And now:Ish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1999 13:41:15 -0800 (PST)
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>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Philip M. Klasky)
>Subject: please send to your contacts
>
>THE COLORADO RIVER NATIVE NATIONS ALLIANCE
>LA COALICION BINACIONAL CONTRA TIRADEROS TOXICOS Y RADIOACTIVOS, SIERRA
>BLANCA LEGAL DEFENSE FUND, and
>THE WARD VALLEY COALITION
>
>For Immediate Release
>January 28, 1999
>
>
>Contact: Susan Smith, Incitra (619) 420-5183, Chairwoman Nora Helton,
>Fort Mojave Indian Tribe (760) 629-4591, Dave Harper, Colorado River Indian
>Tribes (520) 669-1662, Phil Klasky, BAN Waste Coalition (415) 752-8678,
>Bradley Angel, Greenaction (415) 566-3475
>
>
>MEXICAN LEGISLATORS FROM BORDER STATES TO CONSIDER RESOLUTION TO CALL ON
>CALIFORNIA GOVERNOR GRAY DAVIS TO STOP THE PROPOSED WARD VALLEY NUCLEAR
>WASTE DUMP
>
>
>Tijuana, Mexico -- Legislators from Mexican border states are meeting
>January 28, 29 and 30 in Tijuana at the "Primer Encuentro De Legislaturas
>De La Frontera Norte" (First Meeting of Legislators of the Northern
>Frontier) to discuss, among other things, the threat to Mexico posed by the
>proposed nuclear waste dump at Ward Valley. Legislators from the five
>borders states of Baja California, Sonora, Chihuahua, Nuevo Leon, Coahuila
>and Tamaulipas will consider a resolution, introduced by State Deputy Alma
>Gomez of Chihuahua, that will call upon California Governor Gray Davis to
>stop the controversial dump project. Last week state and federal
>representatives from Mexico's major political parties meet with leaders
>from the Fort Mojave and Colorado River Indian Tribes who expressed their
>concerns about the proposed nuclear waste dump and the threat to the
>Colorado River and sacred Indian lands.
>
>Despite claims by Governor Davis that he seeks to improve relations with
>Mexico and protect the environment, the new governor has remained silent on
>the dump issue since taking office. Native American tribes along with
>environmental, indigenous rights, scientists and labor organizations have
>called upon Governor Davis to stop the dump. The resolution, if passed,
>will add to the pressure on the Governor to take action.
>
>In preparation for Governor Davis' trip to Mexico city next week, Federal
>Deputy Carlos Camacho will propose that a delegation of legislative
>representatives to meet with Davis to discuss the Ward Valley issue.
>
>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.
>
>Just like the recently defeated Sierra Blanca, Texas, nuclear waste dump,
>the proposed Ward Valley project threatens the people and environment of
>the border region and represents a dangerous trend of toxic and nuclear
>waste facilities situated or proposed for the area along the United States
>and Mexican frontier.
>
>"Ward Valley and the Colorado River have profound cultural and religious
>significance to our people who have lived along the river since time
>immemorial. We believe that the proposed dump is an act of environmental
>injustice against our people, our livelihood and our culture," said Nora
>Helton, Chairwoman of the Fort Mojave Indian Tribe.
>
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