Churning Seas: Blue Vision Summit 5

Wolemba Ben Scheelk, Wothandizira Pulogalamu

Pali nthano yakale yanyengo yomwe imati:

Thambo lofiira usiku, chisangalalo cha amalinyero.
Thambo lofiira m'mawa, chenjezo la oyendetsa sitima.

Mwamwayi, kwa anthu opitilira 290 omwe adachita nawo msonkhano wa Blue Vision Summit wa chaka chino, Chigawo cha Columbia, mwanjira yofananira kwambiri munthawi ino ya chaka, adatisangalatsa tonse ndi mausiku angapo otuwa kwambiri omwe timakondwerera pakati pa abwenzi ndi anzathu, komanso. monga masiku okongola a bluebird pa madyerero ambiri, mawonedwe ndi misonkhano yomwe inachitika kupyolera mu Msonkhano. The Summit, chochitika kawiri pachaka chokonzedwa ndi a Blue Frontier Campaign, amabweretsa pamodzi atsogoleri oteteza nyanja padziko lonse lapansi.

Komabe, mosasamala kanthu za nyengo ya bata, kufulumira ndi kutsimikiza mtima kozama poyembekezera mphepo yamkuntho yomwe ikubwera mofulumira inafalikira pa Msonkhanowo. Ndipo ayi, sizinali malingaliro athu ofiira omwe amatipatsa nkhawa zonse, monga woyang'anira ntchito wakale wa Ocean Foundation komanso woyambitsa LiVBLUE, Wallace J. Nichols, akufotokoza m’buku lake logulitsidwa kwambiri Blue Mind, koma mtundu wina wa undercurrent. Munthu amene mawonekedwe ake—ndi fungo la naphthalene—ndi wozoloŵereka kwambiri pakati pa okonda nyanja. Chinali chiwopsezo chokulirapo pakubowola kunyanja komwe kudadetsa thambo lathu lam'mawa kukhala lofiira, mantha omwe adawonekera madzulo a Blue Vision Summit wachaka chino ndi chilengezo cha Obama Administration kuti chimphona champhamvu cha Shell chapatsidwa chilolezo chopitiliza kubowola nyengo ino. Nyanja yamkuntho ya Chukchi ku Alaska.

Ngakhale kuti nkhaniyi inakhudza maganizo a anthu ambiri amene anapezekapo—chilengezo chimene chinakula kwambiri ndi chilengezo chakumapeto kwa mlungu womwewo chakuti kubowola kudzayambikanso m’munda wa Macondo wa ku Gulf of Mexico womwe unali pa mtunda wa makilomita atatu kuchokera pamene panayambika BP ya 3. Kuphulika kwa PLC, kutayika kwakukulu kwamafuta m'mbiri ya US - sikunatifooketse. Ndipotu zinachita zosiyana. Zinatilimbitsa mtima. Zambiri zolumikizidwa. Ndi njala yathu yotsatira.

Zomwe zimakukhudzani nthawi yomweyo za Blue Vision Summit sindiye omwe ali mndandanda wa okamba, kapena mitundu yosiyanasiyana komanso yopangidwa mwaluso, koma malingaliro okhudzana ndi chiyembekezo chomwe chimadzetsa Msonkhano. Ndi njira imene anthu amitundu yonse, achichepere ndi achikulire omwe, amasonkhana pamodzi kuti akambirane zowopseza zomwe nyanja ndi magombe athu amakumana nazo, ndikupanga mapulani olimba mtima othana ndi ziwopsezozo. Cholinga chake ndi Tsiku la Healthy Ocean Hill, mwayi kwa onse omwe akutenga nawo mbali kupita ku Capitol Hill kuti akalankhule ndi mamembala a Congress kuti awatsimikize kufunikira kwa nkhani zam'madzi, komanso kulimbikitsa malamulo opititsa patsogolo thanzi. nyanja ndi mabiliyoni ambiri omwe amadalira mwachindunji kuti apeze zofunika pamoyo wawo.

Chaka chino ndinali ndi mwayi wolowa nawo ntchito imeneyi ndi gulu la anthu omwe simungaganize kuti akugwirizana nawo ndi kuteteza nyanja: midzi ya kumtunda. Motsogozedwa ndi Vicki Nichols Goldstein, woyang'anira projekiti ya Ocean Foundation ya Colorado Ocean Coalition, nthumwi za m'nyanja zamkati zinali ndi anthu ochokera m'madera onse a Midwest ndi Western omwe amasamala kwambiri za nyanja zathu ndipo ali ndi chikhulupiliro chakuti nkhanizi zikukhudza aliyense, kuphatikizapo madera opanda malire ngati Colorado, omwe ali ndi chiwerengero chapamwamba kwambiri cha anthu osiyanasiyana ovomerezeka. onse US

Gulu langa la nthumwi za ku inland ocean, nthumwi za ku Michigan, zinali ndi mwayi wocheza ndi Rep. Dan Benishek (MI-1). Chigawo choyamba cha Michigan ndi komwe ndidakulira ndikupita ku koleji, chifukwa chake msonkhano uno udandisangalatsa kwambiri monga Michigander komanso oceanophile.

Ngakhale ndili ndi ulemu waukulu ndi kusilira Dr. Benishek, makamaka udindo wake monga wapampando wa National Marine Sanctuary Caucus, ndi udindo wake monga wapampando ndi woyambitsa wa House Invasive Species Caucus, pali nkhani imodzi yomwe tili nayo. kusagwirizana kwakukulu, ndiko kubowola m'mphepete mwa nyanja.

Tinabwera okonzeka ku msonkhano wathu ndi ziwerengero zamtengo wapatali wachuma chachuma cham'mphepete mwa nyanja cha East Coast chomwe zokopa alendo, zosangalatsa, ndi usodzi zimayenderana ndi kukhalapo kwa mbalame zakuda, nyama zam'madzi zopaka mafuta, ndi magombe okhala ndi phula. . Poyankha zotsutsana zathu, Dr. Benishek adatsutsa kuti chisankho chololeza kubowola m'mphepete mwa nyanja ndi nkhani ya ufulu wa mayiko, ndipo boma la federal siliyenera kulamula ngati anthu a East Coast angatenge chuma chamtengo wapatali ichi kuchokera pansi. mafunde.

Koma, ngozi ikachitika, yomwe imakhala yosapeŵeka mwachiwerengero komanso mosapeŵeka, ndipo mafuta amayamba kuthamangira mumtsinje wamadzi ndipo amathamangitsidwa mofulumira m'mphepete mwa nyanja ya Atlantic ndi Gulf Stream, ndipo pamapeto pake amapita kunyanja m'mphepete mwa nyanja ya North Atlantic, sichoncho. idakali "nkhani ya boma"? Bizinesi yaying'ono yabanja yomwe yakhalapo kwa mibadwomibadwo iyenera kutseka zitseko zake chifukwa palibe amene amabwera kugombe, kodi ndi "nkhani ya boma"? Ayi, ndi nkhani ya dziko, yomwe imafuna utsogoleri wa dziko. Ndipo chifukwa cha madera athu, mayiko athu, dziko lathu, ndi dziko lathu lapansi, zingakhale bwino kusiya mafuta otsalira pansi, chifukwa madzi ndi mafuta sizisakanikirana.

Chaka chino Healthy Ocean Hill Day inaphatikizapo otenga nawo mbali 134 ochokera ku nthumwi za boma 24 ndi maulendo 163 ndi atsogoleri a Congressional ndi ogwira ntchito - khama lalikulu kwambiri la tsiku limodzi lolimbikitsa chitetezo cha m'mphepete mwa nyanja m'mbiri ya dziko lathu. Tiyitaneni okonda nyanja, titchani opanduka am'nyanja, koma chilichonse chomwe mungachite, musatitcha osiya. Ngakhale miyamba yofiyira yamadzulo ya Blue Vision Summit inatipatsa kaye kaye kuti tiganizire za kupambana kwathu, ndife okonzeka mbandakucha wofiira. Ili ndi chenjezo la oyendetsa sitima yathu, ndipo khalani otsimikiza, pamene tikulowa mkangano wovutawu wokhudza tsogolo la nkhokwe zamafuta zamtundu wathu, manja onse ali pachiwopsezo.

Chithunzi 1 – The Inland Ocean Delegation. (c) Jeffrey Dubinsky

Chithunzi 2 - Poseidon amayang'ana pa Nyumba ya Capitol yaku US panthawi yachitetezo chachikulu kwambiri chachitetezo cha nyanja m'mbiri ya US. (c) Ben Scheelk.