Kusunga nkhani kunyumba ndikosavuta chifukwa chaukadaulo wamakono komanso kuthekera kopeza zinthu zabwino, zolondola. Izi sizikutanthauza kuti nkhani nthawi zonse imakhala yosavuta kumva - monga momwe tonse tikudziwira. Nditawerenga kope la 16 Epulo la Yale e360, ndidachita chidwi ndi mawu omwe akuyenera kukhala nkhani yabwino yokhudza kuthekera kwathu kopeza phindu pazachuma pochepetsa kapena kuthetsa kuvulaza zochita za anthu. Ndipo komabe, zikuwoneka kuti pali njira yolakwika.

"The Clean Air Act ya 1970, mwachitsanzo, idawononga $ 523 biliyoni pazaka zake 20 zoyambirira, koma idatulutsa $ 22.2 thililiyoni pazaumoyo wa anthu komanso zachuma. 'Zakhala zoonekeratu kuti ambiri mwa malamulo oteteza zachilengedwe amenewa ndi othandiza kwambiri kwa anthu,' katswiri wina wa zamalamulo anauza Conniff [wolemba nkhani] kuti, 'Ngati sitiika malamulo amenewa, ndiye kuti anthufe timasiya ndalama. tebulo.”

Phindu la nyanja ya kupewa kuwononga chilengedwe ndi losawerengeka—monga momwe timapindulira ndi nyanja. Zomwe zimapita mumlengalenga zimadutsa m'madzi athu, magombe athu ndi magombe, ndi nyanja. Ndipotu m’zaka XNUMX zapitazi, nyanja yamchere yatenga gawo limodzi mwa magawo atatu a mpweya woipa wa carbon dioxide ndi mpweya wina. Ndipo ikupitirizabe kupanga theka la mpweya umene timafunikira kupuma. Komabe, zaka zambirimbiri zomwe zimayamwa mpweya wochokera kuzinthu zaumunthu zimakhudza momwe madzi a m'nyanja amapangidwira - osati kupangitsa kuti moyo ukhale wochereza alendo, komanso kukhala ndi mphamvu yowononga mphamvu yake yopangira mpweya.

Kotero apa tikukondwerera zaka makumi asanu zowonetsetsa kuti omwe amapindula ndi ntchito zomwe zimapanga kuipitsa amatenga nawo mbali poletsa kuipitsa, kuti thanzi ndi ndalama zina zachilengedwe zichepetse. Komabe, nkovuta kukondwerera kupambana kwathu kwakale pokhala ndi kukula kwachuma ndi ubwino wa chilengedwe, chifukwa zikuwoneka kuti mtundu wa amnesia ukufalikira.

Mafunde a m'nyanja pamphepete mwa nyanja

M'masabata angapo apitawa, zikuwoneka kuti omwe amayang'anira kuteteza mpweya wathu aiwala momwe mpweya wabwino umapindulira chuma chathu. Zikuwoneka kuti omwe ali ndi udindo woteteza thanzi lathu ndi thanzi lathu anyalanyaza zonse zomwe zikuwonetsa kuchuluka kwa anthu omwe akudwala ndi kufa m'malo omwe kuipitsidwa kwa mpweya kuli kwakukulu - zonsezi pa nthawi ya mliri wakupha matenda opuma inagogomezera kufunika kwa chuma, chikhalidwe, ndi anthu. Zikuoneka kuti amene ali ndi udindo woteteza thanzi lathu ndi thanzi lathu aiwala kuti mercury mu nsomba zathu imaimira ngozi yaikulu ndi yopeŵeka kwa omwe amadya nsomba, kuphatikizapo anthu, mbalame, ndi zolengedwa zina.

Tisachoke ku malamulo omwe apangitsa mpweya wathu kukhala wopumira komanso madzi athu omwa. Tikumbukire kuti zilizonse zomwe zingawononge ndalama zochepetsera kuipitsidwa ndi zochita za anthu, ndalama za OSATI ndizokulirapo. Monga momwe tsamba la EPA limanenera, "(f) kufa msanga ndi matenda kumatanthauza kuti anthu aku America amakhala ndi moyo wautali, moyo wabwino, ndalama zocheperako zachipatala, kulephera kusukulu kochepa, komanso kugwira ntchito bwino kwa antchito. Kafukufuku wowunikiridwa ndi anzawo akuwonetsa kuti Lamuloli lakhala ndalama zabwino zachuma ku America. Kuyambira m’chaka cha 1970, mpweya wabwino komanso chuma chimene chikukula chayendera limodzi. Lamuloli lakhazikitsa mwayi wamsika womwe wathandizira kulimbikitsa luso laukadaulo laukhondo - matekinoloje omwe United States yakhala mtsogoleri wamsika padziko lonse lapansi. " https://www.epa.gov/clean-air-act-overview/clean-air-act-and-economy

Komanso, mpweya wauve ndi madzi auve zimawononga zomera ndi nyama zomwe timagawana nazo dziko lapansili, zomwe zili mbali ya moyo wathu. Ndipo, m'malo mobwezeretsa kuchuluka kwa madzi m'nyanja, tidzasokonezanso mphamvu yake yopereka mpweya ndi ntchito zina zamtengo wapatali zomwe zamoyo zonse zimadalira. Ndipo timataya utsogoleri wathu poteteza mpweya ndi madzi zomwe zakhala ngati template ya malamulo a chilengedwe padziko lonse lapansi.