Iyo Fort Bragg, California yemahombekombe emahombekombe anosanganisira 425 maeka eiyo inonyanya kufarirwa Mendocino Coast. Kana iwe ukafamba munzira yeguta remahombekombe uye kutarisa kugungwa, iwe uchaona matombo uye akavharika coves, mawere akadzika uye maruva misoro, pamwe chete nemawhale, shumba dzegungwa uye pelicans galore, nzvimbo inoshamisa senge chero ipi zvayo paCalifornia Coast. . Zvisinei, kana ukatarisa kutaundi racho, unoona fenzi yecheni nezvikwangwani zvinonyevera nezvengozi uye kusvibiswa.
Takaudzwa kwemakumi emakore kuti tisazvidya mwoyo pamusoro peizvi, kusvibiswa, asi humbowo hwose hunopesana neizvi, pamusoro pechepfu yose mumadziva akasiiwa apo zvivako zvekare zveguyo zvakabviswa, zvichisiya maeka evhu rakasvibiswa uye mumadziva aya. cocktail inouraya yePCBs uye dioxins, lead, petroleum uye ruzhinji rwezvechepfu byproducts.
Saka ngozi yacho ndeyechokwadi here, uye fenzi yacho ichatidzivirira here? Dr. John Balmes, chiremba wesainzi kuUCSF neUC Berkeley achitaura kumusangano we2019 muCaspar, akatiudza zvakasiyana. Dioxins, semuenzaniso "ndiwo makemikari ane chepfu zvakanyanya atinoziva." Izvo "zvinokonzera kubereka uye kenza." Izvi โzvakasimbiswaโ uye kusiya zvinhu sezvazviri, Purofesa Balmes akagumisa kuti, โhazvigamuchiriki.โ
Maiwe, nhasi, chepfu ichiripo, uye varidzi vezvino misoro, iyo California neWestern Railroad (yevashanyi Skunk Chitima) vari mudare vachipokana kuti havasungirwe kutevedzera mitemo, kuchenesa tsvina yavanenge vaita. ve nhaka; Chokwadi, kuti ivo, vachinzi senjanji, havafanire kutevedzera mirau yenyika maererano nenharaunda (CEQA, California Environmental Quality Act, nezvimwewo). Uye nepo veruzhinji vachiramba vari murima maererano nenyaya dzemutemo, "njanji" zviri pachena ine budiriro mupfungwa. Usambofa wakafunga nezvemitemo, wadii hotera yekutandarira, imba yepamusoro, paki yekukwezva, sezviri pachena, kudzidzisa vanoda?
Zvatinoona muFort Bragg nhasi ndiko kwasara kweanopfuura makore zana ekugadzira matanda, mazhinji acho achiitwa nekambani yeUnion Lumber. Union Lumber, vane varidzi, mhuri yekwaJohnson yeSan Francisco, yakange yavaka humambo muMendocino County muna 1885 kusanganisira iyo yakazova imwe yezvigayo zvakakura kwazvo zvematanda pasi rose, paine njanji inobatanidza kuparadzwa kwemasango emukati neguyo remahombekombe. Zviuru zvakashanda muchigayo ichi; kushanda kwavo kwave kuri kwerudo, asi kutaura zvazviri basa rakanga riri remwaka, rine ngozi uye rinowanzouraya. Kukuvara kunoremadza, hosha nehurombo, hupenyu hupfupi - zvinyorwa zvechipatara zvinotaurira nyaya. Vanhu vedhorobha vakawana makore ehutsi hutema, mweya wakaita kuti Fort Bragg inhuwe nekuseri kwemayadhi, nhandare dzekutamba nenhandare dzechikoro dzakasvibiswa nemadota enhunzi.
Pakazosvika pakati pezana remakore rechimakumi maviri, zvisinei, sango rakawedzera kupera, varidzi vezvigayo vakatanga kuderedza kushanda kwaro kusvika muna 1969, vaJohnsons vakatengesa humambo hwavo (158,000 acres of redwood timber land uye Fort Bragg mill) kuBoise Cascade Corporation. Makore mana gare gare Georgia Pacific, hofori yezvigadzirwa zvemapepa inotsigira Koch bhiriyoni hama Koch Industries, yakatenga chigayo nemusoro.
Chero zvingave izvo Georgia Pacific yaifunga mukutenga chigayo, kuchenesa kwakanga kusiri chikamu chayo. Saka, chigayo pachakazovharwa muna 2002, dhorobha rakasiiwa riri padyo nenhamo yezvakatipoteredza. Ruoko rwekupedzisira rwakabviswa rwaive kubva kuGP kuenda kuCalifornia neWestern Railroad, sangano rine zviwanikwa zvishoma, sezviri pachena chibvumirano chepasi (chakaitwa zvakanyanya kana zvishoma muchivande) chemutemo unopokana.
Mumakore kubva PG yakatenga chigayo, vagari vesaenzi vakaridza alarm - zvakare uye zvakare uye kwave kune hurongwa hwakakurumbira, kunyangwe nanhasi, kunyangwe kusvika parizvino hapana chakasimba. Makanzuru eGuta, ekunyengetedza kwakasiyana-siyana, akauya uye akaenda, mumwe nomumwe achirovera gaba pasi pemugwagwa, asina kumbova nemaonero akajeka, anenge ose aine rutsoka rwose mumusasa we "kuikudziridza". Ichokwadi, hongu, kuti Fort Bragg, taundi rine urombo re7000 plus, harina kumbova nemari yekutenga nzvimbo yacho nekuichenesa (inofungidzirwa $ 25 mamiriyoni ekuchenesa chete). Zvakadaro ichokwadi zvakare haina kumboedza kuita kuti avo vakaita, pamusoro pezvose GP, vazvidavirire.
Yanonoka here mhinduro inogona kubatsira mugari weFort Bragg, uchiri kuenda kunjodzi? Ndiko kuti, kukwira kwegungwa uye kukukurwa nekufamba kwenguva kwemisoro kana njodzi, kudengenyeka kwenyika kana tsunami inosvibisa iyo chikamu chemahombekombe, ine chepfu mamaira ekumahombekombe uye ichiwira mugungwa, kurashikirwa kunouraya kwaizouraya zvakawanda zvese munzira yayo.
GP haifanirwe kunge yakabvumidzwa kutengesa pasina kucheneswa kwakakodzera, uye iyo neKoch Industries ichine mari yekuzviita. Zvikuru, kana vezvematongerwo enyika vedhorobha vanga vachitevedzera zvakanyanya, vachipindirana zvakanyanya, izwi ravo harifanire kunge riri rekupedzisira. Nyika yeCalifornia ine simba uye zviwanikwa zvakakura, sezvinoita Coastal Commission pamwe neruzhinji rwemamwe masangano nevamiriri vedu vemitemo, vese vakavimbisa, vanodaro, kumhinduro ine musoro kudambudziko remamiriro ekunze. Hazvina kumbonyanyononoka kuita chinhu chakanaka.
Dambudziko nderekuita kuti dhorobha uye misoro yaro ienderane nedzimwe mhenderekedzo yegungwa uye yakawanda yenyika uye kufunga nyika yakavhurika, kudzoreredza, kurimazve masango, kudzoreredza, mukoto wemhuka dzesango, mahombekombe egungwa, nekutandara uye dzidzo sechinhu chekutanga kujoinha. izvo zvinodikanwa zvevagari vemo nhasi nemagumo epasi redu.
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