UMthetho osaYilwayo omtsha uthi iBiden kufuneka ibhengeze iNgxaki yeMozulu yeSizwe

Le webhusayithi isebenzisa iikuki ukuqinisekisa ukuba ufumana amava angcono ngelixa ubrawuza. Ngokucofa 'Ndiyifumene' wamkela le migaqo. Kuphawu lokuba amanye amalungu eCongress anenjongo yokumba uMongameli uJoe Biden aphendule ngezithembiso zemozulu azenzileyo njengomgqatswa, abenzi bomthetho abathathu ngoLwesine bazise umthetho oyilwayo oyalela ukuba abhengeze imeko yonxunguphalo yemozulu yelizwe kwaye ahlanganise zonke izixhobo ezikhoyo zokumisa, ukubuyisela umva, ukunciphisa. , kwaye silungiselele le ngxaki. I-Reps. Earl Blumenauer (D-Ore.) kunye no-Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (DN.Y.) bahlangene noSen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) ukuba bakhokele uMthetho kaZwelonke weNgxakeko yeMozulu ye-2021 - eyakha kwisisombululo esiphuthumayo semozulu. ifuna intshukumo yesizwe eyathi yaziswa ngabathathu kwiseshoni yokugqibela yenkongolo. "Izazinzulu kunye neengcali zicacile, le yimeko engxamisekileyo yemozulu kwaye kufuneka sithathe inyathelo," utshilo uBlumenauer kwingxelo. "Ingqungquthela yokugqibela, ndisebenze nabaphembeleli bezendalo be-Oregon ukuyila isisombululo sikaxakeka kwimozulu ethatha ukungxamiseka kwalo mzuzu." "Umongameli uBiden wenze umsebenzi obalaseleyo wokubeka phambili imozulu kwiintsuku zokuqala zolawulo lwakhe, kodwa emva kweminyaka yokuziqhelanisa nokungazi. ukusuka [kulowo wayesakuba nguMongameli uDonald] Trump kunye namaRiphabhlikhi eCongress, kufuneka udibaniso olukhulu ngakumbi, ”wongeze watsho. "Ndiyavuya ukusebenzisana no-Rep. Ocasio-Cortez kunye no-Sen. Sanders kwakhona kulo mzamo, othatha isisombululo sethu sangaphambili nangaphezulu. Kudlulileyo ixesha lokubhengezwa kwemeko engxamisekileyo yemozulu, kwaye le bhilikhwe inokuthi ekugqibeleni yenziwe." U-Ocasio-Cortez - oye wakhokela isisombululo seGreen New Deal kunye noSen. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) Kwiseshoni yokugqibela - waphawula ngoLwesine ukuba "senze inkqubela phambili ukususela ekubeni sazisa esi sigqibo kwiminyaka emibini edlulileyo, kodwa ngoku kufuneka sidibane nomzuzu siphelelwe lixesha. UMthetho kaZwelonke woNgxamiseko lweMozulu uyayiqonda into yokuba unyaka ka-2010 ukuya kowama-2019 yayiyeyona minyaka ilishumi ishushu kwirekhodi, ukugcwala kwekharbhon diokside kunye nezinye izinto ezingcolisa umoya ziye zanda ukusukela kumaxesha angaphambi kwamashishini kwaye zinyuka ngesantya esothusayo, kwaye ukunyuka kobushushu behlabathi “sele kuneempembelelo eziyingozi. kuluntu kunye nokusingqongileyo. " "Iintlekele zendalo ezinxulumene nemozulu ziye zanda kakhulu kule minyaka ilishumi idlulileyo," i-bill ithi, "ixabisa i-United States ngaphezulu kokuphindwe kabini kumyinge wexesha elide ngexesha lika-2014 ukuya ku-2018, kunye neendleko ezipheleleyo zeentlekele zendalo ngelo xesha. malunga ne-100,000,000,000 yeedola ngonyaka." "Abantu kunye neentsapho eziphambi kokutshintsha kwemozulu kulo lonke elase-United States, kubandakanywa nemimandla, ukuhlala ngokungalingani kwengeniso kunye nentlupheko, ubuhlanga bamaziko, ukungalingani ngokwesini kunye nokuziphatha ngokwesondo, iziseko eziphantsi, kunye nokungabikho kokufikelela kukhathalelo lwempilo, izindlu, amanzi acocekileyo, kunye nokhuseleko lokutya zihlala zikufutshane noxinzelelo lokusingqongileyo okanye imithombo yongcoliseko, ngakumbi abantu bebala, abantu bomthonyama, kunye noluntu olunemivuzo ephantsi, utshilo umthetho oyilwayo. Olu luntu, lo mthetho usayilwayo uyaqhubeka, "bahlala beqala ukuvezwa kwiimpembelelo zokutshintsha kwemozulu; amava omngcipheko ongaphezulu ngenxa yokusondela koluntu kwiingozi zendalo kunye noxinzelelo, ukongeza ekudityanisweni kwenkunkuma kunye neminye imithombo yongcoliseko; kunye babe nezona zixhobo zimbalwa zokunciphisa ezo mpembelelo okanye ukufuduka, nto leyo eya kwandisa imiceli mngeni ekhoyo. " Njengoko u-Ocasio-Cortez ebeka: "Ilizwe lethu lisengxakini kwaye, ukujongana nalo, kuya kufuneka sihlanganise izibonelelo zethu zentlalo kunye nezoqoqosho ngomlinganiselo omkhulu. Ukuba sifuna ukuphepha ukuphindaphinda iimpazamo zexesha elidlulileyo - ukuba sifuna ukuqinisekisa ukuba isizwe sethu sinokubuyisela uqoqosho ngokulinganayo kwaye sithintele enye ingxaki eguqula ubomi - ke kufuneka siqale ngokubiza ngalo mzuzu ukuba yintoni na, imeko kaxakeka yesizwe. " Amagqabantshintshi e-congresswoman aphinda iinyanga zeminxeba evela kubakhankasi kwihlabathi liphela ukuze kubuyiselwe okufanelekileyo, okuluhlaza kubhubhani we-coronavirus. Ixhasa loo minxeba, ingxelo yakutshanje yeZizwe Ezimanyeneyo ibonisa ukuba ngoxa ihlabathi likwimeko entle yokunyuka kwamaqondo obushushu angaphaya kwe-3°C kule nkulungwane, oko kuphila kwakhona kunokunciphisa ukukhutshwa kweegesi ezingcolisa umoya kule minyaka ilishumi izayo malunga nekota. Umthetho omtsha ufuna ukuba umongameli anike ingxelo kwisithuba sonyaka omnye womthetho oyilwayo, kwaye aqhubeke nomsebenzi minyaka le, echaza izenzo zesebe elilawulayo ukujongana nonxunguphalo lwemozulu kunye nokuqinisekisa iplanethi enokuhlaleka kwizizukulwana ezizayo. Lo mthetho uyilwayo ukhuthaza ukulandelwa kweeprojekthi ezinkulu zokunciphisa kunye nokomelela, kubandakanywa ukwakhiwa kunye nokuphuculwa kweziseko ezingundoqo, utyalo-mali kwimpilo yoluntu kunye nezolimo ezihlaziyiweyo, kunye nokukhusela imihlaba yoluntu. Umthetho uqaqambisa ukuba i-United States ingoyena mqhubi wenguqu yemozulu, igxininisa uxanduva lwayo lokuhlanganisa impendulo hayi ekhaya kuphela kodwa kwihlabathi liphela - ngakumbi kuluntu oluphambili olube negalelo elincinci kule ngxaki kodwa sele ijongana neziphumo zayo. Lo mthetho usayilwayo uphinda ubonise ukuba "ngokwezazinzulu zemozulu, ukujongana nemeko yonxunguphalo yemozulu kuya kufuna ukuba kuthathwe amanyathelo afanelekileyo kwezoqoqosho ekusetyenzisweni kwe-oyile, irhasi kunye namalahle ukuze kugcinwe ikhabhoni eyona ndawo iphambili yamafutha efosili kwindawo. emhlabeni nangaphandle kwe-atmosfera." USanders, ngoku ongusihlalo weKomiti yoHlahlo-lwabiwo-mali ye-Senate, ubhengeze ukuba "njengoko sijongene nengxaki yehlabathi yokutshintsha kwemozulu, ukongeza kwezinye iingxaki esijongene nazo, kunyanzelekile ukuba i-United States ikhokele ihlabathi ekuguquleni inkqubo yethu yamandla kude ne-fossil fuel. ukusebenza kakuhle kwamandla kunye namandla azinzileyo." "Eyona nto siyidingayo ngoku bubunkokheli beCongress ukuba bume kwishishini le-fossil kwaye sibaxelele ukuba inzuzo yabo yexesha elifutshane ayibalulekanga ngakumbi kunekamva lomhlaba," wongeze watsho uSanders. "Ukutshintsha kwemozulu yimeko engxamisekileyo yelizwe, kwaye ndiyazingca ngokuzisa lo mthetho kunye nabalingane bam beNdlu kunye neSenethi." Enkosi kwi-runoff ephumeleleyo eGeorgia, iiDemokhrasi ngoku zilawula omabini amagumbi eCongress kunye ne-White House. Ukwaziswa komthetho oyilwayo kuza emva kokuba iNkokheli yeSenate Majority uChuck Schumer (DN.Y.) etshilo kwi-MSNBC kwinyanga ephelileyo, "Ndicinga ukuba inokuba licebo elilungileyo ukuba uMongameli uBiden abize imeko kaxakeka." Lo mthetho wanconywa luluhlu lwamaqela enkxaso kuquka 350.org, Centre for Biological Diversity, the Climate Mobilization, Food & Water Watch, Friends of the Earth, Greenpeace USA, Justice Democrats, Public Citizen, and the Sunrise Movement Umlawuli, uVarshini Prakash, uthe "lo mthetho usayilwayo luphawu oluhle lokuba iinkokeli zethu ekugqibeleni ziyayiqonda into abantu abatsha kunye nabaphembeleli bemozulu bebekhwaza besuka eluphahleni iminyaka - ukuba imililo etshise amakhaya ethu ukuba abe yingqushu, izikhukhula ezithathe wethu. usapho kunye nabahlobo kunye nabo, yimeko kaxakeka yemozulu, kwaye inyathelo elinesibindi kufuneka lenziwe ngoku ukusindisa ubuntu bethu kunye nekamva lethu. " UJean Su, umlawuli wezobulungisa bamandla kunye negqwetha kwiZiko leBiological Diversity, uchaze ukuba "ngokubhengeza imeko engxamisekileyo yemozulu, uMongameli uBiden uya kuba nakho ukuhambisa imali yomkhosi ukuze akhe iinkqubo zamandla acocekileyo, ishishini labucala le-marshal lokuvelisa itekhnoloji ecocekileyo, ivelise izigidi zezixhobo zomkhosi. imisebenzi ekumgangatho ophezulu, kwaye ekugqibeleni yaphelisa ukuthunyelwa kweoli ekrwada eyingozi kumazwe angaphandle." Ngenxa yokuba kunokwenzeka, uLaura Berry, umlawuli wophando kunye nomgaqo-nkqubo wokuHlanganisa iMozulu, uthe ukugqithiswa kwebhili "linyathelo elilandelayo eliphambili lokuphumeza impendulo yemozulu yelizwe ngaphambi kokuba kube lixesha - ngokubhengeza utshintsho lwemozulu njengengxakeko yelizwe, uMongameli Biden kufuneka asebenzise. Amandla eofisi yakhe ukusungula ukuhlanganiswa koluntu lonke kufuneka siqinisekise utshintsho olufanelekileyo kude ne-fossil fuels, kunye nokwakha ikamva elikhuselekileyo nelinobulungisa kubo bonke. " USuku lwaManzi lweHlabathi lwanamhlanje lujikeleza kwixabiso lentlalo, uqoqosho kunye nokusingqongileyo kwamanzi, kunye nendima ebalulekileyo eyidlalayo kubomi bomntu wonke. Ukusuka ekumiseleni ukuba zakhiwe phi ezona zixeko zidala zehlabathi nalapho kuqhambuka khona iingxabano, ukuya ekuqinisekiseni ukuba sinokufikelela kwiinkonzo ze-intanethi kwaye sinqande ukusasazeka kwe-COVID-19 namhlanje, ukubaluleka kwendima edlalwa ngamanzi emhlabeni ayinakujongelwa phantsi. Amanzi athetha ukulingana: imithombo yamanzi asekuhlaleni kunye nezindlu zangasese ezahlukeneyo zinokumisela ukuba intombazana iyayifumana na imfundo, ngelixa kwihlabathi jikelele, ichaphazela ukusasazwa kobutyebi. Inyathelo lecandelo labucala lokunciphisa ukungcoliseka kwamanzi lisanqongophele ngokuyingozi. Ungcoliseko lwamanzi: I-CDP, ngo-2020 Ukufaka iiphaneli zelanga kuthungelwano lwaseCalifornia lwemijelo yamanzi kunokonga urhulumente malunga neelitha ezingama-63 eebhiliyoni zamanzi kwaye kuvelise iigigawati ezili-13 zamandla avuselelekayo minyaka le, ngokutsho kophononongo olunokwenzeka olupapashwe kwiNdalo yoZinzo. Ukunyibilika komkhenkce omhlophe kudla ngokuchazwa njengeArmagedon ebangela itsunami ngokwesithethe esithandwayo. Kumboniso bhanyabhanya wentlekele we-2004 Usuku Emva Kwengomso, ukufudumala kweGulf Stream kunye neNorth Atlantic currents kubangela ukunyibilika kwepolar ngokukhawuleza. Umphumo uba ludonga olukhulu lwamanzi olwandle olugubungela iSixeko saseNew York nangaphaya, lubulala izigidi kule nkqubo. Yaye kanye njengepolar vortex yakutshanje kuMntla weIkhweyitha, umoya oqhaqhazelis’ amazinyo emva koko ugaleleka kwiipali ukuze uvuse elinye ixesha lomkhenkce. Isigqubuthelo somkhenkce wolwandle eKhanada kwiGulf of St. Lawrence sesona sisezantsi ukususela oko imilinganiselo yaqala, kwaye ezo ziindaba ezimbi kakhulu zeentyantyambo zohadi ezizalwa emkhenkceni. Njengoko izigaba zasebusika ukuya entwasahlobo kulo lonke elase-US, abalimi babeka izinto kwaye benza izicwangciso. Okwangoku, njengoko imozulu ishushu, izinambuzane eziqhelekileyo zegadi ezifana neenyosi, amabhungane kunye namabhabhathane ziya kuvela kwimingxuma engaphantsi komhlaba okanye kwindlwane ngaphakathi okanye kwizityalo. I-swallowtail enkulu (ekhohlo) kunye nePalamedes swallowtail (ekunene) ezisela amanzi equleni. K. Draper / Flickr / CC BY-ND