UQhagamshelwano oluLuhlaza luxhasa iTyala leNkundla ye-SDCEA ngokuchasene ne-ENI kunye noGunyaziso lwe-Sasol lokuphononongwa kwe-Oli kunye neGesi kwi-Offshore.
EThekwini: EMzantsi Afrika . Kwiveki ephelileyo, umbutho wobulungisa kokusingqongileyo, iSouth Durban Community Environmental Alliance (SDCEA), exhaswa yiNatural Justice and Green Connection , kwaye imelwe yiCullinan & Associates , ifake isicelo sophononongo kwiNkundla ePhakamileyo yasePitoli iphikisa isigqibo soMphathiswa wezaMahlathi, ukuLoba. kunye nokusiNgqongileyo, uBarbara Creecy, ukugunyazisa i-Eni yaseMzantsi Afrika kunye ne-Sasol ukuba bahlole i-oyile negesi kwiBloko yama-236 kunxweme lwaKwaZulu-Natal.
Ityala linamandla okuseka imizekelo esisiseko malunga nendlela imfuno kunye nokunqweneleka kwayo yonke i-oyile kunye nerhasi yokuhlola ikamva kufuneka ihlolwe ngokubhekiselele kwinguqu yemozulu, kunye nendlela abasemagunyeni kufuneka benze isigqibo malunga nezicelo zogunyaziso lokusingqongileyo ukuba benze imisebenzi yaselwandle. kunye neendawo eziselunxwemeni.
Uphononongo lucela umngeni kugunyaziso ngezizathu ezininzi; ngakumbi ukusilela koMphathiswa wezokusiNgqongileyo ekuthatheni ingqalelo eyiyo kwiimpembelelo zokutshintsha kwemozulu, iimpembelelo kubume (engaziwa ngokomlinganiselo) kubunzulu bolwandle, imimandla ekhuselweyo yaselwandle kunye neminye imimandla engundoqo yezityalo nezilwanyana ezihlala kufutshane neendawo zokomba ezicetywayo. Ummandla osemazantsi womdla nawo udibana nendawo enezityalo nezilwanyana ezohlukeneyo engenakubuyiselwa endaweni yayo. I-SDCEA ikwabonisa ukuba akukho ngqalelo yanikwayo kwimithombo yelifa lemveli engaphathekiyo eyayanyaniswa nokusingqongileyo konxweme, kwaye abathathi-zigqibo babefunwa ngumthetho ukuba bathathele ingqalelo iimfuno zabantu kunye nezidalwa zaselwandle, kwaye bamkele indlela yokujonga indalo xa esenza isigqibo sakhe.
Ngo-Okthobha ka-2019, i-SDCEA yabhenela ugunyaziso lokusingqongileyo kule projekthi, kodwa esi sibheno sakhatywa ngoDisemba kulo nyaka uphelileyo nguMphathiswa uCreecy, kunye nezibheno zabanye ababheni abangama-46. I-SDCEA ngoku idibene nenkundla ukuze ihlole isigqibo sikaSekela Mlawuli Jikelele: iMigodi, iziMbiwa naMandla sokunika ugunyaziso, kunye nokuphonononga ukukhatywa kwesibheno.
Le projekthi, ukuba iqhubeleka, iya kuba nesiphumo sokugrunjwa kwemingxuma yokuhlola nokuvavanywa kwexabiso kwi-Offshore Block ER236, emi kufuphi nonxweme lwaKwaZulu-Natal phakathi kweMonti neSt Lucia. Amaqula aya kugrunjwa ngaphakathi “kwimimandla yomdla” emibini ngaphakathi kwebhloko. I-drillship iya kusetyenziswa kwinkqubo, eya kubangela ukukhutshelwa okucwangcisiweyo nokungacwangciswanga kokusingqongileyo kolwandle.
Ityala le-SDCEA lisekelwe kwinani lemiba yezomthetho, yenkqubo neyokusingqongileyo kwaye ixhaswa ziingxelo zeengcaphephe ezigunyaziswe yiSDCEA.
Imingcipheko kwiindawo ezikhuselweyo nezibalulekileyo ngokwendalo
Iindawo zokomba ezinokwenzeka zibekwe kufutshane neendawo ezichongiweyo “njengelufanele ukhuseleko”. Ezi ziquka iiNdawo ezininzi zaseLwandle eziKhuselweyo (ii-MPAs), iiNdawo eziBalulekileyo zeNdalo eZiphilayo (ii-CBA) kunye neMimandla ye-Ecologically and Biologically Significant Areas (EBSAs). Iimpembelelo ezinokubakho zinokuviwa ziicoral reefs (kuquka iikorali zolwandle ezicothayo ngendlela emangalisayo nezinovakalelo), iintlobo zeminenga ezifana nomnenga kunye ne-southern right whales, iindidi zeentlanzi kunye neentlobo zeentaka. Ukugrumba kusenokuba nefuthe “kwi-sardine run”, inkqubo ebalulekileyo ye-ikholoji kunye nomnikelo wentlalo-qoqosho kunxweme olusempuma noluntu lwalo.
Ukuba iqhubela phambili, iprojekthi yokuhlola imele ukuba nefuthe kwi-ecology enzulu yolwandle ekwaziwa kancinci ngayo, kwiimeko apho kuphela uvavanyo lwempembelelo yokusingqongileyo kwidesktop lubonwe lwanele ukwazisa isigqibo sokulugunyazisa.
Kumaphepha abo enkundla, iSDCEA yalatha ukuba imithetho emithathu engundoqo yesizwe enxulumene nolwandle nokhuseleko lwezityalo nezilwanyana ezohlukeneyo ayizange iqwalaselwe xa uMphathiswa wezeNdalo egunyazisa iprojekthi yophononongo. Baqaphela ukuba, “injongo egqwesileyo kunye nenjongo kule mithetho [ku]khusela, ukulondoloza nokugcina imimandla yaselwandle efana nale”.
Ukusilela ekukhuseleni indalo nokuthathela ingqalelo iimfuno zoluntu luphela
I-SDCEA ixoxa ngelithi uLawulo lokusiNgqongileyo kweSizwe: uMthetho woLawulo oluDityanisiweyo loNxweme, uLawulo lokusiNgqongileyo kweSizwe: uMthetho weMimandla eKhuselweyo kunye noMthetho woLawulo lokusiNgqongileyo weSizwe: uMthetho weZityalo ezahlukeneyo zeNdalo, zonke zijolise ekulondolozeni nasekukhuseleni umhlaba wonxweme kawonke wonke, ubutyebi bolwandle kunye nezityalo nezilwanyana ezohlukeneyo ukulungiselela isizukulwana sangoku nesizayo. . URhulumente ukwafuneka ukuba agcine kwaye akhusele ummandla wonxweme kunye neentlobo-ntlobo zezityalo nezilwanyana eziphilayo ezikuwo, eziphathiswe nguye egameni labo bonke abemi boMzantsi Afrika, kubandakanywa nezizukulwana ezizayo.
Imimandla engaselunxwemeni, efana neendawo zokomba ezicetywayo, kufuneka zinikwe ukhuseleko oluphezulu kwaye kufuneka zilawulwe ngokusemdleni woluntu luphela lwempilo exhomekeke kunxweme nakwinkqubo yendalo yaselwandle. I-SDCEA ixoxa ukuba bobabini i-DDG kunye noMphathiswa basilele ekuthatheni isigqibo malunga nolwandle, njengoko kufunwa nguMthetho woLawulo oluDibeneyo loNxweme. Oku kuthetha ukuba basilele ukuqwalasela ngokufanelekileyo iimpembelelo zexesha elide ezinokubakho kuphononongo lwe-oli kunye nokombiwa kwabantu kunye nezinye izinto eziphilayo.
Iimpembelelo zokutshintsha kwemozulu kwimveliso yeoli negesi
Umceli mngeni wenkundla ukwachaza ukuba iimpembelelo zokutshintsha kwemozulu bekufanele ukuba zibe yingqwalasela engundoqo ngokunxulumene nemfuno yeprojekthi kunye nenqwenelekayo. I-SDCEA ixoxa ukuba uMphathiswa, ekwenzeni isigqibo sakhe, kufuneka athathele ingqalelo into yokuba ukuhlola kujoliswe ukukhokelela kwi-oyile yorhwebo kunye / okanye ukusetyenziswa kwegesi, kunye neempembelelo ezihambelana nokutshintsha kwemozulu kulo mxholo.
Njengoko uVavanyo lweMpembelelo yokusiNgqongileyo (EIA) lubeke phambili imfuneko yerhasi yokongeza kuthungelwano lombane lwesizwe, amaphepha enkundla axoxa ngelithi le projekthi ayifuneki, njengoko amandla ahlaziyekayo esaziwa njengomthombo wamandla othembekileyo nowongayo.
Ngokubhekiselele kutshintsho lwemozulu, le projekthi iza kubangela ukukhutshwa kwegesi yegreenhouse. Ingakumbi ukuba ifikelela kwisigaba soxhaphazo olucetywayo, igalelo layo ekukhutshweni kwegesi yegreenhouse liya kuba likhulu. Oku akuzange kuhlolwe ngexesha lenkqubo ye-EIA.
Ukugunyaziswa kwemisebenzi emitsha ye-oyile negesi kuchasene nezibophelelo zoMzantsi Afrika zokutshintsha kwemozulu, kuquka ukuzibophelela kwiSivumelwano saseParis seMozulu. Ingxelo yengcaphephe kaProf New kunye noMnu. Barmand igqibe kwelokuba izinto ezikhutshwayo eziphuma ekutshisweni kwe-oyile nerhasi ezingqiniweyo ziya kuba sele zigqithise kakhulu kuhlahlo lwabiwo-mali olukhoyo ukuhlangabezana ne-1.5°C ekujoliswe kuyo kumda wokufudumala kwehlabathi. Ngako oko, i-SDCEA ithi akukho komba olutsha lwe-oyile nerhasi ekufuneka lugunyaziswe.
Ngaphaya koko, iimpembelelo kubomi baselwandle, kunye noluntu lwaselunxwemeni, lunokuba yingozi kakhulu. I-SDCEA ikholelwa ekubeni le projekthi ayizuzisa nzuzo, kuphela imingcipheko, kuluntu ngokubanzi.
Isicelo sophononongo ngokungathandabuzekiyo sikwimeko yamanzi, njengoko simi ukuba nefuthe kwindlela (kwaye nokuba ngaba kunjalo) ukuphononongwa nokuveliswa kolwandle olunzulu eMzantsi Afrika kuya kuqhutywa.
“ Ulwandle lilifa lethu, kwaye kubalulekile ukuba sikhusele ulwandle ukuze sikhuseleke ngokutya, ukukhuselwa kweentlobo ngeentlobo zezinto eziphilayo zaselwandle kunye neelwandle ezisempilweni ukuze abantwana bethu bafumane ilifa. Isigqibo sikaRhulumente sokuvumela u-Eni noSasol bahlole i-oyile negesi kulwandle lwethu kusibuyisela umva kugqatso lwethu lokunciphisa ukukhutshwa kwekhabhoni kwaye sakhele kwiNguquko yeJust, eya kuqinisekisa ukuba abemi beli lizwe abayi kuthwala ubunzima. utshintsho lwemozulu .” – Sherelee Odayar, South Durban Community Environmental Alliance.
“ Ulwandle kunye nonxweme yinkqubo ephilayo enovakalelo lwendalo apho uluntu oluninzi luxhomekeke kuyo ukuze luziphilise. Njengenxalenye yokujongana nokutshintsha kwemozulu, i-International Energy Agency (IEA) isanda kukhupha ingxelo ethi akukho mfuneko ye-oyile negesi entsha. Ngoko ke, iGreen Connection, ifuna kupheliswe ukombiwa kwe-oyile negesi, kwaye iyalixhasa ityala lenkundla yeSDCEA, njengoko sikholelwa ukuba ukuvumela ukuphononongwa kwe-oyile negesi kulwandle lwethu bubugwenxa obukhulu kwisizukulwana sangoku nakwisizukulwana esizayo, kwaye kufanele kuchaswe . "- uLiziwe McDaid, uQhagamshelwano oluluhlaza.
Funda i-afidavithi, ngokucofa kwikhonkco elingezantsi.
I-Afidavithi yokuSekwa kwe-Eni Sasol-14062021