I-WASHINGTON, DC - I-Airlines yaseMelika (i-A4A), umbutho wokurhweba kwishishini leenqwelo-moya ezihamba phambili zase-US, namhlanje uncome uSen. Claire McCaskill (D-MO) ngokuxhasana ngokubambisana nomthetho osayilwayo oya kuthintela abaqhubi beenqwelo-moya base-US ukuba bathathe inxaxheba kwi-European Union. I-Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS) ngenxa yokuba le nkqubo yaphula ulongamo lwase-US kunye nomthetho wamazwe ngamazwe, kwaye ibeka irhafu engafanelekanga kunye nomthwalo kwiinqwelo-moya zase-US kunye nabathengi. Umthetho ukwazama ukubamba iinqwelomoya zingenabungozi ekubeni zingathabathi nxaxheba kwisikimu.
I-Senator McCaskill yi-Democrat yokuqala yokubambisana nomthetho, owaziswa nguSen. John Thune (RS.D.). Umthetho oyilwayo we-Senate ufana nomthetho we-bipartisan ogqithiswe yiNdlu epheleleyo yaBameli ekwindla yokugqibela.
"Ubunkokeli bukaSenator McCaskill ekusebenzeni kwi-aisle kunye nokubambisana nalo mthetho ubalulekileyo uthumela umyalezo oqinileyo wokuba iCongress iyayichasa inkqubo yerhafu ye-EU ehlangeneyo, kunye ne-A4A kunye namalungu ayo akhuthaza abaphathi ukuba bathathe amanyathelo afanayo," kusho uMongameli we-A4A kunye ne-CEO uNicholas E. Calio. "Ukuthobela iinqwelomoya kwi-EU ETS kuya kuba yinto engalunganga ekuncedeni okusingqongileyo, kubangele ukulahlekelwa yimisebenzi yase-US, kwaye kuthintele amandla eenqwelo-moya ukutyala imali kwinqwelomoya entsha kwaye baqhubeke nemizamo yabo ebanzi yokwakha irekhodi labo eliqinileyo lokusingqongileyo."
Ukususela kwi-2000 ukuya kwi-2010, iinqwelo-moya zase-US zanciphisa ukukhutshwa kwegesi ye-greenhouse ngeepesenti ezili-10 ngelixa zihambisa i-15 ekhulwini ngaphezulu kwabakhweli kunye nemithwalo.
Inkxaso ye-Bipartisan yomthetho oyilwayo we-Senate ilandela intlanganiso yaseMoscow yoorhulumente, apho i-United States kunye noorhulumente abaninzi bechasa irhafu ye-EU ye-Unilateral kwaye bachaza amanyathelo abambekayo abanokuthi bawathathe ukuze babhukuqe le nkqubo. I-Declaration yaseMoscow nayo yomeleza ukuzibophelela kwamazwe ekufikeleleni kwindlela yecandelo lehlabathi kwi-International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO), iqumrhu leZizwe eziManyeneyo elijongene nokumisela imigangatho yokuhamba ngeenqwelomoya kumazwe ngamazwe.
