An email petition
This was sent to me from a friend and thought that something could be done to help with the people here. Pass on if you wish.
Dear Everyone,
In the Valle de San Felix, the purest water in Chile runs from 2 rivers, fed
by 2 glaciers.
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
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 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) Shushann Movsessian, Sydney Australia
34) Amanda Frost
35) Chris Liddell, AUS
36)Jade Deegan, AUS
37)Jo Saton, AUS
38) Jennie Gorman, Vic AUS
39) Jo Ann Bannworth Mission, Texas U.S.A.
40) Joanna Gabriel Ashland, OR USA
41) Rachel Merrington, Devon , UK
42) Oli Pedrick, Devon , UK
43) Jay Brightwater UK
44) Nathan Simmonds UK
45) Deirdre Ní Mhuirí, Éire
46) Elinnor M O'Neill, Dublin , Ireland
47) Patricia Moore, Louth , Ireland
48) Edel Downey, Cork , Ireland
49) Niall Judge, Dublin Ireland
50) Sarah Mulhall, London England
51) Kate Siraj, London , England
52) Emma Hesse, London , England
53) Jeanette Sutton , West Sussex , England
54) Sarah Christian, London , England
55)Sheila Vollmer, London , England
56) Polly Bagnall, London , UK
57) Karen Richards, Alcoy , Spain
58) Kerry Ambler, Northants , UK
59) Heather Hannant, Kettering , UK
60) Brian Hannant, Kettering , UK
61) Rosemary Davies, Kettering , UK
62) Marya Hamer, Ealing , UK
63) Nathaniel Hamer, Ealing , UK
64) Mark Edwards Harrogate UK
65) Fiona Beevers, Leeds , England
66) Gloria Stone, Harrogate , England
67) Jill Stone, Lancaster , England
68) Kathy Wesolowski, Newcastle upon Tyne , England
69) Niels Girvan, Newcastle upon Tyne , England
70) Kathleen Girvan, Kampala, Uganda
71) Karin Lackmann, Rønde, Denmark
72) Sheila Zukowsky , New York City, USA
73) Ingólfur Ásgeir Jóhannesson, Akureyri , Iceland
74) Einar Rafn Þórhallsson, Reykjavík , Iceland
75) Jessica Sligter , Amsterdam, Holland
76) Liesbeth Spits, Utrecht, Holland
77) Theresa Slingerland-Burton, Santa Barbara,USA
78) Katharine van der Beek, Israel
79) Jane Lathbury, Bradford, UK
80) Terri Nollan, WA, USA
81) Sonji Lightbourn, Washington USA
82) Andala Duong, Washington, USA
83) Stephany Lane, Washington, USA
Dear Everyone,
In the Valle de San Felix, the purest water in Chile runs from 2 rivers, fed
by 2 glaciers.
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
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 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) Shushann Movsessian, Sydney Australia
34) Amanda Frost
35) Chris Liddell, AUS
36)Jade Deegan, AUS
37)Jo Saton, AUS
38) Jennie Gorman, Vic AUS
39) Jo Ann Bannworth Mission, Texas U.S.A.
40) Joanna Gabriel Ashland, OR USA
41) Rachel Merrington, Devon , UK
42) Oli Pedrick, Devon , UK
43) Jay Brightwater UK
44) Nathan Simmonds UK
45) Deirdre Ní Mhuirí, Éire
46) Elinnor M O'Neill, Dublin , Ireland
47) Patricia Moore, Louth , Ireland
48) Edel Downey, Cork , Ireland
49) Niall Judge, Dublin Ireland
50) Sarah Mulhall, London England
51) Kate Siraj, London , England
52) Emma Hesse, London , England
53) Jeanette Sutton , West Sussex , England
54) Sarah Christian, London , England
55)Sheila Vollmer, London , England
56) Polly Bagnall, London , UK
57) Karen Richards, Alcoy , Spain
58) Kerry Ambler, Northants , UK
59) Heather Hannant, Kettering , UK
60) Brian Hannant, Kettering , UK
61) Rosemary Davies, Kettering , UK
62) Marya Hamer, Ealing , UK
63) Nathaniel Hamer, Ealing , UK
64) Mark Edwards Harrogate UK
65) Fiona Beevers, Leeds , England
66) Gloria Stone, Harrogate , England
67) Jill Stone, Lancaster , England
68) Kathy Wesolowski, Newcastle upon Tyne , England
69) Niels Girvan, Newcastle upon Tyne , England
70) Kathleen Girvan, Kampala, Uganda
71) Karin Lackmann, Rønde, Denmark
72) Sheila Zukowsky , New York City, USA
73) Ingólfur Ásgeir Jóhannesson, Akureyri , Iceland
74) Einar Rafn Þórhallsson, Reykjavík , Iceland
75) Jessica Sligter , Amsterdam, Holland
76) Liesbeth Spits, Utrecht, Holland
77) Theresa Slingerland-Burton, Santa Barbara,USA
78) Katharine van der Beek, Israel
79) Jane Lathbury, Bradford, UK
80) Terri Nollan, WA, USA
81) Sonji Lightbourn, Washington USA
82) Andala Duong, Washington, USA
83) Stephany Lane, Washington, USA