Uhulumeni wase-UK ukhanyisa imayini yamalahle yokuqala emashumini amathathu eminyaka

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I-UK ikhanyise uhlelo oluyimpikiswano lokuvula imayini yamalahle yokuqala yezwe eminyakeni engamashumi amathathu, esikhathini esingaphezudlwana konyaka ngemuva kokuba izwe lizame ukukholisa umhlaba ukuthi ulahle amalahle ezingxoxweni zesimo sezulu ze-COP26 eGlasgow.

UMichael Gove, unobhala wezindlu kanye nemiphakathi e-UK, ngoLwesithathu lugunyaze uhlelo ukuvula imayini yamalahle e-Whitehaven eCumbria, isifunda esisenyakatho-ntshonalanga yeNgilandi okuyikhaya leSifunda SaseLake esisohlwini lwamaGugu Omhlaba.

Le mayini engundabuzekwayo kulindeleke ukuthi idale amathuba omsebenzi angaphezu kuka-500. Kepha ukuhwebelana kwezemvelo kushubile: IKomidi Lokuguquguquka Kwesimo Sezulu lase-UK (CCC), okuyiqembu elizimele eleluleka uhulumeni, lilinganisele imayini kanye namalahle azowakhiqiza. ikhipha cishe amathani ayizigidi ezingu-9 yokukhishwa kokufudumala kweplanethi minyaka yonke.

Abasekeli bemayini bathi iphrojekthi izodala amathuba emisebenzi futhi ivikele uphethiloli wezinsalela zokwenziwa kwensimbi yaseBrithani; Nokho, U-85% wamalahle ambiwayo uzothunyelwa kwamanye amazwe.

I-CCC isigxekile isinqumo. Usihlalo weKomidi u-Lord Deben uthe esitatimendeni: “Ukuqedwa kokusetshenziswa kwamalahle kuyisidingo esicacile somzamo womhlaba wonke obheke ku-Net Zero. Ngakho-ke, siyasigxeka isinqumo sikaNobhala Wezwe sokuvuma imayini yamalahle ejulile eCumbria, ngokuphambene neseluleko sethu sangaphambilini. Lesi sinqumo sikhulisa ukukhishwa kwegesi emhlabeni wonke futhi sibukela phansi imizamo yase-UK yokuthola i-Net Zero. ”

Ukugunyazwa kwale mayini kuphinde kwagxekwa ososayensi nabezemvelo.

“Imayini entsha yamalahle eCumbria ayinangqondo ngokwemvelo noma ngokwezomnotho,” kusho uPaul Ekins, uProfesa Wezinsiza kanye Nenqubomgomo Yezemvelo e-UCL Institute for Sustainable Resources, esitatimendeni. “Izokwengeza ekukhishweni kwe-CO2 emhlabeni jikelele, njengoba ukunikezwa okusha ngeke kuthathe indawo yamanye amalahle kodwa kuyiswe kwenye indawo, futhi kuzoncipha ngeminyaka yawo-2030 njengoba imboni yensimbi emhlabeni wonke isuka emalahleni.”

U-Ekins uphinde wathi ukugunyazwa kwemayini “kulahla isithunzi se-UK njengomholi womhlaba wonke mayelana nesenzo sezulu futhi kuvulele amacala afanele obuzenzisi – ukutshela amanye amazwe ukuthi alahle amalahle kuyilapho engakwenzi lokho.”

Uhulumeni waqale wawugunyaza lo msebenzi, kodwa wabe esewumisa ngemuva kwegagasi lemibhikisho, okuhlanganisa nesiteleka sezinsuku ezingu-10 sokulamba kwezishoshovu ezimbili zentsha.

Kube ngaphansi kwengcindezi enkulu ukwenqaba lolu hlelo ngo-2021, unyaka okwasingatha ngawo izingxoxo ze-COP26 eGlasgow.

U-Alok Sharma, uMongameli we-COP26 kanye nommeli we-Conservative Party ebusayo, ukhankase ngokumelene nemayini.

“Ukuvula imayini entsha yamalahle ngeke nje kube yisinyathelo esibuyela emuva esinyathelweni sezulu sase-UK kodwa futhi kuzolimaza isithunzi samazwe ngamazwe sase-UK esizuze kanzima, ngeHhovisi lethu likaMongameli we-COP26, njengomholi wempi yomhlaba wonke yokulwa nokuguquguquka kwesimo sezulu,” esho ngaphambi komhlangano. isimemezelo ngoLwesithathu.

Lesi sinqumo siza esikhathini esingaphezudlwana konyaka ngemva kwengqungquthela, nangemva kwezingxoxo ezinde phakathi kukahulumeni wase-UK, iziphathimandla zendawo kanye nomphakathi.

UMkhandlu Wesifunda saseCumbria nawo wawugunyaze lolu hlelo izikhathi ezintathu, kodwa wahlehlisa isinqumo sawo ngoFebhuwari odlule futhi wacela ukuthi kube nophenyo lokuhlela, wadlulisela isinqumo kuhulumeni kazwelonke.

Imayini yaseWhitehaven, eyaziwa nangokuthi yiWoodhouse Colliery, ihlelelwe ukusebenza kuze kube ngu-2049, okusele nje unyaka ngaphambi komnqamulajuqu owabekelwe yi-UK wokunciphisa ukukhishwa kwesisi esibamba ukushisa kube yiziro (ikhipha igesi encane ebamba ukushisa ngangokunokwenzeka, futhi isuse noma iyiphi igesi ebamba ukushisa ibe yiqanda. ukungcola okungenakugwenywa).

Ngokusho kwe-International Energy Agency, ukutshalwa kwezimali kwingqalasizinda entsha yezinto ezimbiwa phansi kumele kume ngokushesha uma umhlaba ufuna noma yiliphi ithuba lokuthola i-net zero ngo-2050. Isayensi yesimo sezulu yakamuva ikhombisa ukuthi ukuzuza u-zero maphakathi nekhulunyaka kuyadingeka ukuze kugcinwe amazinga okushisa angenyuki kahle. ngaphezu kuka-1.5 degrees Celsius, uma kuqhathaniswa nezikhathi zangaphambi kwezimboni. Ngale kwalowo mkhawulo, umhlaba uzobhekana nemithelela yenhlekelele yesimo sezulu engathatha izinkulungwane zeminyaka ukulungisa, noma engenakuhlehliswa ngokuphelele.

Izishoshovu zesimo sezulu zibhikishele lo msebenzi, kanti iWest Cumbria Mining, ethuthukisa imayini, ithe le phrojekthi izoletha amakhulu emisebenzi emisha endaweni edonsa kanzima. Abamelene nayo bathi le misebenzi ingase ingavikeleki, uma kubhekwa umfutho omkhulu eYurophu wokuqeda amalahle.

“Ukuvula imayini yamalahle eCumbria kutshalwa kwezobuchwepheshe be-1850s futhi akubheki phambili ku-2030s ikusasa lamandla aphansi e-carbon yendawo,” kusho uStuart Haszeldine, uprofesa eSikoleni se-GeoSciences eNyuvesi yase-Edinburgh, esitatimendeni.