Umoya ococekileyo wamanxweme ase-US usondele kancinci kwinyani. I-Arhente yoKhuseleko lweNdalo yase-US (EPA) ithatha amanyathelo okudinga amafutha acocekileyo kwiinqanawa ezinkulu ezisebenza emanzini ase-United States.

I-sulphur ephezulu, i-bunker fuel esetyenziswa ngokubanzi kwimithwalo emikhulu kunye neenqanawa ezihamba ngenqanawa zikhupha iintlobo ezifanayo zongcoliseko njengezixhobo zombane ezibaswa ngamalahle elunxwemeni. Ukuqala ngo-2011, i-EPA iya kufuna ukuba iinqanawa ezibhaliswe e-US zibe neteknoloji ebhodini ukunciphisa oko kukhutshwa, okanye ukutshisa amafutha acocekileyo. Nangona kunjalo, uninzi lweenqanawa ezinkulu azibhaliswanga e-US, ngoko ke imithetho igubungela kuphela malunga neepesenti ezili-10 zeenqanawa ezifowuna kumazibuko aseMelika.

USarah Burt ligqwetha le-Earthjustice, inkampani yomthetho emele amaqela azama ukufumana i-EPA ukuba yenze le mithetho ukususela phakathi koo-1990. Uthi i-arhente inokuba nzima kakhulu.

“I-EPA inegunya lokulawula zonke iinqanawa eziza kumazibuko nasemanzini ase-US. Kwaye ke, i-EPA ibinokuthi isebenzise le migangatho kuzo zonke iinqanawa ezikhupha izinto ezingcolisayo, e-United States. Yiloo nto ebesikhuthaza i-EPA ukuba iyenze. ”

U-Burt uthi imithetho emitsha ayingqongqo ngakumbi kuba i-arhente ayifuni ukubeka iinkampani zeenqanawa zaseMelika emngciphekweni, xa kuthelekiswa nabakhuphisana nabo ababhaliswe kwamanye amazwe apho imigangatho yongcoliseko iyancipha. I-EPA nayo sele ikhulule malunga nama-400 eenqanawa ezindala ekuthotyelweni kwazo.

UBurt uthi isifo sombefu kunye nezinye iimeko ezingapheliyo zibi kakhulu kwiindawo ezixakekileyo zezibuko ngenxa yomsi owenziwe kukutsha kwepetroli.

“Emva kokuba zonke iimveliso zepetroleum zicokisiwe, ludaka olushiyekileyo – olunzima ngokwenene, izinto ezingcoliseke ngokwenene. Kwaye kudala besebenzisa oku, nangona ii-injini zazo zonke ezinye iindidi ziye zanyanzeliswa ukuba zisebenzise idistillate okanye iDizili.”

I-EPA ithi iya kunciphisa ukuveliswa kunye nokuthengiswa kwamafutha e-bunker e-US Burt ithi i-arhente icela i-International Maritime Organisation (IMO), esebenza njenge "United Nations" yoshishino lokuthutha, ukuba ivume imithetho. I-IMO idibana kwakhona ngoMatshi.

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Burt says the new rules aren’t more stringent because the agency doesn’t want to put American shipping companies at a disadvantage, compared to competitors registered in other countries where the pollution standards are lax.
The EPA says it will also limit the production and sale of bunker fuel in the U.
Sarah Burt is an attorney for Earthjustice, the law firm representing groups that have been trying to get the EPA to make these rules since the mid-1990s.