And now:Ish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >Date: Tue, 19 Jan 1999 15:33:23 -0800 (PST) >X-Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Philip M. Klasky) >Subject: Ward Valley Action in Mexico, please post. > >LA COALICION BINACIONAL CONTRA TIRADEROS TOXICOS Y RADIOACTIVOS, SIERRA >BLANCA LEGAL DEFENSE FUND, THE COLORADO RIVER NATIVE NATIONS ALLIANCE and >THE WARD VALLEY COALITION > >For Immediate Release > >Contact: Judith Galarza/Felix Perez 001-52-16124890 (Mexico) > Chairwoman Nora Helton, Fort Mojave Indian Tribe >(760) 629-4591 > Susan Smith, Coalicion Binacional (505) 388-0208 > Dave Harper, Colorado River Indian Tribes (520) 669-1662 > Bill Addington, Sierra Blanca Legal Defense Fund >(915) 369-2541 > Molly Johnson, SAVE WARD VALLEY (760) 326-6267 > Phil Klasky, BAN Waste Coalition (415) 752-8678 > Bradley Angel, Greenaction (415) 566-3475 > >After JANUARY 20 call: Hotel Chula Vista, Paseo Triunfo de la Republica No. >3555 Ote., (16) 17-14-68, 17-12- 07, 17-17-84 FAX (16) 18-62-88. JANUARY 23 >call: the Travelodge Hotel in El Paso, Texas (915) 544-3333. > >INTERNATIONAL ALLIANCE JOINS EFFORTS TO STOP THE PROPOSED NUCLEAR WASTE >DUMP AT WARD VALLEY, CALIFORNIA >Colorado River Indian Tribes to Visit Mexico for 3 days of Strategy Meetings, >Cultural Exchange and Demonstrations of Solidarity > >(Needles, CA., USA and Cuidad Juarez, Mexico) -- Indigenous, environmental, >social justice, labor and human rights groups and Mexican government >officials concerned about the threat of nuclear contamination of the >Colorado River and the international border region will host three days of >events January 21-23, 1999, to express solidarity and demonstrate >opposition to the nuclear waste dump proposed for Ward Valley, California. >A large delegation representing the five Indian Nations along the Colorado >River will travel to Cuidad Juarez, Mexico at the invitation of the >bi-national alliance and Mexican government officials who have joined the >fight to protect indigenous rights and the Colorado River from the proposed >nuclear dump project. > >In the wake of the recent victory against the Sierra Blanca, Texas, >radioactive waste dump proposed for an area adjacent to the Mexican border, >this international alliance is now joining with the Colorado River Native >Nations Alliance and the Ward Valley Coalition to stop the Ward Valley >dump. This historic alliance represents a unity of people and issues along >the Mexican-American border. > >For the last decade, the nuclear power industry in the United States has >been attempting to bury long-lasting and highly-dangerous radioactive >wastes, mostly from nuclear power reactors, in shallow, unlined trenches >above an aquifer, eighteen miles from the Colorado River, in critical >habitat for the endangered desert tortoise and on land considered sacred >aboriginal territory by the five Colorado River Indian tribes. Scientists >have warned that nuclear wastes buried at Ward Valley could contaminate the >Colorado River, source of water for 22 million people in California, >Arizona and Mexico. > >The alliance of groups are calling on newly elected California Governor >Gray Davis to stop the dump project. Once a vocal dump opponent, Davis has >yet to take a stand on the issue. Davis is planning to visit Mexico in >early February. > >The "Coalition Binacional Contra Tiraderos Toxicos and Radioactivos" >(Bi-National Coalition Against Toxic and Radioactive Wastes) is organizing >the events which will include: a press conference, Thursday, January 21 at >11:00am at the Hotel Chula Vista, Juarez following an art event. The group >will then travel to the Valley of Juarez for a reception and meeting at >6:00pm with the Mayor and City Council of Juarez. On Friday, January 22 >the groups will attend a breakfast meeting with Mexican state and federal >representatives to discuss the nuclear threat posed by the proposed Ward >Valley dump and address the efforts to protect and expand the La Paz >Agreement, which governs border economic and environmental policies. At >11:00 am a cultural gathering will take place in front of the U.S. >Consulate in Juarez to call on the U.S. government to stop the dump. >Traditional songs and dances will be performed by indigenous groups from >the United States and Mexico. > >-- end -- > <<<<=-=-=FREE LEONARD PELTIER=-=-=>>>> If you think you are too small to make a difference; try sleeping in a closed room with a mosquito.... African Proverb <<<<=-=http://www.tdi.net/ishgooda/ =-=>>>> IF it says: "PASS THIS TO EVERYONE YOU KNOW...." Please Check it before you send it at: http://urbanlegends.miningco.com/library/blhoax.htm
