USIPA: Ukuthunyelwa kwepellet yase-US kuyaqhubeka ngaphandle kokuphazamiseka
Embindini wobhubhani we-coronavirus wehlabathi, abavelisi beepellet zemithi yase-US bayaqhubeka nokusebenza, beqinisekisa ukuba akukho ziphazamiso zokubonelela abathengi behlabathi ngokuxhomekeke kwimveliso yabo yokufudumala kweenkuni kunye nokuveliswa kwamandla.

Kwingxelo ye-20 ka-Matshi, i-USIPA, umbutho wokurhweba ongenzi nzuzo omele zonke iinkalo zeshishini lokuthumela ngaphandle kweeplanga ezibandakanya iinkokheli zemveliso yehlabathi ezifana ne-Enviva kunye ne-Drax, yathi ukuza kuthi ga ngoku, amalungu ayo abika ukuba ukuveliswa kweepellet zokhuni akuzange kuchaphazeleke, kwaye i-US epheleleyo ye-chain chain iyaqhubeka nokusebenza ngaphandle kokuphazamiseka.

“Ngeli xesha lingazange libonwe ngaphambili iingcinga zethu zikubo bonke abo bachaphazelekayo, kunye nabo kwihlabathi liphela basebenzela ukuqulatha intsholongwane ye-COVID-19,” utshilo uSeth Ginther, umlawuli olawulayo we-USIPA.

"Ngeenkcukacha ezintsha eziphuma mihla le ekusasazweni kwe-COVID-19, ishishini lethu ligxile ekuqinisekiseni ukhuseleko kunye nempilo yabasebenzi bethu, uluntu lwengingqi esisebenza kulo, kunye nokuqhubekeka kweshishini kunye nokuthembeka kobonelelo kubathengi bethu kwihlabathi liphela." Ukongeza, inani lamazwe e-US aphumeze awawo amanyathelo kaxakeka.Inyathelo lokuqala elisuka koorhulumente baseburhulumenteni libonisa ukuba iipeliti zokhuni zithathwa njenge-asethi yeqhinga lokuphendula i-COVID-19 ekunikezelweni kwamandla kunye nokuveliswa kobushushu.

"Siyaqonda ukuba imeko ikhula ngokukhawuleza kwinqanaba lehlabathi kwaye sisebenzisana ngokusondeleyo ne-US federal kunye ne-arhente yaseburhulumenteni, kunye namalungu ethu kunye namaqabane emhlabeni jikelele ukuqinisekisa ukuba iipelisi zokhuni zase-US ziqhubeka nokubonelela ngamandla athembekileyo kunye nokushisa ngeli xesha elinzima," uGinther waphetha.

Ngo-2019, i-US yathumela ngaphandle nje kwe-6.9 yezigidi zeetoni zeepellet zeenkuni kubathengi baphesheya kumazwe angaphezu kweshumi elinambini, ngokwe-USDA yeNkonzo yezoLimo yaNgaphandle. I-UK yayiyeyona iphambili ekuthengeni ngaphandle, ilandelwa kude yiBelgium-Luxembourg kunye neDenmark.