Kusati kwaedza mangwanani ano, boka diki revaratidziri vemamiriro ekunze rakatora nzvimbo yekutarisa yeUS kuNiagara Falls. Vachirembera mazana emafiti pamusoro pevhu, vakatumira meseji yekugamuchira yakakosha kuMutungamiriri weCanada Stephen Harper pamberi peshanyo yake yekutanga yepamutemo kuWhite House kunosunda mafuta akasviba eTar Sands.

 

Kwete kuti arikunzwa kugamuchirwa zvakadaro. VaObama vakaganhurira musangano kusvika awa imwe chete. Kunyange vamwe vakazvidaidza kuti mbama kumeso, Aides anoti Harper achatendeudzira rimwe dama. "Hupfumi, uye nhaurirano yakachena-simba," mumwe mubatsiri akaudza Globe and Mail, "ndichatonga nhaurirano." VaObama vaifanira kunzvenga gakava pamusoro pekutengeswa kwemafuta kubva kuCanada tar jecha pakati pegakava remutemo weClimate Legislation. Harper aida nyaya kuti aende nephoto-op yake.

 

Parwendo rwekutanga rwaHarper rwekusangana naVaObama kuUS, vatungamiri vaviri vari kutarisirwa kukurukura nezvekuchinja kwemamiriro ekunze uye mitemo yemagetsi pamberi peG20 Summit iri kuuya. Canada inopa 19% yemafuta ekuUS anotengeswa kunze kwenyika, inopfuura hafu iyo ikozvino inobva ku tar sands, zvichiita kuti dunhu iri rive sosi huru pane imwe chete yekutengwa kwemafuta eUS. Kuwedzera kwejecha retara kuchabvisa nzvimbo yangu saizi yeFlorida. Yakazara nekukwira kwemazinga egomarara (ne400%!) kunharaunda dzeFirst Nations dzinogara zasi kwerwizi, zvibvumirano zvakaputsika, madziva ane muchetura akakura zvekuti unokwanisa kuaona kubva mudenga, achivhuvhuta sango rekare, rakaparadza mhepo nemvura, jecha retara. zvave zvichinzi chirongwa chinoparadza zvikurusa Panyika.

 

Kushanya kwamangwana kuUS neMutungamiriri weHarper inguva pfupi yapfuura yeCanada Federal nevakuru veProvince kuvharira rubatsiro rwemapurojekiti makumi maviri nemaviri akawedzera ekunatsa nemapombi emafuta anodarika matunhu makumi maviri nemasere, ayo aizotakura nekugadzirisa mafuta akasviba ejecha retar. Vazhinji vari kunetsekana kuti Prime Minister Harper anoda kuchengetedza indasitiri yemafuta e tar sands kubva kumamiriro ekunze, kunyangwe iri imwe yeanokurumidza kukurumidza kuburitsa gasi rinopisa muCanada.

 

"Kuchinja kwemamiriro ekunze, chimwe chezvinhu zvikuru zvinotyisidzira kuchengeteka munguva yedu, chimwe chinhu chinotarisana neCanada neUnited States pamwe chete. Kuchera tar sands oiri, iyo inotumira katatu magasi egreenhouse anochinja mamiriro ekunze mumhepo kupfuura mafuta emazuva ose, kunotiisa tose pamhepo. ngozi," akadaro Eriel Deranger nhengo yeAthabasca Chipewyan First Nation uye Rainforest Action Network's Tar Sands Campaigner muAlberta.

 

Sezvo oiri iyi ichiteuka muUS, nharaunda dzinogara pedyo nenzvimbo dzekuchenesa oiri dzinotarisana nekuwedzera kusvibiswa kwemhepo nemvura, iyo ine 11 yakapetwa sarufa uye nickel uye kashanu mutobvu kupfuura mafuta ekare.

 

Kupikisa mafuta etar sands kwave kukwira kumativi ose emuganhu. Mwedzi wapera chete, mapoka mana ekuAmerica nevezvakatipoteredza akamhan'ara Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Mutevedzeri weMunyori James Steinberg neUS Army Corps of Engineers pamusoro pepombi yeEnbridge Energy's Alberta Clipper. Kana ikavakwa, pombi yemamaira 1,375 yaizopomba 800,000 madhiramu emafuta ejecha retara pazuva kubva kuNorthern Alberta kuenda kuMidwestern refineries. PaCanada, Native activists yakawedzera kumanikidzwa kuRoyal Bank yeCanada (RBC) kuti vawane mari yejecha retara masvondo mashoma apfuura.

 

Canada haina mitemo inoderedza kusvibiswa kwegasi regreenhouse, uye chirongwa chehurumende chemubatanidzwa chekuchinja kwemamiriro ekunze chaizobvumira kusvibiswa kwese kubva mujecha retara kuwedzera 70 muzana panosvika 2020. ichangoburwa sechimwe chezvikonzero zvakakosha Canada ichapotsa tarisiro yayo yeKyoto neinopfuura makumi matatu%.

 

Carbon kubatwa uye sequestration (CCS) yaimbova iyo yepakati yeHarper's pitch. Kusvibiswa kwekudziya kwepasi rose kubva kumarasha nejecha retara "kunogona kugadziriswa nehunyanzvi,"Wapikisa Obama. Kwete kudarikwa, hofisi yaHarper zvakaziviswa kuti "Kudyidzana kwakasimbiswa kweUS-Canada pakutorwa kwekabhoni kuchabatsira kukurumidza kusima mari muchikamu chekutengesa, pedyo-zero-kabhoni marasha zvivakwa kusimudzira mamiriro ekunze uye kuchengetedzwa kwesimba."

 

Hafu yegore uye mabhiriyoni emadhora akaraswa emitero gare gare, kunyange zvakadaro, CCS ichiri a pombi hope. FutureGen, North America inofungidzirwa kuratidza nzvimbo yetekinoroji isina kusimbiswa, haigone kuchengetedza vanoisa mari kuti vaponese hupenyu hwayo. Vaviri vevatsigiri vayo vakanyanya vakazvimirira, Southern Co. uye AEP, yakasvetuka chikepe June apfuura. Panguva imwecheteyo, vatsigiri vakadzikisa chinangwa-chipo papurojekiti kusvika ku60% shoma kabhoni. Zvakawanda kune pedyo-zero-kabhoni nzvimbo. Zvirongwa zvakavimbiswa mujecha retara zviri kuwedzera kuipa.

 

Zvisinei. Harper adzoka, heti iri muruoko, achitsvaga zvemutemo zvinopihwa kune indasitiri yakanangana nekuparadza mamiriro ekunze.

 

Saka hezvino kugamuchirwa kwedu kwauri, Prime Minister Harper. Zvino, ndapota, enda kumba.

 

Uye tora jecha rako retara rakasviba uende nawo.

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