🚀 go-pugleaf

If they really cared about the environment at Ward Valley, they would stop
the 540 Mw electric plant (natural gas) that is under construction nearby.
Ward Valley is getting gased. These people are interested in using the
Indians, not helping them.

John Hughes


Recycled News <ay903@extra.lafn.org> wrote in message
news:19991104093831.A259@lafn.org...
>
> Breaking News! November 2, 1999
> GREAT VICTORY IN WARD VALLEY NUCLEAR WASTE DUMP FIGHT!!
> After a decade of protests, U.S. Bureau of Land Management rejects State's
> Request to Buy Ward Valley Land for Dump, Terminates All Actions on Dump
> Proposal!!!!!!!!!!!!
>
> Native Nations and Environmental Allies Celebrate Federal Action but
> Denounce Governor Davis for Appointing Pro-nuclear committee to "study"
> issue.
> Join the protest of the Governor's Committee when it meets at UCLA
Anderson
> School of Management Auditorium, 9 a.m. November 17, 1999
> *************************************************************************
>
> In a tremendous victory for the Native Nations and environmental and
social
> justice allies who have fought for over a decade to protect Ward Valley
and
> the Colorado River from a proposed nuclear waste dump, the BLM today
issued
> a formal decision which deals a possibly fatal blow to the controversial
> dump project.  The BLM today terminated all their actions regarding the
dump
> proposal, and denied the State of California's request for sale of Ward
> Valley land for the dump.
>
> The nuclear industry still hopes to bury long-lasting and highly
> radioactive waste at Ward Valley, on sacred Indian land, in dirt trenches
> above an aquifer with pathways to the Colorado River, water source for
over
> 20 million people.
> The Colorado River Native Nations Alliance and the rest of the Ward Valley
> Coaltion will continue to defend Ward Valley against the proposed dump.
>
> Today's action by BLM follows the September 16, 1999 letter sent by BLM
> Deputy Director Tom Fry to Diana Bonta, State Department of Health
Services
> Director, stating that BLM proposed to terminate all actions on DHS' sale
> request in 30 days unless the state moved forward with the project.  The
> State did not respond to the BLM's 30 day notice, and the BLM action today
> is their response to the State's inaction.
>
> However, Governor Gray Davis has appointed a committee stacked with
> individuals tied to the nuclear industry and nuclear waste generators to
> recommend methods of disposing waste from nuclear power plants and other
> sources.  Radioactive waste generators outnumber representatives of
> environmental and tribal groups by a ration of three to one.  The
committee
> includes 9 officials of organizations that support the building of a dump
> at Ward Valley.  Only two environmentalists and one tribal leader
represent
> the vast majority of the public opposed to the dump.  This is ominous, as
> this
> committee could urge the Governor to submit a new application to the
federal
> government for a dump at Ward Valley.
>
> This committee will meet November 17, 1999 at the Anderson School of
> Management Auditorium at UCLA.  The Colorado River Native Nations Alliance
> and the rest of the Ward Valley Coalition are calling on all supporters of
> Ward Valley to come to UCLA at 9 a.m. on November 17th to protest this
> stacked committee and call on Governor Davis to join the federal
government
> in saving Ward Valley once and for all.  Together we will let the Governor
> and the nuclear industry know we will never, ever allow any type of
> radioactive waste facility to be built on sacred Indian Land at Ward
> Valley.
>
> LET'S CELEBRATE THIS VICTORY, AND CONTINUE THE STRUGGLE TO DEFEND WARD
> VALLEY!
> CALL GOVERNOR DAVIS AND TELL HIM "NO RADIOACTIVE WASTE FACILITY AT WARD
> VALLEY"
> (916) 324-3501
>
> VISIT THE GREENACTION WEBSITE FOR UPDATES ON CAMPAIGNS FOR HEALTH AND
> ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE  http://www.greenaction.org
>
> ---------------------------------------------
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> http://www.greenaction.org
> phone (415) 252-0822
> fax (415) 252-0823
> 1095 Market Street, San Francisco, CA 94103
>
>
>
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