Imithetho emisha ye-Environmental Protection Agency ihlose ukuqeda ukungcoliswa komoya okunobuthi okuvela kubakhiqizi bensimbi base-US ngokunciphisa ukungcola okufana ne-mercury, i-benzene kanye nomthofu osekuyisikhathi eside ufaka ubuthi emoyeni ezindaweni ezizungezile izitshalo.
Le mithetho ihlose ukungcola okukhishwa ama-oven e-coke ezikhungo zensimbi. Igesi evela kuma-oven idala ingozi yomdlavuza womuntu ngamunye emoyeni eduze kwezimboni zensimbi ezingama-50 kweziyi-1,000,000, okuyinto abameli bezempilo yomphakathi abathi iyingozi ezinganeni nakubantu abanezinkinga zempilo eziyisisekelo.
Amakhemikhali awahambi kude nesitshalo, kodwa abameli bathi abe yingozi empilweni yomphakathi ezindaweni “zocingo” ezinabantu abahola kancane ezizungeze izikhungo zensimbi, futhi amele udaba lobulungiswa bezemvelo.
“Abantu sebenesikhathi eside bebhekene nezingozi ezinkulu zempilo, njengomdlavuza, ngenxa yokungcoliswa kwe-coke oven,” kusho uPatrice Simms, iphini likamongameli we-Earthjustice wemiphakathi enempilo. Le mithetho “ibalulekile ekuvikeleni imiphakathi kanye nabasebenzi abaseduze ne-coke ovens”.
Ama-oven e-coke ayizindawo ezifudumeza amalahle ukuze akhiqize i-coke, idiphozithi eqinile esetshenziselwa ukwenza insimbi. Igesi ekhiqizwa ama-oven ihlukaniswa yi-EPA njenge-carcinogen eyaziwayo kubantu futhi iqukethe ingxube yamakhemikhali ayingozi, izinsimbi ezisindayo kanye nama-compound aguquguqukayo.
Amakhemikhali amaningi ahlotshaniswa nezinkinga ezinkulu zempilo, okuhlanganisa i-eczema enzima, izinkinga zokuphefumula kanye nezilonda zokugaya ukudla.
Phakathi kobufakazi obandayo bokuthi igesi inobuthi eminyakeni yamuva nje, i-EPA ayizange yenze lutho ukulawula ukungcola, kusho abagxeki. Amaqembu ezemvelo abelokhu ecindezela imikhawulo emisha kanye nokuqapha okungcono kanti ubulungisa bomhlaba ngo-2019 bamangalela i-EPA ngale ndaba.
Ama-oven e-coke ahluphe kakhulu amadolobha asezindaweni zezimboni ezisenyakatho-ntshonalanga kanye nase-Alabama. EDetroit, isitshalo se-coke esesineminyaka eyishumi sephula amazinga ekhwalithi yomoya izikhathi eziyizinkulungwane siphakathi kwezinkinga eziqhubekayo ezithi i-sulfur dioxide ekhiqizwa yigesi ye-coke oven igulise izakhamuzi eziseduze endaweni enabantu abaningi abamnyama, yize imithetho emisha ingambozi lokho kungcola.
Imithetho, eyanyatheliswa ngoLwesihlanu, idinga ukuhlolwa "kocingo" oluzungeze izitshalo, futhi, uma kutholakala ukuthi into engcolile idlula imikhawulo emisha, abenzi bensimbi kumele bathole umthombo futhi bathathe isinyathelo sokwehlisa amazinga.
Le mithetho isusa nezihibe imboni eyayizisebenzisa ngaphambilini ukuze igweme ukubika ukukhishwa kwegesi, njengokungafaki imingcele yokukhishwa kwegesi ngesikhathi sokungasebenzi kahle.
Ukuhlolwa ngaphandle kwesitshalo sasePittsburgh esiqhutshwa yi-US Steel, omunye wabakhiqizi abakhulu besizwe, kutholakale amazinga e-benzene, i-carcinogen, aphezulu ngokuphindwe kayishumi kunemingcele emisha. Okhulumela i-US Steel utshele i-Allegheny Front ukuthi imithetho cishe ngeke ikwazi ukusetshenziswa futhi izoba "nezindleko ezingakaze zibonwe kanye nemiphumela emibi engase ingahlosiwe kwezemvelo".
“Izindleko bezingeke zibonwe ngaphambili futhi zingaziwa ngoba azikho ubuchwepheshe obuqinisekisiwe bokulawula ukungcola komoya okuyingozi,” kusho okhulumela lo mbiko.
U-Adrienne Lee, ummeli we-Earthjustice, utshele i-Guardian ukuthi lo mthetho usekelwe kudatha yemboni enikezwe i-EPA, futhi waphawula ukuthi imithetho ngokuvamile ngeke inciphise ukukhishwa kwegesi, kodwa izovimbela ukweqisa.
“Ngikuthola kunzima ukukholelwa ukuthi [imingcele] kuzoba nzima ukuyifinyelela,” kusho uLee.
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Isikhathi sokuthunyelwe: Juni-03-2024