Libekeng tse peli tse fetileng, kopano e neng e e-so ka e bonoa ea Acadians, Anglophones le litho tsa Elsipogtog First Nation ba thibetse komporo toropong ea Canada ea Rexton, New Brunswick, moo literaka le lisebelisoa tse sebelisoang molemong oa ho putlama ha hydraulic fracturing kapa fracking. bolokoa. Khamphani e nang le setsi sena - SWN Resources Canada - esale e sebetsa lehlabuleng lohle ho etsa liteko tsa ho sisinyeha ha lefatše e le mohato oa pele oa ts'ebetso ea fracking. Le ha khase ea tlhaho e tsoang ho cheka e ne e tla rekisoa haholo moeling oa United States, litlamorao tsa ho ntšoa - e leng metsi le moea o silafetseng - li ne li tla utloahala metseng ena melokong e tlang.

New Brunswick, mmuso oa provense o na le litokelo tsohle tsa ka tlas'a lefatše tsa liminerale le khase. Batho ba moo ha ba na tšusumetso e kaalo naheng ea habo bona. Maemong a mang, baahi ba fumana tsebiso e ngotsoeng feela nakong ea lihora tse 24 tsa tlhahlobo ea sesmic le ho cheka mobung oa bona. Ha ba hlokomela ho hloka matla a bona a molao tšebetsong ea ho etsa liqeto, beng ba mobu ba amehileng ba ile ba qala ho hlophisa New Brunswick's Kent County hoo e ka bang lilemo tse tharo tse fetileng, ha lik'hamphani tsa khase ea shale li kena ho qala lipatlisiso. Lihlopha tse kang Tikoloho ea Rona, Khetho ea rona le Upriver Environment Watch li ile tsa qala matšolo a thuto - ho kenyeletsoa maeto a ho bua, ho buella mebuso ea liprofinse le ea lehae, le liketso tsa sechaba tse kang lets'olo la metsi a hloekileng, moo baitseki ba neng ba tlama likhoele litseleng tse kholo sebakeng seo. ho phatlalatsa taba.

Denise Vautour, oa Acadian oa lehae, o ile a kenella sehlopheng sa Upriver kamora ho bona sengoloa sa 2010 se khahlanong le fracking. Gasland. Joaloka mosebeletsi oa sechaba oa bongaka ea tlohetseng mosebetsi, Vautour o tsepamisitse maikutlo ho seo a se bonang e le boitšoaro bo bobe ba ho pepesa batho ba bangata ho fracking. Leha indasteri e boletse likopanong tsa lehae tsa sechaba hore mokelikeli oa fracking o bolokehile hore o ka nooa, Vautour o lumela hore ba bua leshano. Ka ntle ho li-carcinogens tse hlakileng ka har'a mokelikeli oa fracking, o phehile khang ea hore esita le litlaleho tse ntle ka ho fetisisa tsa bongaka li ntse li hloka bopaki ba lilemo tse ngata pele liphello tsa nako e telele tsa ho senyeha ha bophelo bo botle ba batho le tikoloho li ka fumanoa.

Likhoeling tse tharo tse fetileng, Latour e ile ea fana ka bopaki profinseng e mabapi le mathata a boitšoaro a ho tsoela pele ho silafatsa metsi le moea ntle le tumello ea pele le tsebo. Leha ho le joalo, ha a e-so fumane karabelo hobane liofisi tsa mmuso li ntse li hlahloba likete tsa litlatsetso tse tsoang ho baahi ba New Brunswick khahlano le fracking.

Leha ho na le khanyetso e atileng joalo, maikutlo a liahelong ke hore batho ba bangata ba lokela ho nka khato fatše e le hore ho ka etsa phapang. Le ha ka linako tse ling kampo e ata ho batho ba makholo a 'maloa - joalo ka nakong ea likopano tsa boralitaba kapa linako tsa lijo - e fokotseha hape nakong ea masiu a batang ho ea ho batho ba ka bang 20. Leha ho le joalo, ntle le lipalo, koporasi e inehetse mme ho fihlela joale e qobelletse SWN ho sebelisa mashome a limilione tsa lidolara ho feta kamoo ho neng ho lebelletsoe.

"Haeba sohle seo re tlang ho ba sona e le tšitiso," ho boletse Vautour, "joale re tla ba khathatso e fetisisang eo re e tsebang ho ba teng."

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Ho tloha qalong ea lehlabula, mollo o halalelang oa Mi'kmaq o fetohile sebaka sa batho ba buang Sefora ba Acadians, Anglophones le litho tsa Elsipogtog First Nation ho bokella le ho hlophisa liketso. E ne e le ho pota mollo ona oa mekete moo batho ba tsoang lihlopheng tse tharo ba ileng ba haha ​​lilekane tsa bona, ba ithuta ho sebetsa le ho rapela hammoho. Leha ho na le nalane e khopo lipakeng tsa bajaki le matsoalloa, mekha eohle e ikopantseng ho ba basireletsi ba se nang mabifi ba metsi le mobu, ba kopana le indasteri ea fracking nako le nako - ho lekola, ho thibela le ho beha 'mele ea bona moleng ho thibela nts'etsopele ea khase ea shale.

Boholo ba ts'ebetso ho fihlela joale bo tsepamisitse maikutlo ho thibela seo ho thoeng ke "thumper" literaka, tse romelang ho thothomela fatše - joalo ka tšisinyeho ea lefatše - ho thusa ho tseba hore na ho cheka hokae. Ka Phuptjane le Phupu, batho ba 30 ba ile ba tšoaroa ka lebaka la ho thibela libaka tsa tlhahlobo ea mapolanka. Ka la 24 Phupu, kamora likhoeli tsa ts'ebetso e tobileng, hammoho le likhohlano le mapolesa, Geptin ea Lekhotla le Leholo la Mi'gmag - mofuta oa mmuso oa setso oa Mi'kma'ki o ntseng o le teng le kajeno - o ile a ntša ho lelekoa. tsebiso ho SWN.

Ka mor'a lipuisano pakeng tsa Royal Canadian Mounted Police le baemeli ba Elsipogtog First Nation le Mi'kmaq Warriors Society, SWN e ile ea lumela ho khaotsa ho etsa liteko ka morao ho New Brunswick qetellong ea July, 'me ea phatlalatsa hore e tla qala bohareng ba September ka liteko. libakeng tse tlaase tse tlaase. Empa liahelo tse qalileng libeke tse peli tse fetileng ho fihlela joale li thibetse SWN ho tsoela pele. E ka 'na eaba basebetsi ba leka ho etsa liteko tsa dynamite kae-kae, empa baitseki ba Rexton le litoropong tsa boahelani ba ela hloko haholo, ba emetse lets'oao lefe kapa lefe la ts'ebetso.

Karabelo e tsoang ho SWN, mmuso oa provense le mecha ea litaba e tloaelehileng ha ea ka ea ba ntle. Leha ketso e 'ngoe le e' ngoe ho fihlela joale e bile ntle le pefo, tlhokomelo e ngata e lebisitsoe ho Mokhatlo oa Bahlabani, o rerileng ho sebelisa mekhoa efe kapa efe e hlokahalang ho emisa ho qhekella sebakeng sa Mi'kmaq. SWN e hanne ho kopana ka seqo le ba-blockaders, ba khetha ho fana ka taelo ea sechaba bakeng sa ho tlosoa ha liahelo ka likhoka.

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Matsatsi a mangata liahelong joale a kenyelletsa selikalikoe sa ho bua, moo motho e mong le e mong a nang le monyetla oa ho bua maikutlo a hae le ho fana ka maikutlo a ho hatela pele. Lipuisano tse ngata li shebana le ho matlafatsa lilekane lipakeng tsa lihlopha le ho sebetsa 'moho. Leha ho le joalo, ho sala lipotso tse ling. Sechaba se tla arabela joang haeba taelo ee e fanoa? Na SWN e ntse e tsoela pele ho etsa liteko libakeng tse ling ha thibelo e ntse e tsoela pele? Ke leano lefe le letle la ho felisa fracking mona New Brunswick hang le ka ho sa feleng?

Ho araba lipotso tsena, batho ba ikakhela ka setotsoana sebakeng se halalelang. Basali ba Robeli ba Mollo oa Borobeli ke sehlopha sa basali ba Mi'kmaq ba bokaneng ho fana ka tataiso. Basali ba hlompha moetlo oa Mi'kmaq oa boetapele ba basali hammoho le Boprofeta ba Mello e Supileng - e ileng ea utluoa ka lekhetlo la pele ke batho ba Mi'kmaq le Anishinaabe - e bolelang hore haeba batho ba lekaneng ba merabe eohle le litumelo tsohle ba ka furalla bophelo ba ho rata lintho tse bonahalang ho feteletseng, joale ho tla qojoa tlokotsi ea tikoloho le ea sechaba. Ho sebelisa mokete le thapelo, Basali ba Robeli ba tla thusa ho tataisa ho etsa liqeto le ho hlompha mabaka a kopantseng batho ntoeng ena - ho sireletsa metsi, lefats'e, litokelo tsa selekane, bobusi ba matsoalloa le kutloano pakeng tsa merabe.

Le ha ho na le lintho tse ngata tse sa tsejoeng, batho ba bokanang letsatsi le letsatsi liahelong ba lula ba le ntle. Pejana khoeling ena, baithuti ba bangata ba tsoang sekolong se haufi ba ile ba tloha sehlopheng ho ea tšehetsa liahelo, ba ikopanya le letšoele ka lipina le lipina.

“Batho ba lokela ho hlokomela haholoanyane hore ba ka fetola lintho,” ho boletse Raven Chanelle, moitseki oa bacha ba Lichaba Tsa Pele, ea ileng a bokella liithuti sekolong sa hae. "Ha se 'muso, ke batho."

Maikutlo ana a tiileng, empa a nyakaletse, a tataisa sechaba sa Elsipogtog le balekane ba bona ntoeng ea ho emisa fracking New Brunswick le - mohlomong ho bohlokoa joalo - ho hlola nalane e mpe lipakeng tsa bajaki le lihlopha tsa matsoalloa. Bakeng sa bopaki ba tsoelo-pele e joalo, ho hlokahala feela hore motho a shebe matšoao a mabeli a behiloeng haufi le le leng liahelong. E ’ngoe e baleha tjena, “SWN, Returnez Chez-vous!” ha e mong a re, "Frack Off!" 

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