TAMPA – Wahi a kekahi hōʻike hou, ʻo ka ʻeli ʻaila he hapalua-trillion kālā hoʻoweliweli i ke kahakai a me ka hoʻokele waiwai o Florida, a ua ʻae ʻo Senatoa Bill Nelson.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia he kiʻekiʻe ka pili, a ʻo ka manawa e hana ai i kēia manawa.
He hōʻike e hoʻokomo i ka hopena o ka mākaʻikaʻi i nā kālā a me nā keneta. Ua ʻōlelo ʻia hiki ke hōʻeha i ka ʻoihana mākaʻikaʻi, ʻo ia ka mea ma kahi o 80 pakeneka o ka uku o Florida.
"ʻAʻole makemake ka poʻe e hele i kahakai i kahi hiʻohiʻona e like me kēia," wahi a ka mea nona ka hōkele ʻo Susan Wilkerson, e hoʻomanaʻo ana i kahi pahu pahu i Tampa Bay i ka makahiki 1983 i waiho ai i nā pōpō tar e holoi ana i uka no nā makahiki.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia ʻo ka ʻeli ʻana i kahakai he pilikia ʻaʻole hiki iā Florida ke loaʻa.
"He nui nā koho ʻē aʻe o kā mākou poʻe malihini, no laila, i ka heluhelu ʻana o kekahi ma Farani i kahi ʻaila ʻaila ma Miami, hilinaʻi iaʻu, ʻaʻole lākou e hele i Miami. ʻAʻole lākou e hele i Florida, "wahi a Wilkerson.
ʻO ka Pōʻakolu, ua hoʻokuʻu ka Sierra Club i kahi hōʻike hou i kapa ʻia ʻo "Do not Rig our Coastline."
"Loaʻa iā mākou kahi hoʻoweliweli i ʻike ʻole ʻia i kēia lā ma Wakinekona a ma Tallahassee e ka poʻe e hoʻolei aku i kēlā mau mea āpau e hoʻolilo iā Florida i wahi kūikawā," wahi a Phil Compton me ka Sierra Club.
ʻO ka bila ikehu ma mua o ka US Senate e ʻae i ka ʻaila ʻaila a me ke kinoea kokoke i ʻumi mile mai ke kahakai.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Senatoa Bill Nelson, ʻaʻole ia he mea hoʻoweliweli wale i ka mākaʻikaʻi, akā no ka palekana aupuni: ʻo ke awāwa hikina kahi pae hoʻāʻo nui o ka pūʻali koa:
"ʻAʻole mākou e ʻae i ka poʻe e hōʻemi i kā mākou mākaukau kaua," wahi a Nelson.
I ka hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana o nā conservationists i ke senator no kāna kūʻē kūʻē ʻana i ka wili, ʻike pū lākou ua ʻoki ʻia kāna hana nona.
"E pepehi mākou i kēia kānāwai, inā pono wau e filibuster, e hana wau, no ka palekana aupuni," wahi a Nelson.
ʻO ka hāʻawi ʻana i ka wili ʻana he ʻāpana ia o ka bila ea a me ka ikehu e hele ana i ka senate no ke koho balota, ma mua paha o kēia hāʻule. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Senatoa Nelson ke piʻi nui nei ka lobby aila pro-drilling, e lilo ia i mea koʻikoʻi no nā luna kānāwai o Florida ke hui hou lākou i kēia makahiki aʻe.
He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:
- 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.
