USIPA: Ukuthunyelwa kwe-pellet yezinkuni zase-US kuyaqhubeka ngaphandle kokuphazamiseka
Phakathi nobhubhane lomhlaba wonke lwe-coronavirus, abakhiqizi bezimboni zezinkuni zase-US bayaqhubeka nokusebenza, baqinisekisa ukuthi akukho ukuphazamiseka kokuhlinzekwa kwamakhasimende omhlaba ngokuya ngomkhiqizo wabo wokushisa kwezinkuni okuvuselelekayo nokukhiqizwa kwamandla.

Esitatimendeni sangomhla zingama-20 kuNdasa, i-USIPA, inhlangano yabahwebi engenzi nzuzo emele zonke izici zemboni yokuthekelisa i-wood pellet kuhlanganisa nabaholi bokukhiqiza emhlabeni wonke abanjengo-Enviva noDrax, ithe kuze kube manje, amalungu ayo abika ukuthi ukukhiqizwa kwepellet yokhuni akuzange kuthinteke, futhi uchungechunge olugcwele lwase-US lokunikezela luyaqhubeka nokusebenza ngaphandle kokuphazamiseka.

"Kulezi zikhathi ezingakaze zibonwe ngaphambili imicabango yethu ikubo bonke abathintekile, kanye nalabo emhlabeni jikelele abasebenzela ukuqukethe igciwane le-COVID-19," kusho uSeth Ginther, umqondisi omkhulu we-USIPA.

"Ngemininingwane emisha evela nsuku zonke ngokusabalala kwe-COVID-19, imboni yethu igxile ekuqinisekiseni ukuphepha nokuphila kahle kwabasebenzi bethu, imiphakathi yasendaweni esisebenza kuyo, nokuqhubeka kwebhizinisi nokuthembeka kokuphakelwa kwamakhasimende ethu emhlabeni jikelele." Ezingeni likahulumeni, uGinther uthe, uhulumeni wase-US ukhiphe umhlahlandlela futhi wakhomba izimboni zamandla, izingodo nemikhiqizo yezinkuni njengengqalasizinda ebalulekile, phakathi kokunye. “Ngaphezu kwalokho, izifundazwe eziningi e-US zenze ezazo izindlela eziphuthumayo. Isinyathelo sokuqala esivela kohulumeni bezifundazwe sikhombisa ukuthi amapulangwe ezinkuni athathwa njengempahla yamasu okuphendula i-COVID-19 ekulethweni kwamandla nokukhiqiza ukushisa.

"Siyaqonda ukuthi lesi simo sithuthuka ngokushesha emhlabeni jikelele futhi sisebenzisana eduze ne-US federal ne-state ejensi, kanye namalungu ethu kanye nabalingani bethu emhlabeni wonke ukuze baqinisekise ukuthi ama-pellets ezinkuni ase-US ayaqhubeka nokuhlinzeka ngamandla athembekile nokushisa ngalesi sikhathi esiyinselele," kuphetha uGinther.

Ngo-2019, i-US yathumela ngaphandle nje kwamathani angama-metric angama-6.9 wezinkuni kumakhasimende aphesheya emazweni angaphezu kweshumi nambili, ngokusho kwe-USDA Foreign Agricultural Service. I-UK ibihamba phambili ngokungenisa impahla ngaphandle, ilandelwa kude yiBelgium-Luxembourg kanye neDenmark.