STOP PEABODY COAL'S BLACK MESA
Greetings Black Mesa Supporters & all who care about our planet,
IT IS URGENT THAT AS MANY PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE SEND IN A LETTER RIGHT
AWAY TO STOP PEABODY COAL'S BLACK MESA PROJECT(BMP)! A SAMPLE LETTER
IS ACCESSIBLE BELOW. PEABODY'S PLANS CALL FOR MORE RELOCATION, WATER
DEPLETION, & GLOBAL WARMING. The deadline to make your comments be
heard, Feb. 6, is swiftly approaching!!
Please support a "NO ACTION" decision in solidarity with indigenous
Dineh and Hopi communities. We must use this window to voice our
opposition! CLICK HERE TO SEND IN YOUR LETTER ELECTRONICALLY OR PRINT
IT OUT AND MAIL IT:
*SUMMARY:
Massive mining plans are underway that have serious environmental,
social, and human rights impacts. Peabody Western Coal, the world's
largest coal company, is attempting to obtain a 'Life of Mine' permit
from the federal Office of Surface Mining (OSM): which means a lease
extension application that would permit them to mine indefinitely, and
dramatically increase the current rate of coal production to turn
Black Mesa into a massive energy center for domestic and international
export.
It is unacceptable that this proposal could further the termination of
indigenous cultural existence. The U.S. government has previously
passed laws that terminate indigenous ancestral ties to these lands by
currently restricting access to their lands and enforcing relocation.
The LOM permit calls for additional restricted access to ancestral
lands and relocation.
The LOM permit would allow the coal company the rights to billions of
gallons of water a year from two major aquifers for their industrial
coal production use.
This proposal is not the solution to global warming or to reducing
greenhouse gas emissions, but instead, Peabody's BMP will only only
add to the escalating greenhouse emissions.
*ORGANIZE LETTER WRITING PARTIES:
Consider organizing a letter-writing party --one woman organized over
40 letters in one evening!
*JUST TRANSITION:
Visit: Black Mesa Water Coalition for updates and to
learn more about the Just Transition Campaign, "an innovative,
proactive plan to transition tribal economy, employment and energy off
fossil fuel extraction and into a sustainable renewable energy path."
The BMP Draft Environmental Impact Statement inadequately studies true
alternatives for the use of coal and solutions to Global Warming
provided by the Just Transition Campaign.
*CALLING ALL SUPPORTERS/SHEEPHERDERS:
Families on Black Mesa who are living near Peabody's mining activities
and/or resisting relocation and may face future mine expansion are
requesting volunteer sheepherders to come stay with them. Please visit
Black Mesa Indigenous Support for more info and to contact us.
*BIG MOUNTAIN CANNOT BE EXCLUDED FROM THE LEGACY OF THE FOUR CORNERS
ENERGY WARS:
Since the beginning of the Big Mountain resistance elders would say:
"We are resisting relocation and the coal mining not only for
ourselves but for the whole world. Black Mesa must not be desecrated
because of its sacredness --it provides life to all living things
including all the human races." Elder resisters of Big Mountain have
referred to the coal as the Mother Earth's liver.
We must not allow history to repeat itself by allowing the US
government and mining interests to put profit over people, antiquity,
and water resources.
Thank you!
Black Mesa Indigenous Support