Impembelelo yePentagon kwiiLwandle
Oktobha 9-24
Ellsworth, Maine ukuya ePortsmouth, eNew Hampshire
IPentagon ineyona ndawo inkulu yekhabhoni kuMama wethu woMhlaba. Ukulwa imfazwe engapheliyo kudla izixa ezikhulu zamafutha efosili kwaye kubeka inkunkuma kwiindawo ezibalulekileyo ezibuthathaka kokusingqongileyo kwiplanethi - ngakumbi iilwandle.
Kwiilwandlekazi kukho intaphane yezinto eziphilayo ezahlukahlukeneyo, ukususela kwizilwanyana ezincinane ukuya kutsho kwiminenga, uninzi lwayo olukwaziyo ukuva isandi nokusisebenzisa ekufumaneni ukutya, ukutyhutyha indlela, ukunxibelelana nokuphepha amarhamncwa. I-Navy sonar blasts yonakalisa ezi zidalwa, iphazamisa ubomi babo, ishiya izilwanyana zichaphazeleka ngakumbi kwizifo kwaye zinciphisa impumelelo yokuzala, kwaye ngamanye amaxesha zilimaza kwaye zibabulale.
Ngenxa yokuba iisenari zeNavy zikhwaza kakhulu, kuxhomekeke kwiimeko zolwandle, loo ngxolo inokuhamba kumanqanaba ayingozi amashumi okanye amakhulu eemayile, ichaphazela inani elikhulu lezilwanyana. Ngokwayo uqikelelo loMkhosi woMkhosi, ingxolo ye-sonar isenokuthi ibe phezulu njenge-140 decibels 300 miles ukusuka kumthombo, inqanaba eliphindwe kalikhulu kunomgangatho owaziwayo okhokelela kutshintsho lokuziphatha kwiminenga emikhulu.
Eminye yale mithambo iya kwenzeka nangaphakathi kwindawo ekhethiweyo ye-right whale esele isengozini, ehlala rhoqo kumanzi aseMaine. Ngapha koko, uMkhosi waManzi ngoku wakha umgama oziikhilomitha ezingama-500 ezinezixhobo ukusuka kunxweme lwaseGeorgia apho ujonge ukuqhuba imithambo ye-sonar engama-470 ngonyaka - uMkhosi waManzi wakhetha esi siza ngaphandle nje konxweme lweendawo ezaziwayo zokuzala zomnenga wasekunene! NgoMatshi ka-2015 uvavanyo lwe-Navy sonar kufutshane ne-Guam lukhokelele ekubhajweni kwemikhomo emithathu enemilomo.
Iimpembelelo zeNdawo yeenqanawa eMaine
Uvavanyo olusecaleni lwesonar lwenzeka eBath Iron Works (BIW) nakwiPortsmouth Naval Shipyard eKittery okukhokelela ekubulaweni kweentlanzi okubalulekileyo. Uvavanyo lovavanyo lwezixhobo zeNavy off-shore lubeka imichiza eyityhefu kunye nezixhobo eziyingozi kunye nenkunkuma kwindawo yaselwandle yaseMaine.
UMlambo i-Kennebec apho imida ye-BIW ihlala igrunjwa ukuze kuvunyelwe abatshabalalisi abanzulu abakhelwe apho ukuba bangene elwandle. Ukukhuthuza kuthatha ubunzima obunzima kubomi basemanzini.
INdawo yeenqanawa zasePortsmouth Naval ibangele ungcoliseko olumandla lwemekobume yendawo. Indawo yeenqanawa ikwisiqithi iPentagon esithatha njengenye yezixhobo zabo ezisengozini yokutshintsha kwemozulu, ngakumbi iindawo zabo zokumisa idokhi. Ukunyuka kwamaqondo olwandle kunokuchaphazela iziza zenkunkuma enetyhefu kwindawo yeenqanawa ngoku ubukhulu becala zilungile ngaselunxwemeni kwaye zinokuchaphazela ngokunzulu umgangatho wamanzi nobomi bolwandle.
Ulwabiwo olwandle
Ukususela ekuqaleni kwenguqu kwezoshishino ebutsheni beminyaka yee-1800, oomatshini abasebenzisa amafutha eefosili baye babangela ukuqhambuka kwemizi-mveliso nebutho labantu ngendlela engazange ibonwe ngaphambili. Ukwenziwa kweasidi yolwandle kukuhla okuqhubekayo kwe-pH yolwandle okubangelwa kukukhutshwa kwepetroli yabantu. Iilwandle okwangoku zifunxa malunga nesiqingatha seCO2 eveliswa ngokutshiswa kwamafutha efosili. Kuqikelelwa ukuba i-30-40% yecarbon dioxide ekhutshwa ngabantu emoyeni inyibilika ibe ziilwandle, imilambo namachibi.
I-Arctic Militarization ngenxa yoTshintsho lweMozulu
Ekuqaleni kuka-2014 uMaine's Sen. Angus King wahamba kwinqanawa yangaphantsi komhlaba yenyukliya phantsi komkhenkce woLwandle lwe-Arctic ngoku onyibilikayo ngenxa yokutshintsha kwemozulu. U-Admiral Jonathan Greenert, intloko yemisebenzi yomkhosi wasemanzini wayekwinxalenye kwaye wathi, "Kubomi bethu, into [ebiyiyo] umhlaba kunye nokuthintela ukuhamba okanye ukuhlola, iba lulwandle ... abantu banobuchule kulo mmandla wehlabathi,” ukuze “singabanini ummandla ongaphantsi kolwandle size sifike naphi na apho.”
Xa uSen. King ebuya kuhambo waxelela abantu bakhe ukuba kukho "ukuncipha komkhenkce nge-40% ngenxa yokufudumala kwehlabathi." Uxele ukuba "ekungafikelelekiyo ngaphambili" igesi kunye neoyile yokugcina ngoku iza kudala "amathuba amatsha". UKumkani uqukumbele ngelithi, "Ndiqinisekile ukuba kufuneka sonyuse amandla ethu kulo mmandla, into endizimisele ukuyicinezela koogxa bam kwiKomiti yeeNkonzo ezixhobileyo njengoko sisebenza kwizinto eziphambili emkhosini kule minyaka izayo."
Endaweni yokwemba amafutha efosili ethe kratya eArctic, kunye nokudala umdyarho weengalo ezintsha kulo mmandla ukhathazwa yimekobume, i-US kufuneka isebenze ukuguqula imizi-mveliso yethu yomkhosi ukuze yakhe iiinjini zomoya ezingaselunxwemeni, uloliwe, ilanga kunye namandla olwandle. Ngokwezifundo ezenziwe yi ISebe lezoQoqosho le-UMASS-Amherstiindawo zeenqanawa eBath nasePortsmouth zingaphantse ziphinde kabini inani labo lemisebenzi ngokwakha isiporo okanye iiinjini zomoya. IGulf of Maine inamandla omoya amaninzi anamandla okuvelisa ngaphezu kwayo nayiphi na enye indawo e-US.
Nceda Ugcine Iilwandle Zethu
Ukuba iilwandle ziyafa ngokunjalo nabantu abaseMhlabeni kunye nezilwanyana ezininzi zasendle. Ngoku lixesha lokuba sithethe ngokuphelisa iimpembelelo ezinkulu zomkhosi kulwandlekazi lwehlabathi kunye nokuguqulwa kwefosili yethu exhomekeke kwimizi-mveliso yasemkhosini ukuya kubuchwephesha obuzinzileyo. Siza kuhamba ukuzisa ingqwalasela kule miba ibalulekileyo. Nceda usincede siwuse lo myalezo eluntwini ngokuzimanya nathi.
iMaine Walk for Peace ixhaswa ngaba: Amagqala eMaine for Peace; PeaceWorks; IkhowudiPink Maine; Abemi abachasa izigrogriso ze-Sonar ezisebenzayo (COAST); Isenzo soxolo Maine; Amagqala oXolo lukaSmedley Butler Brigade (iBoston enkulu); Impendulo yoXolo loLwandle (ePortsmouth); Uthungelwano lweHlabathi oluchasene neZixhobo & naMandla eNyukliya kwiSithuba; (Uluhlu kuluhlu)
Ukujonga iflaya yokuhamba kunye neshedyuli yokuhamba yonke imihla nceda ucofe apha http://vfpmaine.org/walk%
