not an urban myth
author: bozo's brother-in-law
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destroying glaciers and environment in search of minerals
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I checked this is not an "urban myth" before I
forwarded it, do a
search on Google and you will
find plenty about it......
Dear friends who care about our earth,
Judge for yourself if you want to take action. In the
Valle de San
Felix, the purest water in
Chile runs from 2 rivers, fed by 2 glaciers. Water is
a most precious
resource, and wars will be
fought for it.
Indigenous farmers use the water, there is no
unemployment, and they
provide the second largest
source of income for the area. Under the glaciers has
been found a huge
deposit of gold, silver
and other minerals. To get at these, it would be
necessary to break, to
destroy the glaciers -
something never conceived of in the history of the
world - and to make
2 huge holes, each as big
as a whole mountain, one for extraction and one for
the mine's rubbish
tip.
The project is called PASCUA LAMA. The company is
called Barrick Gold.
The operation is planned by
a multi-national company, one of whose members is
George Bush Senior.
The Chilean Government has
approved the project to start this year, 2006. The
only reason it
hasn't started yet is because
the farmers have got a temporary stay of execution.
If they destroy the glaciers, they will not just
destroy the source of
specially pure water, but
they will permanently contaminate the 2 rivers so they
will never again
be fit for human or animal
consumption because of the use of cyanide and
sulphuric acid in the
extraction process. Every last
gram of gold will go abroad to the multinational
company and not one
will be left with the people
whose land it is. They will only be left with the
poisoned water and
the resulting illnesses.
The farmers have been fighting a long time for their
land, but have
been forbidden to make a TV
appeal by a ban from the Ministry of the Interior.
Their only hope now of putting brakes on this project
is to get help
from international justice.
The world must know what is happening in Chile . The
only place to
start changing the world is
from here.
We ask you to circulate this message amongst your
friends in the
following way. Please copy this
text, paste it into a new email adding your signature
and send it to
everyone in your address
book. Please will the 100th person to receive and sign
the petition
send it to
 noapascualama@yahoo.ca to be forwarded to the Chilean
government.
No to Pascua Lama Open-cast mine in the Andean
Cordillera on the
Chilean-Argentine frontier.
We ask the Chilean Government not to authorize the
Pascua Lama project
to protect the whole of 3
glaciers, the purity of the water of the San Felix
Valley and El
Transito, the quality of the
agricultural land of the region of Atacama, the
quality of life of the
Diaguita people and of the
whole population of the region.
Signature, City, Country
1) Katharine Proudfoot, Edinburgh , Scotland , UK
2) Laura Cole, London , UK
3) David Platt, London , UK
4) Diane Platt, Manchester , UK
5) Tanya Corker, Manchester , UK
6) Nicola Hargreaves , UK
7) Nicholas Jones , UK
8) Johann Don-Daniel , Germany
9) Ashley Berger , Germany
10) Sarah Downie, Leeds , UK
11) Paula Delahunty, Bingley , UK
12) John O'Driscoll, Bingley , Uk
13) Jordan-Lee Delahunty, Bingley , UK
14) Claire Mulvey, Bradford , UK
15) Marie Malcolm Bradford, UK
16) Ann Clowes, Halifax UK
17) Jayne McGee, Brighouse UK
18) Jason Barratt Oldham UK
19) Lindsay Torrance, Rochdale UK
20) Maggie Ford, Rochdale , U.K.
21) Barry Cook, Todmorden , U.K.
22) Shelley Burgoyne, Todmorden , U.K.
23) Lisa Stuart, Potes , Spain .
24) Michael Stuart, Potes , Spain .
25) Renee Engl, Byron Bay , Australia
26) Adrian Begg, Brunswick Heads , Australia
27) Riana Begg, Brunswick Heads , Australia
28) Oriel Paterson, Brunswick Heads , Australia
29) Alicia Paterson, Brisbane , Australia
30) Lyneve Robinson, Sydney , Australia
31) Jennifer Moalem, Sydney , Australia
32) Alexandra Pope, Sydney Australia
33) Jane Bennett, Harcourt North, Vic , Australia
34) Judy Munro, Castlemaine. Vic. 3450 Australia
35) Joan Webster, Castlemaine. Vic. 3450 Australia
36) Frances McMenomy, Vic. 3109 Australia
37) Steve Baxter Victoria 3892 Australia
38) Gerry Thurlings, Bruthen, Vic , Australia
39) Eva Grunden, Bruthen , Victoria , Australia 3885
40) narelle Warren , melbourne , australia
41) Rachel Thornton, Melbourne , Australia
42) Rebecca Mar Young, Sydney , Australia
43) Ken Wagstaff, Sydney , Australia
44) John Dunn, Sydney , Australia
45) Marcus Rinaldi , New Zealand
46) Jochen Schell , Belgium
47) Ela Chirileanu , Bahrain
48) Laurent Hopman, Manama , Bahrain
49) Yasmin Aga Khan, USA
50) Blaise Labriola , USA
51) Nabila Khashoggi. USA
52) William Hope UK
53) Beverley Cooper Canada
54) Jodie Bard, Montreal Canada
55) Norma Nixon, Montreal , Canada
56) Bruce Cawdron, Montreal , Canada
57) Rebekah Rempel, Toronto , Canada
58) Sara Kendall, Vancouver , Canada
59) Anna White, Vancouver , Canada
60) Kate Kennedy, Fremantle , Western Australia
61) Theva Indrasenan, London , U.K.
62) Petina Rains, Fremantle , Western Australia
63) Jacinta Thomas, Fremantle , Western Australia
64) Tila Riera , Nova Scotia , Canada
65) Paul Galloway, Fremantle , Australia
66) Emma Paterson, Melbourne , Australia
67) Justin Pritchett, Yokohama , Japan
68) Michael Balfe, Sunshine Coast , Australia
69) Tracey Russell, Yokohama , Japan
70) Simone Briscoe, Brisbane , Australia
71) Priscilla Jeha, Brisbane , Australia
72) Naomie Frederickson, Mackay , Australia
73) Candice Woods, Brisbane , Australia
74) Irene Woods, Brisbane , Australia
75) Chantelle McPherson , Australia
76) Rebekah Knott, Sydney
77) Anna Burdett, Sydney
78) Chris Burdett UK
79) Penny Boyle, Lincoln , UK
80) Audrey Boyle, Lincs. UK
81) Betty East Lincoln . UK
82) Heather Clyne, Fort William , Scotland , UK
83) Sarah Houston, Kyle of Lochalsh , Scotland , UK
84) Joseph Paines, London , UK
85) Alex Monaco, London Uk
86) Charlie Winstanley, London UK
87) Dave Trayner
88) Robert Ollett, London , UK
89) Simon Tack, London , UK
90) Charlotte De Groot, Hong Kong
91) Jennifer Hammonds, Hong Kong
92) Cabby Tennis, Mazama, Washington
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