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A26 OBITUARIO/U.s. news
Diaranson 1 December 2021

In shadow of Texas gas
drilling sites, health

fears escalate

“Cerca Dios no tin sufrimento, “Señor ta mi wardador, mi’n tin falta di nada
ni dolor, ni tristeza. Cu Dios Den cunucu di yerba berde e ta ponemi sosega.
contra mi cu su manan habri E ta hibami na awa trankil,
i jen di splendor.” Pa mi bolbe haña forsa”.
Lagrima y flornan por seca, Salmo: 23
su recuerdonan y tur loke e la
haci y significa pa nos,
cu lo keda graba pa semper den A fayece:
nos mente y curason.
“Cerca Dios mi alma ta na paz,
ta di Dj’e mi salbacion ta bin”

Salmo 62:1
(AP) — At a playground outside a North
Cu dolor na nos curason, nos ta participa fayecimento
di: Texas day care center, giggling preschoolers
chase each other into a playhouse. Toddlers
Sra. Vda. Teresita Figaroa-Figaroa scoot by on tricycles. A boy cries as a teacher
Cariñosamente yama “Chita” y “Machi” helps him negotiate over a toy.
*09-12-1930 - †28-11-2021
Uphill from the playground, peeking between
Yiunan: Marianita y Ergard Tromp trees, is a site where Total Energies is pumping
Mario Figaroa for natural gas. The French energy giant wants
Vera y Mario Werleman to drill three new wells on the property next to
Lourdes y †Frido Croes Mother’s Heart Learning Center, which serves
Nico y Rocio Figaroa mainly Black and Latino children. The three
Miriam y Roy Jansen wells, along with two existing ones, would lie
Jacintho y Nilca Figaroa
Teresa y David Semeleer about 600 feet from where the children planted a
Rumannan: Sra. Vda. Wika Tromp y Fam garden of sunflowers.
Filomena y Casiano Tromp y Fam
Luis y Maria Figaroa y Fam For the families of the children and for oth-
Vda. Baita Figaroa ers nearby, it’s a prospect fraught with fear and
Vdo. Mario Oduber anxiety. Living too close to drilling sites has been
Nieto(a)nan: Zulayka y John Weijs linked to a range of health risks, especially to chil-
Stephen y Heather Jansen Ricardo Soriano dren, from asthma to neurological and develop-
Reggie y Annelies de Mey *07-11-1951 - †24-11-2021 mental disorders. And while some states are re-
Mario Jr y Ashley Figaroa quiring energy companies to drill farther from
Veromar y Geeta Werleman-Khemlani Acto di entiero lo wordo anuncia despues day cares, schools and homes, Texas has taken the
Francis y Jenny Croes
Jacqueline y Sando Tromp opposite tack: It has made it exceedingly difficult
Mary-Anne y Urvin Croes for localities to fight back.
Joseanny y Shendell Jakobus
Ninouska Figaroa The affected areas go beyond day care centers and
Natasha y Reynold Trimon schools close to drilling sites. They include com-
David Jr Semeleer munities near related infrastructure — compres-
Bisanieto(a)nan: Sven y Sienna Weijs sor stations, for example, which push gas through
Nora y Jack de Mey pipelines and emit toxic fumes, and export fa-
Mario Jr Figaroa cilities, where gas is cooled before being shipped
Maya, Vijay y Sitara Werleman overseas.
Xhaiden y Xhoë-Anne Croes
Sean, Miah y Quin Jansen
Adren van der Biezen “Señor ta mi wardador, mi’n tin falta di nada On Tuesday night, the City Council in this city
Raelyn Trimon situated between Dallas and Fort Worth is sched-
Sandocaan y D’Jean Tromp Den cunucu di yerba berde e ta ponemi sosega. uled to vote on Total’s latest drilling request. Last
E ta hibami na awa trankil, year, the council denied Total’s request. The re-
Swa y cuña nan, comer y comper nan, subrino y Pa mi bolbe haña forsa”. jection came at a time when Black Lives Matter
sobrinanan, iha nan, prima y primo nan, Salmo: 23 protests after George Floyd’s murder by police
demas amistad nan, Fundacion Kawara. had led many American communities to take a
Demas famianan: Figaroa, Kelly, Tromp, de Mey, Nos ta anuncia fayecimento di: deeper look at racial disparities. But with time
Weijs, van der Ham, Jobst, Werleman, Khemlani, having passed and with some turnover on the
Croes, Semeleer, Jakobus, Rasmijn, Jansen, Pietersz, City Council, many residents worry that this time
de la Rosa, Rincon, Willems, Polanco, Lopez, Maduro,
Simileer, Oduber, De Cuba, Rotteveel, Conradus, Total will succeed.
Guedez, Kock, Webb, van der Biezen, Trimon,
Breau-Bourque, Ortiz, Obispo, Luydens, Nijenhuis, Total declined a request for an interview to discuss
Bermudez, Dominguez. the matter. But in a statement, the company said it
Nos ta pidi disculpa si den momento di tristesa nos has operated near Mother’s Heart for more than a
por a lubida algun famia y conocir nan. Ta invita pa decade without any safety concerns expressed by
asisti na acto di entiero cu lo tuma lugar Diabierna 3 di the City of Arlington.
December 2021 di 2or pa 4or di atardi na misa Santa
Anna Noord. Despues lo sali pa Santana Catolico na The clash in Arlington comes against the back-
Noord. drop of pledges from world leaders to reduce
emissions, burn less fossil fuel and transition to
Lo tin un box disponibel pa hasi donacion pa
“Fundacion Kawara”. Oscar Edwin Oduber cleaner energy. Yet the world’s reliance on natural
gas is growing, not declining. As soon as next year,
*26-02-1940 - †25-11-2021
Pa motibo di e situashon di Covid-19 ta pidi pa the United States is set to become the world’s
mantene estrictamente na reglanan di DVG usando largest exporter of liquid natural gas, or LNG, ac-
tapa boka y practicando distancia social. Acto di entiero lo wordo anuncia despues. cording to Rystad Energy.