Okoko uDonald Trump wanyulwa njengo-Mongameli wase-United States, ukuzibophelela ekulweni utshintsho lwemozulu kusongelwe. Usuku ebesingafuni nokufika sele lufikile. Umongameli izolo utyikitye isigqeba sokuyalela umva kwiinzame zikaMongameli wangaphambili uBarack Obama zokulwa notshintsho lwemozulu.
Iziphumo ziya kuba njani kulo myalelo ekusetyenzisweni kwezinto ezihlaziyiweyo kunye nokuxhomekeka kuqoqosho lwase-US kumafutha asefossil?
Sala kakuhle ukunceda ngokuchasene notshintsho lwemozulu
Umyalelo okhutshwe nguDonald Trump ujonge ukurhoxisa ngokupheleleyo amanyathelo athathwe ngu-Obama anceda ekuphuculeni nasekuphuhliseni ukusetyenziswa kwamandla ahlaziyekayo. Ukongeza, la manyathelo ajolise ekusebenzeni kwamandla kunye nasekunciphiseni ukuxhomekeka kwizibaso.
I-White House inethemba lokuba i-odolo etyikitywe ngu-Trump iyakunceda i-Arhente yokuKhuselwa kokusiNgqongileyo (i-EPA) irhoxe kwaye ihlaziye isiCwangciso se-Ococekileyo se-Obama ukuba inyanzelise ukuthintela ukukhutshwa kwegesi ephuma kwigreenhouse kwizityalo ezisebenza ngombane. Oku kube neziphumo ezininzi: Okokuqala, i-United States Chamber of Commerce ithathe ixesha elincinci ukukhupha ingxelo ekhuthaza uTrump ekhuthaza umongameli ukuba athathe amanyathelo anceda ukhuseleko lwamandla. Kuyabonakala ukuba, amandla ahlaziyekayo aqinisekisi ukubonelelwa okuzinzileyo elizweni, ke bakhetha ukubuyela ekusebenziseni i-fuels ngaphandle kweziphumo ezibi.
Kwelinye icala, owayesakuba ngumlawuli we-EPA, uGina McCarthy, uphendule wathi ulawulo lukaTrump lufuna ukuba i-United States ibuyele kumaxesha apho iitshimini zonakalise impilo kwaye zingcolise umoya, endaweni yokuba zikwazi ukuba nazo Ithuba lokuphuhlisa amandla acocekileyo nahlaziyekayo ngokubhekisele kwimodeli elungileyo yenguqu yamandla. Endaweni yokufudukela kuphuhliso lwamandla acocekileyo ngokuhambelana nophuhliso oluzinzileyo kunye nokunciphisa ngokuthe ngcembe ukukhutshwa kwegesi engcolileyo, i-United States ibuyela emva kwi-fuels.
Kwelakhe icala, uThomas Stocker, owayesakuba ngusihlalo we-UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), utshilo izolo ukuba ilizwe laseMelika linikezela ngobunkokheli ngotshintsho lwemozulu eChina.
UTrump akazange akholelwe kutshintsho lwemozulu
Ukusukela ekuqaleni kwephulo lakhe lonyulo, uDonald Trump ubanga ukuba utshintsho lwemozulu sisikhohliso esenziwe ngamaTshayina ukuze afumane ukhuphiswano. Uye wagxeka amatyeli aliqela ukuba imigaqo ethintela umzi-mveliso wamandla kunye namanye amanyathelo agxile kwizinto ezinokuhlaziywa zonzakalise kwaye zenzakalise ishishini lamalahle neoyile.
Lo myalelo ukhutshwe nguTrump uya kuphakamisa unqunyanyiso lweenyanga ezili-14 kuqeshiso lwemigodi yamalahle. Xa u-Obama wayengumongameli, ukumiswa kweminyaka emithathu kwamiselwa ngoJanuwari 2016. Lo myalelo ububanjiwe ukusukela kunyaka ophelileyo ukuze kuvunyelwe inkundla yezibheno ithuba lokuphonononga isibheno esivela kumazwe amaninzi axhomekeke kakhulu kumalahle nakwiinkampani ezingaphezu kwe-100 ukubanga ukuba esi sicwangciso asihambelani nomgaqo-siseko. Ujongene nalo myalelo ukhutshwe ngu-Obama, UTrump wayigxeka, esithi yimfazwe ecacileyo yamalahle. kwaye isigqibo sakhe sasisongela impilo yabantu abathile abazinikele kwimigodi.
Ngaba uyarhoxa kwisivumelwano seParis?
Akukaziwa ngokusemthethweni ukuba ngaba uDonald Trump uza kurhoxa kwisivumelwano saseParis. Nangona kunjalo, ngelo xesha wayesele esongele ngokwenza njalo. Kufuneka icace gca ukuba lo myalelo mtsha ngokucacileyo awuzukunceda i-United States ukuba ihambelane neenjongo zesiVumelwano saseParis malunga nokukhutshwa kwerhasi. Ngokokuhlalutya kweSebe lezaMandla okwakhutshwa ngeyoMqungu, imigodi yamalahle ngoku ixhasa imisebenzi engaphantsi kwama-70.000 kweli lizwe. Ngokuchaseneyo, Amandla ahlaziyiweyo aqeshe abantu abangaphezulu kwama-650.000 e-United States. Yintoni engcono, Mnu Trump?