TAMPA - Lipoti latsopano likuti kubowola mafuta ndikuwopseza hafu ya trilioni ku gombe la Florida komanso chuma, ndipo Senator wa US Bill Nelson akuvomereza.

Iye wati zinthu zachuluka, ndipo nthawi yoti tichitepo kanthu ndi ino.

Ndi lipoti lomwe limayika kukhudzika kwa zokopa alendo m'madola ndi masenti. Ikuti zitha kuvulaza ntchito zokopa alendo, zomwe zimawononga pafupifupi 80 peresenti yamalipiro aku Florida.

“Anthu sadzafuna kupita kunyanja m’chithunzi chonga ichi,” akutero mwini hotela Susan Wilkerson, pokumbukira kutayikira kwa tanki ku Tampa Bay mu 1983 kumene kunasiya mipira ya phula ikusamba kwa zaka zambiri.

Akuti kubowola m'mphepete mwa nyanja ndi chiopsezo chomwe Florida sichingakwanitse.

"Alendo athu ali ndi njira zina zambiri, kotero wina ku France akawerenga kuti mafuta atayikira ku Miami, ndikhulupirireni, samapita ku Miami. Sapita ku Florida, "adatero Wilkerson.

Lachitatu, Sierra Club idatulutsa lipoti latsopano lotchedwa "Osasokoneza M'mphepete mwa nyanja."

"Tili ndi chiwopsezo chomwe sichinachitikepo lero ku Washington ndi ku Tallahassee ndi omwe angatayire zinthu zonse zomwe zimapangitsa Florida kukhala malo apadera," adatero Phil Compton ndi Sierra Club.

Ndalama yamagetsi pamaso pa Senate ya ku United States idzalola kuti mafuta ndi gasi abowole pafupi makilomita khumi kuchokera kumphepete mwa nyanja.

Senator Bill Nelson akuti sikungowopseza zokopa alendo, koma ku chitetezo cha dziko: gombe lakum'mawa ndi gulu lalikulu lankhondo:

"Sitilola kuti anthu achepetse kukonzekera kwathu kunkhondo," adatero Nelson.

Pamene oteteza zachilengedwe adathokoza seneta chifukwa chotsutsa kwambiri kubowola, akudziwanso kuti wamupatsa ntchito.

"Tipha lamuloli, ngati ndiyenera kuchita filibuster, nditero, chifukwa cha chitetezo cha dziko," adatero Nelson.

Kubowola ndi gawo la ndalama zanyengo ndi mphamvu zomwe zimapita ku senate kukavota, mwina kuyambira kugwa uku. Senator Nelson ati malo olandirira mafuta obowola akukulirakuliranso, kuti izikhala nkhani yayikulu kwa aphungu aku Florida akakumananso chaka chamawa.

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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.