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Nyem rau ntawm daim duab los qhib peb daim ntawv qhia Lub Xya Hli 2012 ntawm Wisconsin cov xuab zeb deposits thiab frac xuab zeb mining thiab kev ua haujlwm.
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MINNEAPOLIS - Ntau tshaj 50 tus neeg tau sib sau hnub Monday los tawm tsam frac xuab zeb mining sab nraum lub rooj sib tham ntawm silica xuab zeb ntawm Minnesota thiab Wisconsin.
"Qhov no yog kev puas tsuaj tag nrho," said Kathleen Bibus ntawm Red Wing, Minn. Peb paub tias cov hmoov av ua rau silicosis. "
Bibus nyob ze ntawm qhov chaw kuv xav tau. Tab sis nws cov kev txhawj xeeb txog kev noj qab haus huv, kev nyab xeeb, thiab ib puag ncig cuam tshuam ntawm qhov tshwm sim tam sim ntawd hauv cov chaw ua haujlwm xuab zeb tshiab tau muab faib los ntawm ntau tus neeg nyob hauv Upper Midwest. Sand mines yog popping mus thoob plaws cheeb tsam kom tau raws li qhov xav tau ntau ntxiv rau cov xuab zeb siv hauv hydraulic fracturing rau roj thiab natural gas.
Lub koom haum tshiab tsim kev lag luam, lub Wisconsin Industrial Sand Association, cia siab tias yuav ua kom cov neeg nyob hauv lub nroog tias cov xuab zeb mining tuaj yeem ua tau zoo thiab muaj lub luag haujlwm. Tab sis Thawj Tswj Hwm Rich Budinger lees paub tias cov neeg ua haujlwm xuab zeb tsis tau ua tiav txaus los teb cov lus nug hauv zej zog.
"Kuv xav tias peb tau ua qhov no ob xyoos dhau los. Kuv xav tias ib feem ntawm qhov teeb meem yog cov ntaub ntawv tsis raug, "Budinger tau hais hauv kev xam phaj tom qab kev tawm tsam.
Budinger tau hais tias plaub lub tuam txhab tsim - Fairmount Minerals, Badger Mining Corp, US Silica, thiab Unimin - txhua tus tau tsim cov xuab zeb zoo rau ntau xyoo lawm. Rau lwm lub tuam txhab los koom nrog lub koom haum, lawv yuav tsum pom zoo rau txoj cai ntawm kev coj ua uas tseem ceeb rau ib puag ncig kev ruaj ntseg thiab kev nyab xeeb.
Budinger tau hais tias "Kev loj hlob ntawm peb txoj kev lag luam tau tsim ntau cov lus nug hauv Wisconsin," Budinger tau hais. "Peb tau tsim los txhawb kev tswj hwm kev lag luam kom raug thiab muab kev sib tham los ntawm qhov tseeb."
Nyob rau lub asthiv tsis ntev los no, cov neeg nyob hauv Lub Nroog Buffalo tau yaum lub nroog pawg tswj hwm kom tsis lees txais ob lub frac sand facility proposals los ntawm Menomonie-based Glacier Sands LLC, ib qho rau kev cog qoob loo thiab chaw thau khoom 1,200 ko taw los ntawm Cochrane-Fountain City School.
Craig Brooks thiab Shirley Evans tau tsav tsheb los ntawm Buffalo County los koom nrog kev tawm tsam, nqa cov cim uas ua kev zoo siab rau cov yeej tsis ntev los no.
“Cov neeg tuaj ntawm thoob plaws lub tebchaws los hais tawm tsam qhov kev thov. Nws yog amazing, ”Evans hais. "Txhua qhov no tau pib ib xyoos dhau los thaum Lub Xya Hli, tab sis tsis muaj tsheb thauj khoom tau dov."
Brooks tau hais tias nws cia siab tias qhov kev tsis lees paub ntawm cov chaw tsim khoom thiab chaw thau khoom yuav cuam tshuam cov phiaj xwm rau peb lwm qhov Glacier Sands mines hauv lub nroog.
Brooks tau hais tias "Peb muaj qee lub sijhawm, tab sis peb txhawj xeeb txog kev ua kom nws mus," nws hais ntxiv tias nws xav tias Glacier Sands yuav rov kho nws qhov kev thov thiab rov thov dua.
Ntau tus hauv Nroog Buffalo tau tawm tsam daim ntawv tso cai frac xuab zeb vim tias muaj tsheb thauj mus los ntau dua nws yuav ua rau thiab muaj feem cuam tshuam txog kev noj qab haus huv ntawm cov xuab zeb pov tseg. Ntev mus ntev rau cov hmoov av zoo silica tuaj yeem ua rau mob ntsws tsis tuaj yeem hu ua silicosis.
Qhov kev pheej hmoo ntawm kev noj qab haus huv yog ib qho ntawm ntau qhov kev txhawj xeeb Budinger thiab lwm cov neeg tsim cov xuab zeb vam tias yuav tshem tawm.
Cov txheej txheem xuab zeb ziab tuaj yeem tsim cov plua plav, tab sis Budinger tau hais tias cov chaw tsim khoom tsim nrog cov khoom siv plua plav thiab tsis tu ncua ntsuas huab cua hauv chaw ua haujlwm. Txhua tus tswvcuab WISA, nws hais tias, yuav tsum muaj cov phiaj xwm tiv thaiv silicosis.
Budinger tau hais tias "Yog tias peb tswj hwm cov plua plav hauv peb txoj haujlwm los tiv thaiv peb cov neeg ua haujlwm, ua kom qib qis dua qhov yuav tsum tau ua, ces peb tiv thaiv peb cov neeg nyob ze ib yam," Budinger tau hais.
Tab sis cov neeg tawm tsam tsis tau ntseeg los ntawm kev lag luam kev ruaj ntseg lawv tau hnov txog tam sim no. Ntau tus, zoo li Mary Kaye Perrin ntawm Winona, Minn., muaj kev txhawj xeeb tias frac xuab zeb mining yuav ua rau kev mus ncig ua si thiab ua rau thaj av uas lawv nyiam.
"Rau kuv, ib zaug ib lub bluff ploj mus, nws ploj mus. Nws tsis yog ib yam uas koj tuaj yeem nqa rov qab tau, "Perrin hais.
Cov nonprofit Wisconsin Center rau Kev Tshawb Xyuas Xov Xwm (www.WisconsinWatch.org) koom tes nrog Wisconsin Cov Xov Xwm Zej Tsoom, Wisconsin Cov Xov Xwm Rau Pej Xeem, lwm cov xov xwm tshaj tawm thiab UW-Madison Tsev Kawm Ntawv Xov Xwm thiab Kev Sib Txuas Lus. Txhua yam haujlwm tsim, tshaj tawm, tshaj tawm lossis tshaj tawm los ntawm Lub Chaw tsis tas yuav cuam tshuam cov kev xav lossis kev xav ntawm UW-Madison lossis ib qho ntawm cov koom tes.
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- Yuav tsum muab credit, hauv hom ntawv no: “Los ntawm Dee J. Hall, Wisconsin Watch”
- Yog tias luam tawm online, koj yuav tsum suav nrog cov ntawv txuas thiab txuas rau ntawm wisconsinwatch.org
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- Tsis txhob muag zaj dab neeg - nws yuav tsis raug muag raws li ib qho khoom lag luam.
- Tsis txhob muag tshaj tawm tawm tsam zaj dab neeg. Tab sis koj tuaj yeem luam tawm nws nrog kev tshaj tawm ua ntej muag.
- Koj lub vev xaib yuav tsum suav nrog txoj hauv kev tseem ceeb los tiv tauj koj.
- Cov ntsiab lus ntxiv uas tau ntim nrog peb zaj dab neeg yuav tsum tau sau npe.
- Cov neeg siv tuaj yeem rov luam tawm peb cov duab, duab kos duab, duab thiab ntau yam ntsiab lus tsuas yog nrog cov dab neeg uas lawv tau tshwm sim thawj zaug. Koj yuav tsis cais cov ntsiab lus multimedia rau kev siv ib leeg.
- Yog tias peb xa koj daim ntawv thov hloov lossis tshem tawm Wisconsin Watch cov ntsiab lus ntawm koj lub xaib, koj yuav tsum pom zoo ua tam sim ntawd.
Yog xav paub ntxiv txog kev tshaj tawm cov cai, thov hu rau Andy Hall, tus thawj coj ua haujlwm, ntawm ahall@wisconsinwatch.org
