I-TAMPA-Ingxelo entsha ithi ukombiwa kwe-oyile kusisoyikiso sesiqingatha sesigidi sesigidi seedola kunxweme lwaseFlorida kunye noqoqosho, kwaye uSenator wase-US uBill Nelson uyavuma.
Uthi imeko iphezulu, kwaye ixesha lokuthatha amanyathelo ngoku.
Yingxelo ebeka impembelelo yokhenketho kwiidola kunye neesenti. Ithi inokulimaza ishishini lezokhenketho, elibalelwa malunga neepesenti ezingama-80 zomvuzo waseFlorida.
“Abantu abayi kufuna ukuya elwandle kwindawo enjengale,” utsho umnini wehotele uSusan Wilkerson, ekhumbula ukuchitheka kwetanki eTampa Bay ngowe-1983 kwashiya iibhola zetela zihlambela elunxwemeni kangangeminyaka.
Uthi ukugrumba elunxwemeni ngumngcipheko iFlorida ayinakukwazi ukuyihlawula.
“Iindwendwe zethu zinezinye iindlela ezininzi, ke xa umntu waseFrance efunda kukho ukuchitheka kweoyile eMiami, ndithembe, abahambi nje eMiami. Abayi eFlorida, ”utshilo uWilkerson.
NgoLwesithathu, iKlabhu yaseSierra ikhuphe ingxelo entsha enesihloko esithi "Musa ukuRig unxweme lwethu."
"Sinesoyikiso esingazange sibonwe namhlanje eWashington naseTallahassee ngabo baya kulahla zonke ezo zinto zenza iFlorida ibe yindawo ekhethekileyo," utshilo uPhil Compton kunye neSierra Club.
Umthetho oyilwayo wamandla phambi kweNdlu yeeNgwevu zase-US uya kuvumela ukugrunjwa kwe-oyile nerhasi kufutshane neekhilomitha ezilishumi ukusuka elunxwemeni.
USenator uBill Nelson uthi ayisosisongelo nje kukhenketho, kodwa kukhuseleko lwelizwe: igophe esempuma lolona luhlu lovavanyo lomkhosi:
“Asizukuvumela abantu banciphise ukulungela kwethu emkhosini,” utshilo uNelson.
Njengoko abalondolozi bendalo bebulele uSenator ngokuchasa kwakhe ngokungagungqiyo ukomba, nabo bayayazi ukuba uwulungele umsebenzi wakhe.
"Siza kuwubulala lo mthetho, ukuba kufuneka ndifake ifilibuster, ndiyakwenza, ngenxa yokhuseleko lwesizwe," utshilo uNelson.
Ubonelelo lokomba luyinxalenye yebhilidi yemozulu kunye namandla oya kwi-senate ukuze kuvotelwe, mhlawumbi kwangethuba lokuwa. USenator uNelson uthi indawo yokusebenzela i-oyile ye-pro-drilling nayo iyanyuka, ukuyenza ibe ngumba ophambili kumalungu owiso-mthetho eFlorida xa bephinda bahlangana kulo nyaka uzayo.
INTO ONOKUYITHATHA KWELI NQAKU:
- The drilling provision is part of a climate and energy bill that goes to the senate for a vote, possibly as early as this fall.
- “Our guests have a lot of alternatives, so when somebody in France reads there was an oil spill in Miami, trust me, they just don’t go to Miami.
- Senator Nelson says the pro-drilling oil lobby is also ramping up, to make it a top issue for Florida legislators when they reconvene next year.
