Riaan Okulahlekile phakathi kwakho konke ukunakwa kokungaboni ngaso linye kweqembu eliphikisayo mayelana nokwenyusa umkhawulo wesikweletu sezwe wubuhlanya bengxenye enkulu yesikhundla sokuxoxisana samaRiphabhulikhi: Imali eningi abayifunayo ukuze bathole uphahla oluphezulu lwezikweletu izovela ekubulaleni amandla ahlanzekile ayingqophamlando. Izinhlelo zikaMongameli uBiden azifezile ezinyangeni eziyisishiyagalolunye ezedlule, futhi eseziqalile “igolide rush” wokutshalwa kwezimali okudala amathuba emisebenzi.
Ukunganakwa kwalolu daba kusukela ku-House Republicans idlule ngokulambisa umthethosivivinywa wabo womkhawulo wesikweletu ngenyanga edlule uphakamisa ukuthi sesingene kanjani ekwenqabeni kweqembu le-Republican Party ukushintsha kwesimo sezulu.
Lokho kubi ngokwanele. Kepha kulokhu, iqembu lidlula ukuphika ukuze lizame ukuvimba izenzo zokunciphisa ukufudumala kwembulunga yonke e-United States. Ngaphezu kwalokho, ngaphandle kokusula intela yentela yamandla ahlanzekile ye-Biden ezinkampanini nakubantu ngabanye, amaRiphabhlikhi afuna ukwenza kamnandi ikhefu lentela lokukhiqizwa kukaphethiloli.
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UJackie Calmes
U-Jackie Calmes uletha iso elibucayi endaweni yezombusazwe kazwelonke. Unolwazi lwamashumi eminyaka ehlanganisa i-White House neCongress.
Izizukulwane ezizayo zizomangala ngesikhundla samaRiphabhulikhi – kucatshangelwa ukuthi umhlaba uhlala ukwazi ukuhlala ezizukulwaneni ezizayo.
Ngisho nalapho abaxoxisana beWhite House kanye noSomlomo weNdlu uKevin McCarthy beqhubeka nokukhuluma ngoLwesithathu ukuze kufinyelelwe esivumelwaneni sezikweletu, iWorld Meteorological Organisation. kumenyezelwe ukuthi uMhlaba cishe uzokwephula umkhawulo obalulekile wokufudumala, okungenani okwesikhashana, phakathi neminyaka emihlanu ezayo, okungaba isikhathi esishisa kakhulu emlandweni oqoshiwe. Umkhawulo – ukwanda ngo-1.5 degrees Celsius ngaphezu kwamazinga okushisa angaphambi kwemboni – indawo yokuqala yokubangela ukuncibilika kweqhwa ezindaweni ezishisayo, ugu olugcwele amanzi, ukucekelwa phansi kwe-ecosystem, ukusweleka kokudla, izifo ezithathelwanayo kanye nesimo sezulu esibi kakhulu ngaphezu kwalokho osekwenzeka kakade.
Futhi kusasele inyanga ngaphambi kokuthi uMcCarthy ethule umthethosivivinywa wokubuyisela kabusha amaRepublicans, i-United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. waxwayisa ukuthi izwe lethu elishisayo lalibhekene “nesikhathi esibucayi emlandweni.”
Ubungeke ukwazi ngesimo “sokubhola, baby, drill” selinye lamaqembu ethu amabili amakhulu ezepolitiki.
Izibonelelo zentela zamandla ahlanzekile nezikweletu ezibiza amakhulu ezigidigidi zamaRandi u-Biden azisayina zaba umthetho njengengxenye yoMthetho Wokunciphisa I-Inflation wangonyaka odlule kalula zifinyelela ekutshalweni kwezimali okukhulu kwezwe kuze kube manje ngokumelene nokuguquguquka kwesimo sezulu, kanye nokungenye yezinto ezikhuthaza kakhulu inqubomgomo yezimboni kusukela ngaleso sikhathi. Isivumelwano Esisha.
Ukuduma kwekhredithi yentela yezinto ezifana nokuthengwa kwezimoto zikagesi, amaphrojekthi omoya nelanga, ukuthuthukiswa kwamafutha endiza esimeme, ukukhiqizwa kwamabhethri kanye nokubanjwa kwekhabhoni kakade sekuvuse isidingo esikhulu kanye nokutshalwa kwezimali kangangokuthi uhulumeni nabahlaziyi bezinkampani ezizimele kudingeke ukuba ukwandisa ukuqagela wezindleko zezinyathelo. Nokho iBrookings Institute ukuhlaziywa ithole ukuthi izindleko eziphakeme zoMnyango Wezezimali zizokhokhiswa inani lezinzuzo zomphakathi eziphuma ezikhiqizweni ezincishisiwe.
Futhi ngaphandle kwalezo izaqathi ezimbonini nakubathengi, i-United States ngeke ikwazi ukugcina ukuzibophezela kwayo emhlabeni wonke ekunciphiseni ukukhishwa kwesisi esingcolisa umoya ngo-2030 ibe sezingeni okungenani eliyisigamu salokho eyayiyikho ngo-2005. Ngisho nangemihlomulo, isizwe sizokwazi ukuwa. Kudingeka izinyathelo ezengeziwe zokulungisa, hhayi ezimbalwa.
Izindaba ezinhle ukuthi amaRiphabhlikhi cishe kuzofanela ahlehle ekususeni iphakethe lamandla ahlanzekile eBiden, okungenani okwamanje. Zombili izinhlangothi kufanele ziyekethise ukuze zenyuse izinga lesikweletu sezwe – ukuze uMnyango wezeziMali ukwazi ukuqhubeka nokuboleka ukuze ukhokhe izikweletu ezitholwe ngomongameli bangaphambili namaKhongolose – noma-ke zizoba necala lokungakhokhi kahle umnotho ekuqaleni kukaJuni. Njengoba ekhathazekile njengoba amanye amaDemocrat emayelana nokuthi uBiden angavuma ini, ngeke alahlekelwe yi-ajenda yakhe yesimo sezulu. Ingenye yezimpumelelo zakhe zokusayina futhi edume kakhulu phakathi kwabavoti abancane ukuthi amaDemocrats ayafisa.
Ama-Congressional Republican, anganaki iplanethi kanye nabavoti abancane, baqinisekile ukuthi bazoqhubeka nokuzama ukuqeda ukuguquguquka kwesimo sezulu kukamongameli. izinhlelo. Beholwa nguDonald Trump, abafuna ukuqokwa njengomongameli wamaRiphabhulikhi ngo-2024 sebevele belwela izinkundla zamandla ezikhawulelwe ekuthuthukisweni kukaphethiloli, isikhathi.
Ukugqugquzelwa kweqembu uwoyela, igesi namalahle, kanye nobutha balo ekubhekaneni nokushintsha kwesimo sezulu, kugxile emibonweni kangangokuthi amaRiphabhlikhi aphikisana nezikhuthazo zeBiden ngokuthi “inhlalakahle yenkampani” yize iningi lezitshalo, amaphrojekthi kanye nemisebenzi emisha izikweletu zentela zivela. ezifundazweni ezibomvu kanye nezifunda zikakhongolose. Ngo-Ephreli, uMcCarthy wakhala ngokuthi umthethosivivinywa womkhawulo wesikweletu se-House, ngokususa izikweletu zamandla ahlanzekile, “uzoqeda ukunikezwa okuluhlaza kwezinkampani ezihlanekezela imakethe futhi zimoshe imali yabakhokhi bentela.” Njengoba engumzenzisi, wahlongoza ukwandisa inhlalakahle yezinkampani abakhiqizi bakawoyela negesi abaye bayijabulela amashumi eminyaka.
Ukunakwa kufanele kukhokhwe: Ukwanda komkhawulo wezikweletu okwandayo kuleli sonto akusona nje isabelomali esinzima udaba lwesixuku samehlo aluhlaza. Ikusasa lamandla asimeme e-US lisengozini, kanye nalo, ikusasa leplanethi futhi.
