Press Advisory: For immediate release April 15, 2015
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Contact:
Sarah Fields, Uranium Watch (435) 260-8384
David Harper, Colorado River Indian Tribes, Mohave Elders Committee (928) 302-0992
Bradley Angel, Greenaction for Health and Environmental Justice (415) 722-5270
John Weisheit, Living Rivers (435) 260-2590
Sarah Stock, Canyon Country Rising Tide, (435) 260-8557
Earth Week Protest & Events in Moab, Utah Against Threats to Colorado River Watershed Communities & Tribes Up and Down the Colorado River Unite to Protect Our Rivers, Watershed, Health & Environment!
No Green River Nuclear Power Plant and no more Uranium Mining/Milling
Stop Tar Sands Mining in the Book Cliffs & the Oil Industry Onslaught!
FRIDAY APRIL 24, 2015 - 6 pm Community Dinner and Forum (Moab Arts & Recreation Center, 111 E 100 N, Moab, UT)
SATURDAY APRIL 25th - 11 am starting at Multicultural Center, 156N 100W, Moab
Earth Day Parade & Protest to Protect the Colorado River Watershed from Pollution!
Moab, Utah – A large delegation of tribal leaders and Mohave Elders from the Colorado River Indian Tribes will travel hundreds of miles from their home in Parker, Arizona all the way to Moab, Utah to join with local residents during Earth Week to call for a halt to the pollution and water depletion threats to the Green and Colorado Rivers and the entire Colorado River watershed.
Both the Colorado River Indian Tribes and the Fort Mojave Indian Tribe have passed tribal council resolutions opposing the proposed Green River nuclear power plant. These Native Nations who have lived along the Colorado River since time immemorial are alarmed at the prospect of the radioactive threat posed by a nuclear power plant near the Green River which flows directly into the Colorado River. At events in Moab April 24-25, the Colorado River Indian Tribes delegation will join tribal members from the Ute Tribe, White Mesa Ute Community and Navajo Nation and other southern Utah residents who also are threatened by dirty energy production including the explosion of fossil fuel drilling and fracking, the tar sands mine under construction in the Book Cliffs, and uranium mining and milling.
On Friday, April 24th at 6 pm there will be a Community Forum at the Moab Arts and Recreation Center with tribal leaders, Elders, and community organizers confronting dirty energy production and climate change threats to the Colorado River Watershed.
On Saturday, April 25th beginning at 11 am at the Multicultural Center there will be an Earth Week rally and parade along Main Street to bring these profound pollution threats to the attention of the thousands of tourists, local residents, businesses and government officials.
Sponsors: Living Rivers, Uranium Watch, Greenaction for Health and Environmental Justice, Colorado River Indian Tribes, White Mesa Concerned Citizens, La Cuna de Aztlan Sacred Sites Protection Circle, Canyon Country Rising Tide, Peaceful Uprising, Sierra Club Glen Canyon Group, Clean Up The Mines