Guest guest Posted June 24, 2006 Report Share Posted June 24, 2006 FW: PLEASE READ AND SIGN >>Please take action >> >> >>In the Valle de San Felix, the purest water in Chile >>runs from 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 f >>armers have got a >>temporary stay of execution. >> >>If they destroy the glaciers, they will not just >>destroy the source of >>especially 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 >>andNo >>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 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 >> >>01) Katharine Proudfoot, Edinburgh , Scotland , UK >> >>02) La ura Cole, London , UK >> >>03) David Platt, London , UK >> >>04) Diane Platt, Manchester , UK >> >>05) Tanya Corker, Manchester , UK >> >>06) Nicola Hargreaves , UK >> >>07) Nicholas Jones , UK >> >>08) Johann Don-Daniel , Germany >> >>09) 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 B egg, 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) Sharyn Wilson, Sydney , Australia >> >>33) Vicki Watson Taylor >> >>34) Simone Carter, Sydney , Australia >> >>35) Marietta Putignano King, Los Angeles , CA >> >>36) Kevin King, Los Angeles , CA >> >>37) Alesha Kneisel, Los Angeles , CA >> >>38) Paula Vasquez-Meeks, Los Angeles , CA >> >>39) Keren LeClair-Green, Los Angeles , CA >> >>40) Valee More, Auckland , NZ >> >>41) Steve Hibbs, Slaithwaite , UK >> >>42) Marie Allainguillaume, West Yorkshire , UK >> >>43) Ian Morley, West Yrokshire , UK >> >>44) Sunil Prasad, Suva , Fiji Islands >> >>45) Lice Cokanasiga, Suva , Fiji Islands >> >>46) Sereana Cokanasiga, Suva , Fiji >> >>47) Pat Fitzgibbon Rarotonga, Cook Islands >> >>48) ananda rieber, m?nster, ger many >> >>49) Greg Wallace, Ayrshire , Scotland >> >>50) Andrew Wallace, Ayrshire , Scotland >> >>51) Sarah Wallace, Ayrshire , Scotland >> >>52) Andrew John Tait >> >>3) Martha De Bona, London , UK >> >>4) Mark Hodson (Hoddo), UK >> >>55) Stuart Laird, London , UK >> >>56) Tom Holt, London UK >> >>57.) Kirsty Young , UK >> >>58) Tim Fuller, London , UK >> >>59) Chris Davidson , Melbourne , Australia >> >>60) Jennifer Davidson, Melbourne , Australia >> >>61) Cathy Willis, Melbourne , Australia >> >>62) Sarah Butler , Australia >> >>63) Geoffrey Heard, Australia >> >>64) Sarah Way, Australia >> >>65) Priya Paramanathan , Australia >> >>66) Emma Hughes , Australia >> >>67) Nicole Chak, Australia >> >>68) Danika Davis, Australia >> >>69) Noah Davis, Australia >> >>70) Erin Smith, USA >> >>71) Alison McCrary, USA >> >>72) Lisa Meister, USA >> >>73) Beatriz Yanovich, USA >> >>74)Minny Worthalter USA >> >>75)Sally Caplan USA >> >>76)Patricia Traub USA >> >>78)Denise Aughtman, USA >> >>79)Joyce McLean, USA >> >>80) Jennifer Humbert, Paris, France >>81) Margarita Manhardt, Edison, NJ, USA >>82) Anthony F. Schmidt, Statesboro, GA, USA >>83) Mary E. Schmidt, Statesboro, GA, USA >>84) Claudia A. Schmidt, Clinton, NJ USA >>85) Sue McDonald, Skillman, NJ USA >>86) Lois Arbegast, Skillman, NJ USA >>87) Faye B. Arnett, Millstone Twp, NJ USA >>88) Laura G. van Rooten, Camden, DE USA >>89) Donna Rae, Brooklyn, NY USA >>90) Valerie Corr, Woodside, NY USA >>91) Sue Chernak, Manhattan, NY USA >>92) Moustafa Nour, Salem, NH. U.S.A >>93) Carlos Mondejar, Lawrence, USA 94) Donna Cinelli, Kingston, NY, USA >> >> >> >>PLEASE >>send it to everyone in your address book. >> >>Please, will the 100th person to receive and sign the >>petition, send it to >> >><javascript:ol('http://us.f551.mail./ym/Compose?To%3dnoapascualama@ >>.ca%26amp;YY%3d79123%26amp;order%3ddown%26amp;sort%3ddate%26amp;pos%3d0 >>%26amp;view%3da%26amp;head%3db');> noapascualama to be forwarded >>to >>the Chilean >>Government. > > _______________ > Don't just search. Find. 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