Ngokuhlwanje, aBaphathi belokishi yaseGrant bapasise umthetho wokuqala esizweni wokuba ugunyazisa inyathelo elithe ngqo ukumisa imingxuma yokutofa amanzi amdaka ngaphakathi kwilokishi. I-Pennsylvania General Energy Company (PGE) imangalele iLokishi ukuba ibhukuqe umthetho wasekhaya owenziwe ngedemokhrasi othintela amaqula okutofa.
Ukuba inkundla ayilixhasi ilungelo labantu lokuyeka imisebenzi yeshishini esongela intlalo-ntle yoluntu, lo mmiselo umisela ukuba, โnawuphi na umntu wendalo usenokunyanzelisa amalungelo kunye nokwalelwa kwephepha lamalungelo ngokuthatha amanyathelo angqalileyo.โ Ngaphaya koko, lo mmiselo uthi nasiphi na isenzo esithe ngqo esingenabundlobongela sokunyanzelisa iTshatha yabo sikhuselekile, "ukuthintela [ukuthintela] nawuphi na umdlali wabucala okanye woluntu ekuziseni izityholo zolwaphulo-mthetho okanye afake nasiphi na isenzo solwaphulo-mthetho esichasene nabo bathatha inxaxheba kwisenzo esithe ngqo esingenabundlobongela."
Umphathi welokishi yaseGrant u-Stacy Long ucacisile, โSidikiwe kukuxelelwa ngamaqumrhu kunye nezinto ezibizwa ngokuba zii-arhente zolawulo lwendalo esingqongileyo ukuba asinakukwazi ukuyinqanda kakuhle le naliti! Ayingomdlalo lo. Sigrogriswa ngumbutho onembali yokwaphulwa kwemvume, kwaye lo mbutho ufuna ukulahla amanzi amdaka anetyhefu kwiLokishi yethu.โ
ULong uqhubeke wathi, โNdihlala apha, kwaye ndonyulwa ukuba ndikhusele impilo nokhuseleko lwale Lokishi. Ndiza kwenza nantoni na efunekayo ukunika abahlali bethu izixhobo kunye nokhuseleko abaludingayo ukuze baxhathise ngokungenabundlobongela ubundlongondlongo obufana nobo bucetywa yiPGE. "
Ngo-2013, abahlali kwilokishi yase-Grant bafunda ukuba i-PGE yayifaka isicelo samaphepha-mvume anokuthi agunyazise ngokusemthethweni inaliti. Ngaphandle kweengxoxo, izimvo zoluntu, kunye nezibheno zemvume ezibonisa ukuchaswa kwabahlali kwiprojekthi, i-Arhente yoKhuseleko lweNdalo ehlangeneyo ikhuphe imvume kwi-PGE.
Ukuzifumana bengenazo ezinye iindlela, abahlali bacela uncedo kwiCommunity Environmental Legal Defense Fund (CELDF). Abaphathi beelokishi zaseGrant, ngenkxaso ebanzi yabahlali, bapasise umthetho oyilwayo wamaLungelo oLuntu oYilwayo yi-CELDF ngoJuni ka-2014. Lo mmiselo waseka amalungelo omoya ococekileyo namanzi, ilungelo lokuzilawula koluntu ekuhlaleni, kunye namalungelo endalo. Isitofu esicetywayo somthombo akuvumelekanga njengokunyhashwa kwaloo malungelo.
I-PGE yakhawuleza yamangalela iLokishi, ibanga ukuba โinelungeloโ lokutofa ngaphakathi kwiLokishi.
Ityala liyaqhuba. Kulo nyaka uphelileyo, ngo-Okthobha ka-2015, ijaji yatshitshisa iinxalenye zalo mthetho, ichaza ukuba iLokishi ayinalo igunya lokuvala imingxuma yokutofa. Kwiiveki ezintathu emva koko, ngoNovemba ka-2015, abahlali bavotela uMqulu omtsha woMthetho waseKhaya. I-Charter esekelwe kumalungelo ibuyisele ukuvinjelwa kwemigodi ye-injection nge-2-to-1 ivoti, ngaphezu kwesigqibo sejaji.
I-CELDF incede uluntu ngokuyila uMqulu kwaye imele iLokishi kumatyala aqhubekayo nePGE.
Umphathi welokishi yaseGrant kunye noSihlalo uJon Perry wayishwankathela le meko ngokuthi, โKufuneka kuchongwe amacala. Ngaba iqumrhu elingcolisa umoya linelungelo lokutofa inkunkuma enetyhefu, okanye ngaba uluntu lunelungelo lokuzikhusela?โ
UPerry uqhubeke wathi, โNdinyulwe ukuba ndikhonze olu luntu, kunye nokukhusela amalungelo akwiTshatha yethu evotelwe ngabantu endibameleyo. Ukuba kufuneka simise ngokwasemzimbeni nangogonyamelo iilori ukuba zingangeni ngenxa yokuba iinkundla zisilela, siya kukwenza oko. Kwaye simema nabanye ukuba beme nathi.โ
Nabo abanye bayavela. UTim DeChristopher, umseki weZiko lokuNgathobeli kweMozulu, uthe, โNdikhuthazekile ukubona uluntu luphela kunye namagosa anyuliweyo eqinisekisa amalungelo alo okukhusela uluntu kuhlaselo lweshishini leefosili, kwaye ndiyazi ukuba zininzi. yabantu abakumbutho wemozulu abakulungeleyo ukuma nelokishi yaseGrant.โ
Umququzeleli woluntu lwe-CELDF u-Chad Nicholson usebenze noluntu ukusukela ngo-2014. Wongeze ngelithi, โKwimbali yelizwe lethu, sibhiyozela abantu abasukuma becela umngeni kwimithetho engenabulungisa. Inguquko yaseMelika, ukupheliswa, amalungelo abasetyhini, intshukumo yamalungelo abasebenzi kunye namalungelo oluntu, ukulingana kwemitshato - zonke zazifuna ukuba abantu bathathe inyathelo lokuchasa imithetho engekho mthethweni. Zonke zazifuna ukwenza imithetho emitsha nelungileyo endaweni yazo. Sibaqhwabela izandla abantu belokishi yaseGrant ngokuthatha amanyathelo njengoko uluntu lwabo lusongelwa, kwaye bebanga amalungelo abo. Kuliwonga ukuma nabo.โ
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