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UTim DeChristopher ugwetywe iminyaka emi-2 entolongweni namhlanje kwinkundla yamatyala eSalt Lake City. Wathathwa ngokukhawuleza eluvalelweni, walelwa iiveki ezi-3 ezinikezelweyo zokulungisa imicimbi yakhe kwaye athi ndlelantle kubahlobo bakhe kunye nosapho.
Abatshutshisi beFederal wacela ukuba uTim afumane isigwebo esiqatha ngakumbi entolongweni ngeenzame zokoyikisa intshukumo emi kunye naye. Babenethemba lokuba ngokumgwebela iminyaka entolongweni, babeya โkumisela umzekelo kuyeโ baze basithintele sonke ekuthabatheni amanyathelo asengqiqweni. Kodwa uTim sele engumzekelo. Ungumzekelo wezenzo zenkalipho ezenziwa ngabantu kwimibutho yethu yonke ukulwela ubulungisa kunye nekamva eliphilayo. Siyamxhasa uTim ngokuqhubeka nokulungelelanisa. Impendulo yethu kwesi sivakalisi iqinisekisa: asiyi koyikiswa. Ithini impendulo yakho?
Ingxelo karhulumente icacile. UTim ugwetywe iminyaka eyi-2 njengesohlwayo ngenxa yezopolitiko zakhe; kumxholo ongaguqukiyo weentetho zakhe kunye nokulungelelanisa kwiminyaka emibini ukususela ngoko isenzo sakhe sokungathobeli sikhusele i-150,000 yeehektare zomhlaba. Okumangalisayo kukuba, iimbono zakhe ezinemigaqo kunye nezizathu emva kwezenzo zakhe azithathayo azizange zivunyelwe ukuba zingene enkundleni, ngenxa "yokungabalulekanga." Kwityala lezobupolitika elibi kakhulu, inkundla yahluthwa ngokungekho sikweni ilungelo lalo lokuba sisazela soluntu lwazo laza lenza ibanjwa lezobupolitika libe ngumfana onoxolo noxhalabileyo.
Umbhali kunye nomlweli-mkhosi uTerry Tempest Williams wathi, โUkucinga ukuba umfana okwisenzo sesazela [ukwenza naliphi na ixesha] kwintolongo yomdibaniso ngokunyusa ibheyile kwintengiso esele ingekho semthethweni yokuqeshisa ioyile negesi, xa kuthelekiswa ne I-CEO ye-BP okanye abathakathi bezemali eWall Street bafake izigidi zeedola ngeendleko zethu- kwaye abangasoze bangene enkundleni yomthetho ukuba baqhwatywe izandla, singasathethi ke ukuya entolongweni, ukuhlaselwa kwedemokhrasi."
Unyanisile. Kodwa sinamandla okujika olu hlaselo lwedemokhrasi lube lidabi kuba idemokhrasi. Namhlanje uluntu lwaseSalt Lake City lubonakalisa uthando lwabo kunye nomsindo wabo.
I-lobbyists ye-fossil yazi ukuba uTim uya kugwetywa ngokuhlwa ngaphambi kokuba afakwe ngokusemthethweni, amalungu e-Jury achaza ukuba ayesoyikeka kulo lonke inkqubo. Ushishino lwamafutha efosili akufuneki lulawule inkqubo yethu yobulungisa.
Ngaphandle kokuba sithatha isigqibo sokuphendula ngokufanelekileyo, njengoko uTim ekhonza ixesha lakhe, izigebengu zokwenyani-ishishini le-fossil elonakalisa iplanethi yethu kunye noluntu lwethu - liya kuqhubeka libaleka likhululekile, lingenakuphendula ngokuchithwa kweoli, ukuhlaselwa kwe-asthma, amanzi angcolileyo, amaqela omhlaza, kunye nokungena kwekhabhoni emoyeni esiwuphefumla yonke imihla. Ukuba inkqubo yezobulungisa inenjongo yokutshutshisa abantu ikhusela endaweni yokuphanga umhlaba, kufuneka sijongane nabaphuli-mthetho bokwenene ngokwethu. Siziphakamisele phezulu iintloko zethu, siyaqhubekeka ukuma kwindawo ephakamileyo yokuziphatha โ kwaye siya kwenza okulungileyo, ngaphandle kweziphumo. Siyazi ukuba iziphumo zokungasebenzi kwemvelo kamama ziqatha kakhulu kunayo nayiphi na into ebekwe yinkqubo yenkundla.
Kodwa asingobantu babodwa. Sihlangana kunye noluntu lwethu njengamaqela eearhente zotshintsho ezixhotyisiweyo ezaziyo ukuba inkqubo yethu yaphukile kwaye ayisimeli. Uluntu lwethu lusimele, kunye nombono wethu wehlabathi elizinzileyo, elinobulungisa, nelizinzileyo esililwelayo.
Isivakalisi sikaTim sibizela kwisenzo.
Kwabo bebesoloko belandela ibali lakhe ngokunyanisekileyo, iintliziyo zethu zaphukile namhlanje. Ngumzuzu olusizi. Kodwa ngoku sinethuba nembopheleleko yokwenza loo mvakalelo yobuhlungu nengqumbo. Ukuze idini likaTim libe nentsingiselo yokwenene, kuba intlantsi ivutha kuye ngamnye wethu ukuba atshise, sonke kufuneka sithathe inyathelo.
Unyaka ka-2011 sele ingunyaka woqhankqalazo olunoxolo kwilizwe jikelele. Njengoko uTim watshoyo, asizange sithenjiswe ukuba kuya kuba lula. Siyazi ukuba kuya kuthatha inkalipho, ukuzincama kunye nokuzimisela ukugcina ukuxhathisa kwethu kumlo wethu woBulungisa bokwenyani. UTim uthathe inyathelo kwaye siya kuthatha iwaka elilandelayo.
Nanga amanye amathuba okujoyina:
- Ngomhla we-4 ka-Agasti, amalungu oluntu acela inyathelo elithe ngqo kwi Iiofisi zeBP zaseNew Orleans zikhalazela ukuqhubeka kwenkampani yeoli yokungaphenduli ngenxa yokuchitheka kweoyile etshabalalisayo.
- Nge-12 ka-Agasti. I-Rising Tide yaseNyakatho Melika kunye noluntu lobulungisa bemo engqongileyo ludibanisa nobulungisa bezoqoqosho kunye namaqela abasebenzi e-St. Louis ukulwa namaqumrhu atshabalalisa imisebenzi kunye namakhaya ngokonakala kwezoqoqosho kunye nemozulu ngamalahle.
- Ekupheleni kuka-Agasti nasekuqaleni kukaSeptemba, amawaka ayaguquka kwaye abeke umngcipheko wokubanjwa ngaphezulu kweentsuku ezili-15 kwi-White House uqhankqalazo lombhobho we-Keystone XL.
Siza kukubona ezitratweni,
Uvukelo olunoxolo kunye noluntu lukaTim lwenkalipho.
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