Iyini i-Willow Project? Kubaluleke ngani lokhu futhi kungalishintsha kanjani izwe esiphila kulo?
Iphrojekthi yeWillow, evunyelwe ngasekupheleni kuka-2022 iphrojekthi enkulu yokumba uwoyela ezokwenzeka e-Alaska, ezweni likahulumeni elaziwa ngokuthi yi-National Petroleum Reserve. Inhloso yalo msebenzi ukusizakala ngomthombo oyinhloko wemali engenayo yase-Alaska, ukubhola, ukusiza ukukhiqiza imali nokukhiqiza cishe imiphongolo kawoyela eyi-180,000 kuhulumeni wase-US. Ngaphezu kwalezi zinzuzo, le phrojekthi inengxenye enkingeni enkulu ezweni lanamuhla: ukuguquka kwesimo sezulu. Izilwane ezihlala lapho - ezinye zazo ezisengozini yokuqothulwa - ziyolahlekelwa izindawo zazo zemvelo futhi zibhubhise imvelo engase ilimaze umhlaba wonke. Njengoba izwe lithembela kakhulu ekusetshenzisweni kwamandla angavuseleleki, isikhathi esifushane esisele sokunciphisa imiphumela yokuguquka kwesimo sezulu siyaphela. Ngokungenakugwenywa lokhu kuyoholela ezinguqukweni ezingenakuguqulwa eziyofaka engozini indawo eyodwa esiyibiza ngokuthi ikhaya.