I-Churning Seas: Ingqungquthela yeBlue Vision 5

NguBen Scheelk, uMdibaniso weNkqubo

Kukho isuntswana elidala lemozulu ethi:

Isibhakabhaka esibomvu ebusuku, ulonwabo lomatiloshe.
Isibhakabhaka esibomvu kusasa, isilumkiso sikamatiloshe.

Ngethamsanqa, kubantu abangaphezu kwama-290 abebezimase iNgqungquthela yeBlue Vision yalo nyaka, kwiSithili sase-Columbia, ngendlela engaqhelekanga kakhulu ngeli xesha lonyaka, basonwabisa sonke ngothotho lweengokuhlwa ezibomvu-bomvu ezichithwe sibhiyozela phakathi kwabahlobo kunye noogxa bethu, ngokunjalo. njengeentsuku ezintle zebluebird zolwamkelo oluninzi, iintetho kunye neentlanganiso ezithe zaqhutywa ngeNgqungquthela. INgqungquthela, umsitho obanjwa kabini ngonyaka oququzelelwe ngu Iphulo leBlue Frontier, idibanisa iinkokheli zolondolozo lolwandle ezivela kwihlabathi jikelele.

Ukanti, phezu kwayo nje imozulu ezolileyo, imvakalelo yongxamiseko nesigqibo esinzulu sokulindela uqhwithela olusondela ngokukhawuleza lwatyhutyha iNgqungquthela. Kwaye hayi, yayingeyongqondo yethu ebomvu eyayisinika lonke ixhala, njengomphathi weprojekthi yeOcean Foundation ixesha elide kunye nomseki we. LiVblue, Wallace J. Nichols, uchaza kwincwadi yakhe ethengiswa kakhulu Ingqondo eBlue, kodwa kunoko uhlobo olwahlukileyo lwe-undercurrent. Umntu onemilo—kunye nevumba le-naphthalene elirhabaxa—uqheleke kakhulu phakathi kwabathandi bolwandle. Yayisisisoyikiso esongezelelekileyo sokomba elwandle ebesingcolisa isibhakabhaka sakusasa sibomvu, uloyiko olwenziwe lwabonakala kubusuku obungaphambi kweNgqungquthela yeBlue Vision yalo nyaka kunye nesibhengezo soLawulo luka-Obama sokuba isigebenga samandla uShell unikiwe imvume yokuqhubeka nokugrumba kweli xesha lonyaka. Ulwandle lwaseChukchi oluvuthuzayo lwaseAlaska.

Nangona lo mbandela ngokuqinisekileyo wawuzixakekise iingcinga zabaninzi ababekho-ukusilela okuye kwandiswa sisibhengezo kamva kwaloo veki inye sokuba kuseza kuphinda kuqalise ukusebenza kwiGulf of Mexico kwintsimi yeMacondo ekwindawo ekwiikhilomitha ezi-3 ukusuka kwindyikityha ye-BP ka-2010. I-PLC ivuthelwe kakuhle, eyona ndawo inkulu yokuchitheka kweoyile kwimbali yase-US-ayizange ithobe umoya wethu. Enyanisweni, yenza kanye okwahlukileyo. Yasomeleza. Okungakumbi kuqhagamshelwe. Kwaye silambele umngeni wethu olandelayo.

Eyona nto ikuchukumiseyo ngokukhawuleza malunga neNgqungquthela yeBlue Vision ayingomntu odwelisa izithethi, okanye i-ajenda eyohlukeneyo neyilwe kakuhle, kodwa yimvakalelo yothethathethwano kunye nethemba elifaka iNgqungquthela. Yindlela abathi abantu abasuka kuzo zonke iinkalo zobomi, abancinci nabadala, bahlangane ukuze babe neengxoxo ezakhayo malunga nezigrogriso ezijongene nolwandle lwethu namanxweme, kunye nokuphuhlisa izicwangciso ezibukhali zokujongana nezo zoyikiso. Undoqo walo lusuku lweHealthy Ocean Hill, ithuba lokuba bonke abathathi-nxaxheba banyuke baye eCapitol Hill kusuku lokuthetha namalungu eCongress ukuze babethelele kubo ukubaluleka kwemiba yaselwandle, kunye nokukhokela umthetho owenzelwe ukuqhubela phambili impilo. yolwandle kunye neebhiliyoni ezithembele ngokuthe ngqo kulo ukuze baziphilise kunye nokutya.

Kulo nyaka ndibe nenyhweba yokuzibandakanya nolu mzamo neqela labantu onokuthi ungacingi ukuba banxulumane nolondolozo lolwandle: iindawo ezingaphakathi elizweni. Ikhokelwa nguVicki Nichols Goldstein, umphathi weprojekthi ye-Ocean Foundation iColorado Ocean Coalition, igqiza labameli bolwandlekazi belizwe belinabantu abavela kulo lonke elaseMidwest kunye namazwe aseNtshona abakhathalele ngokunzulu iilwandle zethu kwaye baqinisekile ukuba le miba ijongana nawo wonke umntu, kubandakanywa amazwe avalelweyo njengeColorado, eqhayisa ngelona nani liphezulu le-capita nganye yabantu abahlukeneyo abaneziqinisekiso yonke i-US

Iqela lam elithile labathunywa be-inland ocean, abathunywa baseMichigan, baye bafumana ithuba lethamsanqa lokundwendwela kunye no-Rep. Dan Benishek (MI-1). ISithili soku-1 saseMichigan kulapho ndakhulela khona kwaye ndaya ekholejini, kungoko le ntlanganiso yayinomdla kum njengeMichigander kunye ne-oceanophile.

Nangona ndinentlonipho enzulu kwaye ndimncoma uGqr Benishek, ngokukodwa isikhundla sakhe njengosihlalo-sihlalo weNational Marine Sanctuary Caucus, kunye nendima yakhe njengosihlalo kunye nomseki weHouse Invasive Species Caucus, kukho umba omnye esikuwo. Ukungavisisani okukhulu, kwaye oko kukugrumba ngaphandle konxweme.

Sizilungiselele intlanganiso yethu kunye nezibalo malunga nexabiso elikhulu lemali yoqoqosho lonxweme lwaseMpuma olunabileyo ukhenketho, imisetyenzana yolonwabo, kunye nokuloba kuxhomekeke kubukho beentaka ezimnyama, izilwanyana zaselwandle ezifakwe ioli, kunye nolwandle olugqunywe ngetela. . Ekuphenduleni iingxoxo zethu, uDkt. Benishek waphikisa ukuba isigqibo sokuvumela ukugrunjwa kwe-offshore ngumba wamalungelo, kwaye urhulumente wesigqeba akufanele akwazi ukumisela ukuba abantu base-East Coast banokukhupha lo mthombo oxabisekileyo ukusuka ezantsi ngaphantsi. amaza.

Kodwa, xa kusenzeka ingozi, engenakuphepheka ngokwezibalo nangokucacileyo, kwaye ioyile iqalisa ukugxalathelana kwikholamu yamanzi kwaye ikhukuliswe ngokukhawuleza kulo lonke unxweme lweAtlantiki ngeGulf Stream, ize ekugqibeleni iphumele elwandle ngakwiNorth Atlantic current, ngaba kunjalo. ise "ngumba welizwe"? Xa ishishini losapho elincinane ebelikho kangangezizukulwana kufuneka livale iingcango zalo kuba akusekho mntu uza elunxwemeni, ngaba “ngumba karhulumente”? Hayi, ngumba wesizwe, ofuna ubunkokeli besizwe. Kwaye ngenxa yoluntu lwethu, amazwe ethu, ilizwe lethu, kunye nehlabathi lethu, kungangcono ukushiya loo mafutha efosili ngaphantsi komphezulu, kuba amanzi ne-oyile azidibani.

Lo nyaka Healthy Ocean Hill Day iquke abathathi-nxaxheba 134 ukusuka 24 abathunywa karhulumente kunye 163 utyelelo kunye neenkokheli Congress kunye nabasebenzi-eyona inkulu yosuku olunye ulwandle kunye neenzame zokuphembelela ukhuseleko elunxwemeni kwimbali yesizwe sethu. Sibize bathandi bolwandle, sibize ngokuba ngabavukeli baselwandle, kodwa nantoni na oyenzayo, ungasibizi ukuba siyeke. Nangona isibhakabhaka esibomvu sangokuhlwa seNgqungquthela yeBlue Vision sasinika ithuba lokucingisisa nzulu ngoloyiso lwethu, silungele ukusa kwesibhakabhaka esibomvu. Esi sisilumkiso sikamatiloshe wethu, kwaye qiniseka, njengoko singena kulwandle olulwayo lwale ngxoxo ishushu yomgaqo-nkqubo malunga nekamva loovimba we-oyile wesizwe sethu elunxwemeni, zonke izandla zisemngangathweni.

Umfanekiso 1 – Igqiza loLwandle oluNgaphakathi kuLwandlekazi. (c) UJeffrey Dubinsky

Umfanekiso we-2 - IPoseidon ijonge kwiSakhiwo seCapitol sase-US ngexesha lolona mzamo mkhulu wokulondolozwa kolwandle lwabemi kwimbali yase-US. (c) UBen Scheelk.