Ahleke Amathuna
Rolf Auer, 7 May 2013
Umuntu angase azizwe egodola lapho edlula emathuneni futhi abone ukuthi ukuphila kwakhe eMhlabeni kunomkhawulo. UTimor mortis uyangiphikisa: ukwesaba ukufa kuyangiphazamisa. Bese omunye ehoxisa ukugodola ngokwengqondo bese ehleka ngovalo: uhleko lwamathuna.
I-ecocideโechazwa njengokucekela phansi ngokuphelele indawo ezungezile engokwemvelo, ikakhulukazi inhlangano yabantuโโngokusikeka okuyinkulungwaneโ nayo ibangela uhleko lwamathuna.
Phakathi kokuncishiswa kwe-ecocidal ukuchitheka kukawoyela ngokuqhuma kwamapayipi. Okukhathaza kakhulu ukugqashuka kwamapayipi athwala itiyela eluhlaza. Lezi zinhlobo zokuchitheka kukawoyela kunzima kakhulu ukuzihlanza kunezijwayelekile.[1]
Izifo zezokwelapha ezitholakala ngenxa yokuthintana nokuchitheka kukawoyela zihlanganisa izilonda esikhumbeni kanye nokuphelelwa umoya.[2] Izilwane zasendle ezidle uwoyela ziba nomphumela wezifo ezinjengezilonda ebuchosheni, ukopha ngaphakathi, ukulimala kwezinso nezinye izitho zomzimba, ukucindezeleka, kanye nenyumoniya.[3] Umuntu angathethelelwa kalula ngokuzibuza ukuthi izifo ezifanayo, noma ezifanayo, zingadluliselwa noma zithathwe ngabantu.
Umbiko wakamuvaโโIfa lekhulunyaka lekhulu leminyaka lokuthuthukiswa kwesihlabathi sikawoyela i-Athabasca eliqoshwe i-ecosystem yechibiโโwenza ubudlelwane phakathi kwentuthuko ye-Oil Sands e-Alberta kanye nezifo ezibangelwa umdlavuza.[4]
Intuthuko ye-Alberta Oil Sands ikhiqiza uwoyela ongahluziwe webitumen.[5] Iyagqwala futhi ukuze ithuthwe ngamapayipi, kufanele ishiselwe emazingeni okushisa aphezulu kunowoyela ongahluziwe ojwayelekile.[6] Amapayipi aphuma e-Alberta Oil Sands aqhume izikhathi ezingu-16 ngaphezu kwamapayipi avamile kawoyela ongahluziwe.[7]
Ngenxa yokuthi itiyela elingcolile linzima, ukuchitheka kwalo kungena emhlabathini kuze kufike emanzini.[8] Futhi, uma kubhekwa ukuhlobana phakathi kokuvela komdlavuza nokungcoliswa amakhemikhali angcolile etiyela Ezihlabathini Zamafutha, umuntu angase axolelwe kalula ngokuzibuza ukuthi ukuqhuma kwepayipi elingahluziwe lwebitumeni nakho kuyakuveza yini ukugula okunjalo.
Ipayipi elihlongozwayo i-Keystone XL, uma lakhiwe, lizoba ipayipi elingahluziwe letiyela.[9] Usosayensi osebenza ngedatha eyaziwayo ulinganise ukuthi cishe ukuqhekeka okungu-19 eshumini ngalinye kuzokwenzeka kuyo.[10] Ulayini 9 ohlongozwayo ka-Enbridge, osewuvele ungowombhikisho, uzothutha itiyela engahluziwe futhi unqamule eCanada usuka e-Alberta uya eQuebec.[11] Ulayini we-Enbridge Northern Gateway e-BC nawo uzoba yipayipi elingahluziwe letiyela.[12]
Ukuqhathanisa inqubomgomo yokuthuthukiswa kwemithombo kawoyela phakathi kwamazwe aseNorway naseCanada kuxoxa izindaba ezimbili ezihluke kakhulu.[13] Uhulumeni waseNorway uyiphatha ngokucophelela inzuzo yakhe kawoyela ukuze itshalwe ezweni esikhathini esizayo, ukuze kuzuze abantu bayo. ECanada, uhulumeni waseHarper - ngoba uncike emalini etholwa uwoyela - ubhekele ukuhaha kwenkampani kawoyela futhi uvumela ukuxhashazwa kwemithombo kawoyela ukuthi kuqhubeke ngokushesha okukhulu, kuyilapho izidingo zabantu zinganakwa, zicwebezeliswe ngezinkulumo ezingenalutho ezifana nalezi. njenge "imisebenzi, imisebenzi, imisebenzi" nokunye.
Ngenxa yokuthi izinkampani zikawoyela zibona imithetho yezemvelo njengeyingozi emalini yazo yenzuzo eyisiminzi, ekhukhumele, uHarper et al washesha wathuthela ekuphumuleni noma ukuqeda ngokuphelele lokhu.[14] Lapho kwake kwavikelwa khona amachibi nemifula engaphezu kwesigidi, manje sekunedlanzana elivula indlela yamapayipi nokwakhiwa kwamapayipi. Ama-ejensi ake asebenza njengabagcini bomthetho wezemvelo awasekho. Abantu bezizwe Zokuqala abathinteke kabi ngenxa yentuthuko ye-Oil Sands abanakwa ngendlela eyihlazo.
Ukukhaphela iCanada kwemvelo kukaHarper kuqediwe. Ukuhleka kukaHarper kungase kube uhleko lwamathuna. Kodwa-ke, abantu baseCanada bazoba nokuhleka kokugcina, okhethweni. Futhi, njengoba isisho sisho, "Ohleka ekugcineni, uhleka kakhulu."
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