Zuva rePasi 2024, Washington, DC | Kapeti dzvuku yakanga yakungurutswa kubva pamagonhi akakwirira ichidzika nemasitepisi akakwenenzverwa emahofisi aMayor achipinda muFreedom Plaza. Mudungwe wemapopi akakura anomiririra vadziviriri vePasi akavhura mhemberero, sezvo vaipinda gala vaisvika vakapfeka tayi nhema uye regalia ine mavara. Vaenzi vakapfeka zvipfeko zvemhuka vaigona kuonekwa vakapindirana pakati pevanofarira. Kuridza ngoma kwaityisa uye kuzere nemufaro, sezvaiitwa nguva yechirimo pachayo. Asi, sezvinei, kumusoro kwenzvimbo, kwakasara chigaro chisina chinhu.
Meya weDC Muriel Bowser, muenzi anoremekedzwa, akange aramba kujoina.
DC ine dambudziko regesi
Zvakarongedzwa na Extinction Rebellion DC (XRDC), iyo 2024 Earth Day Gala yakaratidza kurangarira makore maviri emushandirapamwe wavo #EndMethane uye #ElectrifyDC, kuedza kumisa Washington Gas '$12 bhiriyoni yekutsiva pombi chirongwa, Project Pipes.
DC ine mamwe ekare epasi pevhu methane gasi pombi munyika, ane anopfuura 3,000 inodonha. Kupfuurisa 70% yekudonha akaonekwa muna 2021 aive pamazinga ane njodzi, achiisa njodzi uye nekukasira kuvagari veguta. Sekutaura kwehofisi yeDC yePeople's Counsel, Project Pipes yakundikana kuderedza zvakakwana kubudiswa kana kero inodonha kubva kuchembera kwayo gasi system.
Kana yapisirwa mumba, methane inogadzira cocktail ine chepfu yemakemikari nemagasi akaita se formaldehyde, carbon dioxide, particulate matter, uye nitrogen dioxide. Vana vari mudzimba dzine zvitofu zvegasi vane mukana we42% wekubatwa neasthma pane vana vane mhuri dzinoshandisa chitofu chemagetsi, chiyero chakafanana nevana vanogara nevaputa fodya. Zvitofu zvinotoramba zvichipinza methane mudzimba kana dzadzimwa.
Washington Gas inoti gasi remethane “rinogona kudzokororwazve,” “kuchena,” “kwakasikwa,” “kune basa,” uye “kusvibira,” mashoko ose anopenya anozora mavhiri ebhizimisi senguva dzose. Chokwadi, greenhouse gasi utsi hunobva mukushandiswa kwemethane gasi zvino kudarika marasha muUnited States - chiitiko chine njodzi kubvira apo methane inodonhedza yakananga mumhepo, vaongorori vakaona kuti ine mamiriro ekunze akaipa. kupfuura marasha anopfuta.
Pakazara, methane inopisa pasi kusvika ku80 nekukurumidza kupfuura kabhoni dhaikisaidhi. Muna 2020, methane yakaverengerwa inenge chikamu yeDC's yakazara greenhouse gasi emissions. Methane concentrations mumhepo yakakwira zvekuti ndivo vave kuita basa nazvo 30-50% yekukwira kwepasi rose kwekushisa.
Mapombi egasi ari kubuda, seaya ari muDC, ndiwo a tsime guru reUS methane emissions. Sokunge izvi zvisina kushata zvakakwana, huwandu hwemethane iyo fossil mafuta indasitiri inoburitswa zvakaipisisa kupfuura zvinofungwa nevatongi, zvakanyanya kukonzerwa nekubuda kwegasi regreenhouse rinobva “pamhepo” uye “kupfuta” gasi rakawandisa, iro rinopfuura makore gumi rakaenzana nemota dzinoda kusvika mamiriyoni 42 pagore.
Yese iyi doom uye yakasviba data inoita kuti zvive pachena kuti zvakadaro DC yakavimbisa kuti ive kabhoni isina kwayakarerekera panosvika 2045, zvirongwa zveWashington Gas zvinoita kuti chinangwa ichi chisagone kuzadzikiswa. Kunyangwe Dhipatimendi reMagetsi uye Zvemamiriro ekunze rinodaidza chirongwa cheWashington Gas "tekinoroji kushomeka nezvikanganiso zvakakosha. "
Saka zvinogoneka sei kuti Project Pipes iri kusundira kumberi? Pamusoro pezvakajairwa asi zvehutsotsi, zvinopesana nedemocracy zviitiko zvefossil mafuta lobbyists, mhinduro ihombe bhajeti greenwashing. Kudzikamisa chokwadi chekuti nhamba nemhedzisiro hazviwedzere, Washington Gasi yanga ichidurura mari mumushandirapamwe wePR wakarongeka. Vakatsigira Mutambo wemugwagwa wePetworth, mumwe community food drive nokuda kwekutenda, uye vari mushandirapamwe wezvenhau neWUSA9, iyo inopa a nyore kubuda kune yavo greenwashed PR. Sekureva kwevarongi veXRDC, "zvese izvi utsi nemagirazi kuitira kuti Washington Gasi ipinde nemapaipi avo anouraya eProjekiti."
"Zvisinei nekuvapo kwake mushure mekuputika kwegasi uye basa remuromo kune mamiriro ekunze, Meya Bowser akasiya zvakanyanya kuWashington Gas nechigadzirwa chayo chemethane chisina kudomwa nezita. Gasi reMethane riri kusvibisa mhepo yedu, richikanganisa hutano nekuchengetedzeka kwedu, uye kuwedzera dambudziko remamiriro ekunze,” akadaro Carol Spring (iye), mutauriri wenhau weXRDC. “Kana Meya Bowser achida kuve mutungamiri wemamiriro ekunze waanoti ndiye, anofanira kutumidza nzou iri mumba. Methane gasi harina nzvimbo mune ramangwana rinogara. Zvatinoda kumukoka kuti ave mutungamiriri wechokwadi wemamiriro ekunze uye abatane nesu mukuvaka inorarama vagari veDC vakakodzera. "
Anniversary uye kukokwa
XRDC uye vanobatana vanga vari kuramba Project Pipes kuburikidza nechiito chisina chisimba chakananga, kubva pakuzvisungirira kune nzvimbo dzekuvaka kusvika pakukanganisa misangano yegasi. Ivo vakatarisawo pakubata kwenharaunda, kubatana, uye chiono chakanaka cheramangwana rakanaka uye risina zvisaririra, kukura nekusiyanisa huwandu hwavo. Makore maviri gare gare, zvechokwadi kune zvakawanda zvokupemberera.
Zviitiko zvakakosha zve #Kupera Methane campaign inosanganisira:
- Gumi nerimwe kubva panhengo gumi nenhatu dzeDC rakasaina tsamba kuDC Public Service Commission (PSC) vachivakurudzira kuti varambe maProject Pipes
- Hofisi yeVamiriri vevanhu yakakumbira PSC vhura ongororo kupinda muWashington Gas 'chirongwa chekudzikisa kuvuza
- DC Attorney General yakakumbira PSC kuti shandura chisarudzo chavo kupa Washington Gas imwe mamiriyoni makumi mashanu emadhora ekuenderera mberi nebasa
Kuvaka pamusoro pekuhwina uku, iyo 2024 Earth Day Gala yanga isiri mhemberero yekurangarira, yaive chiitiko chekugadzira mune inova nguva yakakosha yemushandirapamwe. Sokutsanangura kunoita murongi wenhimbe: “Iye zvino inguva inokosha yokuti meya ataure uye ashandise pesvedzero yake kumisa iyi gadziriro inouraya. Akabatsira kumisa mitemo inoisa zvinangwa zveDC zvazvino zvemamiriro ekunze munzvimbo uye akazviratidzira muDubai paCOP28 yegore rapfuura. Kuti azadzise zvivimbiso zvake, Meya Bowser ane basa rekutaura nezve njodzi yemethane gasi uye kudiwa kweguta kurichinja kuitira kuchengetedza ramangwana iro vagari vese veDC vanogona kubudirira. Meya Bowser anofanira kupedza methane izvozvi. "
Chiitiko cheZuva reNyika chakatevera gakava raMayor Bowser 2025 bhajeti chirevo uye XRDC yakazotevera kutumirwa tsamba vachida kuti meya atore nzira yakasiyana zvikuru: imwe yemutungamiri wechokwadi wemamiriro ekunze. Maererano neExtinction Rebellion's zvinodiwa pasi rose, "Taura chokwadi. Ita izvozvi." XRDC inoda kuti meya:
- Taura pachena kuti DC inofanira kubvisa methane gasi kuitira kuti izadzise zvinangwa zvayo zvekurwisa dambudziko remamiriro ekunze, sezvakatsanangurwa muchirongwa chenyu cheCarbon Free DC, uye kuti Washington Gas' inoronga kutsiva zvese zveDC's methane gasi zvivakwa kuburikidza neProjekti Pipes zvichaitwa. ita kuti zvinangwa izvi zvisagone kuzadzisa.
- Zvipire kukurumidza kutanga basa rekubatanidza masangano ari muhutongi hwako pakutsigira inogadziriswa, kungochinja gasi remethane rinoisa pamberi pevanhu veDC vakasarirwa zvakanyanya uye kugumisa kuvimba kweguta pagasi panosvika 2032.
Hofisi yeMutevedzeri waMeya weKushanda neZvivakwa akapindura tsamba yekutanga yeXRDC, asi akatadza kuita zvaidiwa. Pane kudaro, vakapa rhetoric yemumagaba pane zviri kuitwa neHurumende yeDC kushandura gasi refossil nekuita kushoma chaiko kubva kuna meya pachake kuti atsigire. Sezvineiwo, mazhinji emapurogiramu akapihwa mumhinduro, seSolar for All uye Affordable Home Electrification zvirongwa, zvakatonyanya kushaya simba nekuda kwekuderedzwa kwemari mukurudziro yebhajeti yaMayor Bowser.
“Meya anongotaura zvakanaka nezvemamiriro ekunze kana achinge akakodzera. Ndosaka zuva rino reEarth Day, XRDC iri kuungana kuti ishevedze meya kuti apedze methane izvozvi uye atibatsire kuvaka ramangwana rinogara rakakodzera,” akadaro mumwe murongi mutambo uyu usati waitwa.
Mangwanani emusi waKubvumbi 22, XRDC yakaburitsa kapeti tsvuku hofori kubva kuhofisi yameya, ichimukoka kuEarth Day gala, ratidziro yeramangwana rinorarama risina kupisa kwemafuta. Chiito ichi chakatanga nekufora kuenda kuWilson Building, uko kwakaitirwa "ramangwana rinogoneka". "Kwakanga kuri kuungana kwedu tese kuratidza Meya Bowser zvatiri kugadzira uye kumukoka kuti atore chikamu mukuzvigadzira," akatsanangura kudaro murongi.
Chiitiko ichi chaive nehurukuro dzakabva kuvarongi vemapoka akasiyana emunharaunda, chiratidziro chezvidhori chakaitwa nevadzidzi vemitambo kubva kuTowson University, kapeti hombe tsvuku, uye bhena rakanyorwa kuti “BOWSER: BE A TRUE CIMATE LEADER”.
Vatori vechikamu vakabva vadaidza Mayor Bowser kuti abatane, achimupa chigaro uye shanduro yakawedzerwa yezvavanoda kuti vasaine. Asipo, zvidhori zvakaitwa dhizaini Washington Gas 'anonyengera maitiro uye simba rekuita pamwe chete. Vamiriri kubva kune mamwe masangano emunharaunda vakapa hurukuro pamusoro pekuti ramangwana rinorarama rakaita sei kwavari.
Kuronga takanangana neremangwana rinorarama
"Ini ndinofunga chiitiko ichi chaive chiitiko chikuru cheZuva rePasi," akagovera Stef S (iye), murongi weXRDC. “Imba yemitambo, kapeti tsvuku kuWilson Building, ngoma dzinoshamisa, uye simba revanhu zvakasangana. Meseji yatakatumira kuna Meya Bowser yaive pachena: Mapombi eProjekti anofanirwa kupera izvozvi uye semutungamiri wedu anofanirwa kunge achitsigira nhengo dzekanzuru uye vagari vazhinji vakasimudza manzwi avo vachipokana nazvo. Project Pipes inosimudzira fossil peturu zvivakwa uye kuburitswa kwemakumi emakore ari kuuya, uye izvi hazvina nzvimbo mune ramangwana redu. Hazvina nzvimbo muguta redu. "
Stef akatanga kuronga neXRDC muna 2021, uye kwaari uku ibasa remhuri. “Ini nemurume wangu tiri muXRDC, uye tinobatanidza mwanasikana wedu ane makore masere mune zvose zvatinoita. Ndozvaari kuti ndinoronga. Ndinofanira kunzwa kuti ndiri kuita zvose zvandinogona kuti ndimusiire iye nevana vake pasi rinokwanisa kugara. Ndinodawo kuti akure aine pfungwa dzakajeka dzekururamisira uye kuzvimiririra. Sezvandakabatanidzwa, ndakawana runako uye simba rakawanda mumasangano enzanga zvokuti iye zvino handigoni kufungidzira upenyu hwangu ndisipo. Kwakandiunzira pfungwa yakadaro yechinangwa, uye nzira yokuwana nayo mufaro, kunyange sezvatiri kutarisana nedenho huru kupfuura dzose.”
Panguva yechiito, kukokwa kwakazaruka kwakatambanudzirwa kune a People's Assembly, uko, sokutsanangura kwakaita Stef, “vanhu vanobva mumamiriro ezvinhu akasiyana-siyana vanoungana kuti vakurukure zvinhu uye kuwana mhinduro, uye izvozvo zvaiita kuti vanzwe vaine simba. Inhanho yekutanga kudzoreredza demokrasi yakananga ... kana vanhu vatora simba iroro, vazhinji vanogona kukunda mari. "
Kunyangwe vatori vechikamu nevacherechedzi vakakurudzirwa nechiitiko ichi, zvinosuruvarisa kuti chigaro chaMeya chakaramba chisina chinhu. Chiitiko ichi chakazopera mumwe wevarongi naamai vake vachipinda muHofisi yaMayor voendesa (zvakare) yavo. seti yezvinodiwa, izvo kusvika parizvino hazvina kupindurwa. (The Hofisi yaMayor havana kupindura kuchikumbiro chekuti vataure nezvechinyorwa chino.) Nepo Meya Bowser, sevakuru vakuru vazhinji, vachiramba kukokwa kwedunhu ravo kuti vave chikamu chekuvaka ramangwana rinogoneka, bato riri kukura seri kwechiono ichi richarwa, iye kana pasina iye. .
“Kurudziro yebhajeti yaMayor Bowser nekutadza kuita zvatinoda kunoratidza kuti zvaanokoshesa zvakamira papi. Meya haasi kungosiya mamiriro ekunze kunze kwehurukuro. Ari kushingaira kudzosera kumashure budiriro yakaitwa neDC mukuita kwemamiriro ekunze uye kuenzana, vachiisa pamberi mabhizinesi akapfuma nemapurisa pamusoro pezvido zvevanhu,” akadaro Rachel (ivo/ivo), mutauriri wenhau weXRDC.
"Nhasi gala yaive ratidziro yakanaka yeasina mafossil-isina emangwana DC vagari vakakodzera. Kusavapo kwaMayor Bowser kunoratidza kuti hatigone kuvimba nevatungamiriri vedu varipo kana sisitimu yedu iripo kuti iunze ramangwana iroro. Tinofanira kuvimbana. Pamwe chete, tinogona kushandisa simba redu rekubatana kugadzirisa dambudziko remamiriro ekunze nekuita shanduko ine ruramisiro uye yakaenzana uye kuunza ramangwana rinorarama ratakaona zvakajeka nhasi. "
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Tevera XRDC uye inobatanidzwa. Kuparadza Kupandukira isangano repasi rose uye rezvematongerwo enyika risingarereki rinoshandisa chiito chakananga chisina mhirizhonga kukurudzira hurumende kuti dziite zvakafanira nezvemamiriro ekunze uye nekukurumidzira kwezvakatipoteredza.
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