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DESCRIPTION:JOIN US FOR AN EMERGENCY LETTER WRITING PARTY TO PROTECT BLACK MESA, AZ 
 FROM PEABODY\nCOAL'S MASSIVE EXPANSION PLANS & MEDICINE LAKE FROM CALPINE 
 ENERGY CORPORATION.\n?\n\nTHERE IS NO SUCH THING AS 'CLEAN' COAL! Tapping 
 America's coal reserves as proposed by\nthe Bush Administration,\nwould 
 require obliterating Black Mesa, AZ, which is home to traditional 
 indigenous\ncommunities for generations!!\nPlease support a "NO ACTION" 
 decision in solidarity with indigenous Dineh\nand Hopi communities. The 
 deadline for our comments to be heard is approaching.\nWe must use this 
 window to voice our opposition!\n\nJoin the Pitt River, Klamath, Modoc and 
 other tribes in demanding that Calpine drop\nplans to\nbuild geothermal 
 power plants in the Medicine Lake Highlands. Medicine Lake and 
 the\nHighlands\nare very sacred to the area's Indigenous peoples, and a 
 power plant would pollute,\ndesecrate and destroy these sacred areas 
 forever, as well as threaten the huge pure\naquifer\nthat feeds 
 California?s largest spring system. (See link below for more 
 info.)\n\nWHEN:\nMONDAY, JANUARY 29, 2007, directly after the Action for 
 Medicine Lake at Calpine\nheadquarters in San Jose.\n7 PM- 10 
 PM.\n\nWHERE:\n(A private residence located just off Telegraph, 4 blocks 
 from McArthur BART.)  Address removed by poster, since i'm not sure if it 
 is ok to put it on indybay.  call or email for location.\n\nSample letters, 
 pens, paper, stamps, and refreshments will be provided.\nFeel free to bring 
 your laptop.\n\nWHO:\nBlack Mesa Indigenous Support, Indigenous Action 
 Media, & Native Coalition For Medicine\nLake representatives will be 
 available to\nprovide information on the issues and be on hand to answer 
 questions.\nSee you soon!\n\nCONTACT 
 INFO:\nblackmesais@riseup.net\n510-390-5017\n\n\n*If you're not familiar 
 with these issues, we will have background information 
 available.\n\n*SUMMARY OF THE BLACK MESA PROJECT:\nMassive mining plans are 
 underway that have serious environmental, social,\nand human rights 
 impacts. Peabody Western Coal, the world's largest coal\ncompany, is 
 attempting to obtain a 'Life of Mine' permit from the federal\nOffice of 
 Surface Mining (OSM): which means a lease extension application\nthat would 
 permit them to mine indefinitely, and dramatically increase the\ncurrent 
 rate of coal production to turn Black Mesa (where Big Mountain is 
 located)\ninto a massive energy center for domestic and international 
 export.\n\nIt is unacceptable that this proposal could further the 
 termination of\nindigenous cultural existence. The U.S. government has 
 previously passed\nlaws that terminate indigenous ancestral ties to these 
 lands by currently\nrestricting access to their lands and enforcing 
 relocation. The LOM permit\ncalls for additional restricted access to 
 ancestral lands and relocation.\n\nThe LOM permit would allow the coal 
 company the rights to billions of\ngallons of water a year from two major 
 aquifers for their industrial coal\nproduction use.\n\nThis proposal is not 
 the solution to global warming or to reducing\ngreenhouse gas emissions, 
 but instead, Peabody's BMP will only only add to\nthe escalating greenhouse 
 emissions.\n\n-----------\nJoin us January 29th Action in San Jose for 
 Medicine Lake\nNative peoples and supporters will protest Calpine's plans 
 for a power plant that would\nbe built\nat Sacred Medicine Lake near Mt. 
 Shasta. Organizers say, "The Sacred Medicine Lake\nHighlands\nis under 
 direct threat of geothermal development from Calpine Energy 
 Corporation."\nIf passed, the geothermal projects would transform the 
 sacred Medicine Lake Highlands\ninto an\nindustrial wasteland with multiple 
 power plants, 24-hour drilling and 
 lighting,\nlandscape-fragmenting\npipelines, toxic plumes exuding dangerous 
 levels of arsenic, mercury and hydrogen\nsulfide. These\nprojects clearly 
 would constitute a major threat to the huge pure aquifer that 
 feeds\nCalifornia?s largest spring system.\nMore on IndyBay: 
 http://indybay.org/newsitems/2007/01/22/18350777.php\n--------------------------------\n*CALLING 
 ALL SUPPORTERS/SHEEPHERDERS TO BLACK MESA:\nFamilies on Black Mesa who are 
 living near Peabody's mining activities\nand/or resisting relocation and 
 may face future mine expansion are\nrequesting volunteer sheepherders to 
 come stay with them. If you're\ninterested we can discuss it in person at 
 the letter writing party or visit\nhttp://www.blackmesais.org for more info 
 and to contact us.\n\n*BIG MOUNTAIN CANNOT BE EXCLUDED FROM THE LEGACY OF 
 THE FOUR CORNERS ENERGY WARS:\nSince the beginning of the Big Mountain 
 resistance elders would say: "We are\nresisting relocation and the coal 
 mining not only for ourselves\nbut for the whole world. Black Mesa must not 
 be desecrated because of its\nsacredness --it provides life to all living 
 things including all the human\nraces." Elder resisters of Big Mountain 
 have referred to the coal as the\nMother Earth's liver.\n\nWe must not 
 allow history to repeat itself by allowing the US government\nand mining 
 interests to put profit over people, antiquity, and 
 water\nresources.\nThank you!\n~Black Mesa Indigenous 
 Support\n\nhttp://www.blackmesais.org\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2007/01/28/18353565.php
SUMMARY:Letter Writing Party for Black Mesa
LOCATION:Oakland, CA 94609- try calling/emailing for more info
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2007/01/28/18353565.php
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