Ngongole yazithunzi: Mack Johnson
Wolemba Ground Zero Center for Nonviolent Action, Epulo 28, 2023
Pa Earth Day 2023, omenyera mtendere ndi olimbikitsa zachilengedwe adasonkhana pamalo okwerera mafuta a Pentagon kuti achitire umboni za misala yakuyaka mafuta ochulukirapo m'dzina la National Security pomwe dziko likuyaka moto chifukwa cha kutentha kwa dziko / kusintha kwanyengo. .
Wokonzedwa ndi Ground Zero Center for Nonviolent Action, omenyera ufulu adasonkhana pa Epulo 22nd at Manchester Fuel Depot, yomwe imadziwika kuti Manchester Fuel Department (MFD), kutsutsa kugwiritsa ntchito hydrocarbon ndi asitikali ankhondo aku US ndi department of Defense. Depot ya Manchester ili pafupi ndi Port Orchard ku Washington State.
Malo osungiramo mafuta ku Manchester ndiye malo akulu kwambiri operekera mafuta kwa asitikali aku US, ndipo ali pafupi ndi vuto lalikulu la zivomezi. Kuwonongeka kwazinthu zilizonse zamafutawa kungakhudze zachilengedwe zosalimba za Nyanja ya Salish, nyanja yayikulu kwambiri padziko lonse lapansi komanso yolemera kwambiri padziko lonse lapansi. Dzina lake limalemekeza anthu oyamba okhala m'derali, anthu a Coast Salish.
Mamembala a The Ground Zero Center for Nonviolent Action, 350 West Sound Climate Action, ndi Kitsap Unitarian Universalist Fellowship anasonkhana ku Manchester State Park Loweruka April 22, ndipo anapita ku chipata cha Fuel Depot pa Beach Drive pafupi ndi Manchester, Washington. Kumeneko anaonetsa zikwangwani ndi zikwangwani zoitanira boma la US kuti: 1) liteteze akasinja kuti asatayike ndi kuopseza zivomezi; 2) kuchepetsa mpweya wa dipatimenti ya Chitetezo; 3) sinthani mfundo zankhondo ndi akazembe aku United States kuti azidalira zida zankhondo ndi mafuta oyaka omwe kugwiritsidwa ntchito kwake kumawonjezera vuto la nyengo.
Ochita zionetserowo analonjeredwa pachipata ndi alonda ndi achitetezo, omwe anawalandira (modabwitsa) ndi madzi a m’mabotolo, ndi mawu akuti akuteteza ufulu wa ochita zionetserowo ndi kuti amalemekeza [olimbikitsa] ufulu wawo wolankhula.
Titachezeka pang'ono gululo lidakwera padoko pa Port of Manchester komwe adatulutsa chikwangwani chonena kuti, "DZIKO NDI MAYI WATHU - MUWATETEZE ULEMU", poyang'ana zombo zomwe zili pamalo opangira mafuta a Fuel Depot.
The Manchester Fuel department (MFD) ndiye malo opangira mafuta a Department of Defense omwe ali ndi malo amodzi ku United States. Malo osungiramo katundu amapereka mafuta agulu lankhondo, zothira mafuta ndi zowonjezera ku zombo zapamadzi za US Navy ndi Coast Guard, komanso ochokera kumayiko ogwirizana ngati Canada. Zolemba zomwe zilipo kuyambira 2017 zikuwonetsa Mafuta okwana magaloni 75 miliyoni zosungidwa ku MFD.
Asitikali aku US ali ndi pafupifupi Zida za nkhondo za 750 padziko lonse lapansi ndikutulutsa mpweya wambiri m'mlengalenga kuposa mayiko 140.
Asitikali aku US akadakhala dziko, kugwiritsa ntchito mafuta okha kukanapangitsa kuti likhale dziko 47 wamkulu emitter wa wowonjezera kutentha padziko lapansi, akukhala pakati pa Peru ndi Portugal.
Kusamvana komwe kumayambitsidwa kapena kukulirakulira chifukwa cha kusintha kwa nyengo kumapangitsa kuti pakhale kusatetezeka kwapadziko lonse, komwe kumawonjezera mwayi wogwiritsa ntchito zida za nyukiliya. Zotsatira za kusintha kwa nyengo zitha kupangitsanso zikhumbo pakati pa mayiko ena kupeza zida zanyukiliya kapena zida zanyukiliya zomwe zingagwiritsidwe ntchito kapena mwanzeru.
Ngakhale kuti kusintha kwa nyengo ndi chiwopsezo cha nkhondo ya nyukiliya ndizo ziwopsezo ziwiri zazikulu za tsogolo la anthu ndi moyo padziko lapansi, mayankho awo ndi ofanana. Kugwirizana kwa mayiko pofuna kuthetsa limodzi mwa mavutowa—kaya kuthetseratu kapena kuchepetsa mwamphamvu zida za nyukiliya kapena kuchepetsa mpweya wotenthetsa dziko lapansi—kungathandize kwambiri kuthetsa linalo.
The Mgwirizano Wotsutsa Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) zinayamba kugwira ntchito mu Januwale 2021. Ngakhale kuti zoletsa za panganoli zikugwira ntchito mwalamulo m'mayiko (60 mpaka pano) omwe akukhala "State Parties" ku mgwirizanowu, zoletsazo zimadutsa ntchito za maboma okha. Ndime 1(e) ya panganoli imaletsa mayiko omwe ali ndi zida za nyukiliya kuti athandize "aliyense" yemwe akuchita chilichonse mwazoletsedwa, kuphatikiza makampani wamba ndi anthu omwe atha kuchita nawo bizinesi ya zida za nyukiliya.
Membala wa Ground Zero a Leonard Eiger adati "Sitingathe kuthana ndi vuto la nyengo popanda kuthana ndi vuto la nyukiliya. Purezidenti Biden ayenera kusaina TPNW kuti tithe kuyamba nthawi yomweyo kusamutsa ndalama zambiri zofunika, ndalama za anthu ndi zomangamanga kutali ndi kukonzekera nkhondo ya nyukiliya kuti tithane ndi kusintha kwa nyengo. Kusaina TPNW kungatumize uthenga womveka bwino kwa mphamvu zina za nyukiliya, ndipo potsirizira pake kupititsa patsogolo mgwirizano ndi Russia ndi China. Mibadwo yamtsogolo ikudalira ife kupanga chisankho choyenera!
Kufikira kwathu ku chiwerengero chachikulu cha zida za nyukiliya zomwe zatumizidwa ku US. ku Bangor, ndi ku "Pentagon yayikulu kwambiri yamafuta" ku Manchester, amafuna kulingalira mozama ndi kuyankha kuopseza kwa nkhondo ya nyukiliya ndi kusintha kwa nyengo.
Yankho la 2020 Freedom of Information Act kuchokera kwa membala wa Navy kupita ku Ground Zero Glen Milner adawonetsa kuti mafuta ambiri ochokera ku depo ya Manchester amatumizidwa ku malo ankhondo akumaloko, mwina pophunzitsa kapena kukamenya nkhondo. Mafuta ambiri amatumizidwa ku Naval Air Station Whidbey Island. Mwaona https://1drv.ms/
F/A-18F imodzi, yofanana ndi ndege za Blue Angels zomwe zimawuluka chilimwe chilichonse ku Seattle, zimadya pafupifupi 1,100 magaloni amafuta a jet pa ora.
Pentagon, mu 2022, idalengeza kutsekedwa kokonzekera kwa a malo osungira mafuta pafupi ndi Pearl Harbor ku Hawaii yomwe idamangidwa nthawi yofanana ndi depot ya Manchester. Lingaliro la Mlembi wa Chitetezo Lloyd Austin lidatengera kuwunika kwatsopano kwa Pentagon, komanso lidatsatira lamulo lochokera ku dipatimenti ya zaumoyo ku Hawaii kuti lichotse mafuta m'matangi ku. Malo Osungira Mafuta a Red Hill Bulk.
Matankiwo anali atayikira m’chitsime cha madzi akumwa ndi madzi oipa m’nyumba ndi m’maofesi a Pearl Harbor. Pafupifupi anthu 6,000, makamaka omwe amakhala mnyumba zankhondo ku Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam adadwala, kufunafuna chithandizo chamseru, mutu, totupa ndi matenda ena. Ndipo mabanja ankhondo 4,000 adathamangitsidwa mnyumba zawo ndipo ali m'mahotela.
Depo ya Manchester ili pamtunda wa makilomita pafupifupi awiri kuchokera m'mphepete mwa nyanja ya Salish, kusunga zinthu zamafuta m’matanki 44 amafuta ochuluka (Matanki 33 Osungira Pansi Pansi ndi Matanki 11 Osungira Pamwamba) pa maekala 234. Ambiri mwa akasinja anali yomangidwa mu 1940s. Malo osungira mafuta (famu ya tanki ndi pier yonyamula) ili pafupi makilomita asanu ndi limodzi kumadzulo kwa Alki Beach ku Seattle.
Zodabwitsa za mbiri yakale: Manchester State Park idapangidwa ngati malo otetezera nyanja zaka zana zapitazo kuti ateteze gulu lankhondo la Bremerton kuti asawukidwe ndi nyanja. Malowa adasamutsidwira ku Washington ndipo tsopano ndi malo opezeka anthu ambiri okongola modabwitsa komanso mwayi wosangalala. Ndi ndondomeko yoyenera yachilendo ndi kuika patsogolo ndalama. Ndi gawo la masomphenya a omenyera ufulu wokhala ndi chiyembekezo chamtsogolo kuti malo ankhondo ngati awa atha kusinthidwa kukhala malo omwe amatsimikizira moyo m'malo mowopseza.
Chochitika chotsatira cha Ground Zero Center for Nonviolent Action chikhala Loweruka, Meyi 13, 2023, kulemekeza cholinga choyambirira cha Tsiku la Amayi la Mtendere.
