Makungwa eChurning: Blue Vision Summit 5

NaBen Scheelk, Mubatanidzwa Wechirongwa

Pane imwe yekare yemamiriro ekunze iyo inoti:

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Sezvineiwo, kuvanhu vanopfuura mazana maviri nemakumi mapfumbamwe vapinda gore rino Blue Vision Summit, Dunhu reColumbia, nenzira isingaenzaniswi yenguva ino yegore, vakatifadza isu tese nenhevedzano yehusiku hwedenga-tsvuku hwakapedzwa tichipemberera pakati peshamwari nevatinoshanda navo, zvakare. semazuva anoyevedza ebluebird ekugamuchirwa kwakawanda, mharidzo nemisangano yakaitika kuburikidza neMusangano. The Summit, chiitiko chemakore maviri chakarongwa ne Blue Frontier Campaign, inounza pamwechete vatungamiriri vezvekuchengetedza makungwa kubva pasirese.

Asi, zvisinei nemamiriro ekunze akadzikama, pfungwa yekukurumidzira uye kutsunga kwakadzama mukutarisira dutu rinouya nekukurumidza zvakapinda muMusangano. Uye kwete, yakanga isiri pfungwa dzedu dzvuku dzaive dzichitipa kushushikana tese, seThe Ocean Foundation's wenguva refu maneja weprojekiti uye muvambi we. LiVBLUE, Wallace J. Nichols, anotsanangura mubhuku rake rinotengwa zvikuru Blue Mind, asi pane imwe mhando ye undercurrent yakasiyana. Uyo ane chimiro—uye kunhuhwirira kwenaphthalene—anozivikanwa zvikuru nevadi vegungwa. Yakanga iri njodzi yekuwedzera kwekuchera kumahombekombe uko kwaisvibisa matenga edu mambakwedza, kutya kwakaonekwa zuva rekutanga kweBlue Vision Summit yegore rino nechiziviso cheObama Administration chekuti kambani hombe yemagetsi Shell yapihwa mvumo yekuenderera mberi nekuchera mwaka uno. Alaska ine dutu reChukchi Gungwa.

Kunyange zvazvo nyaya iyi yakabata pfungwa dzevakawanda vaivapo—chipingamupinyi chakazongowedzerwa nechiziviso chakazoitika muvhiki imwe chete chokuti kuchera kuchatangazve mumunda weMacondo weGulf of Mexico makiromita matatu chete kubva pakatanga BP ya3. PLC inoputika zvakanaka, kurashikirwa kukuru kwemafuta munhoroondo yeUS-hazvina kudzikamisa mweya yedu. Kutaura zvazviri, zvakaita zvakasiyana. Zvakatisimbisa. Zvimwe zvakabatana. Uye nzara yedambudziko redu rinotevera.

Izvo zvinokurumidza kukurova pamusoro peBlue Vision Summit haisiriye ndiani anonyora mazita evatauri, kana akasiyana uye akanyatsogadzirwa ajenda, asi pfungwa yekubatanidzwa uye tariro iyo inopinza Musangano. Ndiyo nzira iyo vanhu vanobva kumativi ese ehupenyu, vadiki nevakuru, vanoungana kuti vaite hurukuro inovaka pamusoro pekutyisidzirwa kuri kusangana negungwa redu nemahombekombe, uye kugadzira hurongwa hwakashinga hwekugadzirisa izvo zvityisidziro. Mhedzisiro yacho iHealthy Ocean Hill Day, mukana wevose vatori vechikamu kuti vakwire kuCapitol Hill pazuva rekutaura nenhengo dzeCongress kuti vaonese kukosha kwenyaya dzemugungwa, uye kurwira mutemo wakagadzirirwa kusimudzira hutano. yegungwa nemabhirioni anovimba nayo zvakananga kuti vawane chouviri uye chekurarama nacho.

Gore rino ndakava neropafadzo yekubatanidzwa mukuedza uku neboka revanhu vaungasafunga kushamwaridzana nekuchengetedzwa kwegungwa: nharaunda dziri mukati menyika. Inotungamirwa naVicki Nichols Goldstein, The Ocean Foundation purojekiti maneja we Colorado Ocean Coalition, Nhumwa dzemukati megungwa dzaisanganisira vanhu vanobva kuMidwest neWestern states vane hanya zvikuru nemakungwa edu uye vane chivimbo chekuti nyaya idzi dzinobata munhu wese, kusanganisira nyika dzakavharirwa nyika seColorado, iyo inozvirumbidza nehuwandu hwepamusoro-soro hwevatambi vane zvitupa. yose US

Seti yangu yenhumwa dzemukati megungwa, nhumwa yeMichigan, yakave nemukana wakanaka wekushanyira Rep. Dan Benishek (MI-1). Dunhu rekutanga reMichigan ndimo mandakakurira ndikaenda kukoreji, saka musangano uyu wakanyanya kundifadza seMichigander uye oceanophile.

Kunyange ndine ruremekedzo rwakadzama uye kuyemura Dr. Benishek, kunyanya chinzvimbo chake sesachigaro weNational Marine Sanctuary Caucus, uye basa rake sesachigaro pamwe nemuvambi weHouse Invasive Species Caucus, pane imwe nyaya yatiri mairi. kusawirirana kukuru, uye ndiko kuchera kunze kwemahombekombe.

Tauya takagadzirira kumusangano wedu nenhamba pamusoro pekukosha kwemari kwehupfumi hwemahombekombe eEast Coast ine kushanya, mitambo yekutandara, nekubata hove zvakabatana nekuvapo kweshiri nhema, mhuka dzemugungwa dzine mafuta, uye mahombekombe akafukidzwa netar. . Mukupindura nharo dzedu, Dr. Benishek vakapikisa kuti chisarudzo chekubvumira kuchera kunze kwegungwa inyaya yekodzero dzehurumende, uye hurumende yehurumende haifaniri kukwanisa kutaura kuti vanhu veEast Coast vanogona kubvisa chinhu ichi chinokosha kubva pakadzika pasi. masaisai.

Asi, kana tsaona ikaitika, iyo isingadzivisiki nenhamba, uye oiri inotanga kudirana muchikamu chemvura uye inokurumidza kukukurwa ichitevedza gungwa rose reAtlantic neGulf Stream, uye pakupedzisira kuenda kugungwa kuNorth Atlantic current, ndizvo here? ichiri "nyaya yenyika"? Kana bhizinesi remhuri diki ravepo kwezvizvarwa nezvizvarwa rinofanira kuvhara mikova yaro nekuti hapana anouya kumahombekombe, i "nyaya yenyika" here? Kwete, inyaya yenyika, inoda hutungamiriri hwenyika. Uye nekuda kwenharaunda dzedu, dzematunhu edu, yenyika yedu, uye yenyika yedu, zvingave zvakanaka kungosiya mafuta efosi pasi pepamusoro, nekuti mvura nemafuta hazvisanganise.

Zuva reHealthy Ocean Hill Day regore rino raisanganisira vatori vechikamu zana nemakumi matatu nevaviri kubva kunhume dzehurumende makumi maviri neina uye 134 kushanya nevatungamiriri veCongress nevashandi - iyo huru yezuva rimwe chete yegungwa nekudzivirira kwemahombekombe kuedza munhoroondo yenyika yedu. Tidaidzei vadikani vegungwa, tidaidzei vapanduki vegungwa, asi chero zvamunoita musatiti ma quitters. Kunyangwe matenga matsvuku emanheru eBlue Vision Summit akatipa kumbomira kuti tifungisise pamusoro pekukunda kwedu, tagadzirira denga dzvuku mambakwedza. Iyi ndiyo yambiro yemutyairi wedu wechikepe, uye iva nechokwadi, sezvatinopinda mumakungwa ari kupisa egakava rinopisa pamusoro peramangwana renyika yedu yekuchengetera mafuta ekumahombekombe, maoko ese ari panhovo.

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

Mufananidzo 2 - Poseidon inotarisa pamusoro peiyo US Capitol Building panguva yakakura kwazvo yekuchengetedza vagari vegungwa kuedza kuedza munhoroondo yeUS. (c) Ben Scheelk.