanganiswa nebasa resangano iri. Greenwire akawana magwaro makumi masere nemasere etsika pasi pemutemo weRusununguko rweRuzivo.
"Zvakaburitswa zvinoratidza kuti FERC, inoona nezvekufambiswa kwemagetsi pakati penyika uye kubvumidza gasi zvivakwa, iri kudzora indasitiri iyo vazhinji vevashandi vayo vakanyatsokodzera uye vanowanzo diwa kuti vashande mairi."
Huori uhu, uku kugezeswa maoko kwemhosva ipi neipi yekukuvadza kukuru kwekuputika uye kutyisidzira kwemamiriro ekunze, ndicho chikonzero mazana evanhu ari kuronga kutora chikamu mukati meBXE's. Dai 21-29 Misa zviito zve #FERcus. FERC iri kurira; yave nguva yekusimudza kumanikidza!
Ted Glick ndiye National Campaign Coordinator weChesapeake Climate Action Network. Zvinyorwa zvekare uye rumwe ruzivo runogona kuwanikwa pa http://tedglick.com, uye anogona kuteverwa pa Twitter pa http://twitter.com/jtglick.
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