Nekuda kwenjodzi yeBP, takanzwa nyaya dzine simba kubva kune vabati vehove vane raramo inogona kunge yakaparadzwa kwemakumi emakore kana kupfuura. Kunyangwe zvinotora nguva yakareba sei kuti hove dzeGulf, oyster uye shrimp zvidzorerwe, avo vakaita raramo yavo vachizvikohwa vachada kugadzira izwi rine simba rakafanana kana vasingazoenderera mberi nekushandiswa. Muenzaniso une simba unobva kuSeattle neAlaska mubati wehove Pete Knutson, uyo apedza makore makumi matatu nemashanu achibata nharaunda yake kutora mutoro wezvakatipoteredza, achigadzira mibatanidzwa isingatarisirwi kuti iwedzere kukanganiswa kwezwi ravo, uye mukuita izvi kukunda zvishuwo zvekambani.
"Iwe unenge uine nguva yakaoma kubereka, zvakare, kana iwe uine bulldozer muimba yako yekurara," Pete anotiyeuchidza, achitsanangura kuparadzwa kweichimbova hupfumi hwesaumoni zvikonzero nekusimudzira kutengeserana uye kubviswa kweindasitiri yematanda. Pete angadai akabvuma kuderedzwa uku sekusingadzivisiki, achitarisa pakuwana chikamu chikuru chehove dziri kudzikira. Pane kudaro, akavaka mubatanidzwa zvishoma nezvishoma pakati pevabati vehove, vezvezvakatipoteredza, uye madzinza eNative America, achivanyengetedza kuti vashande pamwe chete kuti vade kuti nzvimbo yekugara ichengetedzwe uye idzorerwe uye kushandisa muenzaniso wesalmon inomhanya kuratidza nyaya hombe sekuchinja kwemamiriro ekunze pasi rose.
Kudyidzana kwakaitwa naPete hakuna kuuya nyore: vabati vehove veWashington vaive vakasarudzika uye kusavimba nezvematongerwo enyika, vachinyanya kuda, mukutonga kwaPete, "kugunun'una kana kupomera maIndia pane kuita." Asi pamwe chete, nevadyidzani vavo vatsva, zvishoma nezvishoma vakatanga kusundira nzizi dzakacheneruka dzekuberekesa, kuisirwa kwakasimba kweEndangered Species Act, uye kuwedzera kuyerera kwemvura pamusoro pemadhamu makuru edunhu kubatsira kusimudzira kumhanya kwesalmon. Vakaronga nharo dzavo somubvunzo wemabasa, ayo aigona kutsigirwa nokuda kwenguva isingagumi. Asi maindasitiri makuru akaita semakambani ealuminium, aityira kuti matanho aya aizokwidza mitengo yemagetsi kana kumisa mikana yavo yebudiriro. Naizvozvo vakaronga gadziriro yenyika yose yokudzora utava hwokuredza nenzira yaizobvisa mibato miduku yemhuri yokuredza.
"Ini ndinofunga isu tinogona kunge tiri toast," akadaro Pete, pakatanga Initiative 640. Mune Orwellian twist, vatsigiri vayo vakatoratidza chiyero sechakanaka nharaunda, kutsausa vanhuwo zvavo vanovhota. Yakanzi "Save Our Sealife," kunyange zvazvo vabati vehove nevezvakatipoteredza vakakurumidza kuinyora zvakare "Save Our Smelters." Pakutanga, avo vaipikisa mazana matanhatu nemakumi mana vakafunga kuti vaive vasina mukana wekubudirira: Vaive vakawandisa, vasina vashandi, vakawandisa. Matanho akafanana akange atopfuura muFlorida, Louisiana, neTexas, achitsigirwa nezvido zveindasitiri zvakafanana. Ndinoyeuka Pete akagara muSeattle tavern neshamwari mbiri dzevabati vehove, achiseka nehasha achiti, "Isu vatatu tichatora makambani ealuminium? Tichakunda Reynolds naKaiser?"
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Asi vakaramba kukanda mapfumo pasi. Pane kudaro, Pete nevamwe vaaishanda navo vakanyorera mapoka makuru ezvemhoteredzo munharaunda iyi kuti varwisane nechirongwa ichi. Vakanga vakavaka hukama hwekushanda kwenguva refu, saka kuvabatanidzira kwaive nyore. Vakaunzawo maNative America madzinza, avakange vavakawo nekushingaira mubatanidzwa uye wavaive vajaira kushanda navo.
Zvinokosha zvakaenzana, vakanyorera vamwe vatsigiri vasingatarisiri. Pakatepfenyura imwe nhengo yemunharaunda yeTrinity Broadcasting Network ichitsigira Initiative 640, mumwe mubati wehove aive nhengo yekereke yeAssembly of God inochengetedza uye uyo Pete akanga abatsira kupfimbana, akafonera mutori wenhau. โMunoziva here kuti vadzidzi vaJesu vaiva vanaani? Vakabvunza kuti, โVaiva vabati vehove. Unofunga kuti Jesu achaitei paanodzoka uye anoona kuti wamisa vanhu kuti vararame nekubata hove? Achakugura musoro."
Ashamiswa, mutori wenhau akakumbira ruregerero uye Trinity akapa vabati vehove hafu yeawa kuti vataure nyaya yavo pashoo. Gare gare mubati wehove mumwe cheteyo, pamwe chete navamwe, vakanyengetedza mushumiri wake kuti akumbire kukara kwekambani pamatanho eWashington State Capitol uye kutumira tsamba yaipikisa danho racho kuungano mazana matatu dzeAssembly of God. "Tinofanira kuramba tichiswedera kumaPentecosti," Pete akadaro, gare gare, achifunga nezvemushandirapamwe. "Nhengo dzavo dzakawanda dziri kuomerwa nehupfumi. Havavimbi nemakambani makuru. Asi tikasataura navo kuti titange nhaurirano, vachadhonzerwa mumubatanidzwa wemapato ekurudyi."
Boka raPete rakashandawo nevezvenhau kutsanangura nyaya hombe dziri panjodzi. Uye ivo vakatarisa ruzhinji kune vane simba vatsigiri vezvemari pachiyero, uye kuzvipira kwavo mukubuda kwacho. PaElection Night, zvinoshamisa, Initiative 640 yakakundwa mudunhu rese. Vabati vehove vachena, vePentecostal, Native American activists, uye Friends of the Earth vashandi vakakandirana maoko avo mukukunda. "Ndinodada nemi, baba," mwanakomana waPete akaramba achidzokorora. Pete akarohwa nehana.
โMunhu wose akanzwa kuti kwakanga kusina tariro,โ akadaro Pete, achitarira shure, โsezvinongoita vanhu vanotaura kuti vabati vehove vokuGulf havana mukana pavanoenda kunorwisa BP kuti vaparadze raramo yavo. chigadzirwa chedu kwemakore, uye chinhu chimwe chete chingangove chiri muGulf.Asi iwe unofanirwa kusimuka chero zvazvingaite.Kana taizorasikirwa nechirongwa ichocho, ndaida kurwa zvakanaka. Uye takakunda nekuda basa rese rekutanga ratakaita, gore negore, kuvaka hukama hwedu hwezvakatipoteredza, kuwana kuvimbika, uye kuratidza kuti isu takanga tisiri mazviri chete. "
Tinowanzofunga nezvekubatanidzwa munzanga sechinhu chakanaka asi chisingagoneki. Asi sekupupurira kunoita nyaya yaPete, kana tasvika pakafaranuka zvakakwana kuti tiwane vatsigiri vatsva, zvinogona kujekeserwa kuzvifarira uye kufarira kwakafanana panguva imwe chete, zvichitipa pfungwa yekubatana uye chinangwa chisingagoneke kuwana muhupenyu hwakazvipira kune zvakavanzika. mabasa. "Zvinotora simba kuita," akadaro Pete. "Asi zvinotopedza kutsamwa kwako, kuzvishingisa kuti hauna simba, uye kumedza zvese zvawakapihwa. Nguva dzandakakanganisa hunhu hwangu ndikabvuma zvandisingafanire, mweya yesarudzo yangu yandibata. unopinda mune chimwe chinhu chine musoro, unoita kuti upenyu hwako huve hwakakosha. Zvinondirwadza kuti tinokunda zvido zvikuru izvi tichitanga neboka duku revanhu vaifunga kuti zvakaipa kutaura nhema."
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