On Friday, August 8, 2014 1:50:55 PM UTC-7, ImStillMags wrote:
> On Friday, August 8, 2014 9:16:59 AM UTC-7, ImStillMags wrote:
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> > When are we going to stop allowing these mining, oil and gas companies to rape the land and leave their shit behind to foul the environment. When are we going to get serious about something other than fossil fuels for energy?
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> > This is just another in a long line of messes that affect Nature and all of us.
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> > http://blog.seattlepi.com/seattlepol...rs/#25734101=0

> People here in the Pacific Northwest have been up in arms for years about the treatment of the NW rivers and streams and the existence of salmon farms in the waters off Vancouver Island.

> It would behoove everyone to take note, pay attention and yell loudly at any official you can to get this under control.

I am so pleased to see that people are aware and interested to stop these disasters in the making!

One of the very WORST is the proposed Pebble Mine on Bristol Bay, Alaska. If it is allowed to go ahead, it will devastate a pristine bay, and will completely ruin one of the most important salmon fishing areas in the country -- on which Native Americans and others depend for their food supply.

Support for the powerful environmental organization "Nature Conservancy" whose spokesman is Robert Kennedy has thus far been so effective that all but one of the mining consortium has pulled out. <Nature Conservancy.org>

Now we need to contribute to Nature Conservancy and related organizations like the Sierra Club. And we must bombard our Congress critters with DEMANDS that they protect Bristol Bay from this unprecedented toxic invasion by withdrawing any permits still held by the Pebble Mine people.

No doubt there are similar or allied organizations fighting to preserve the BC coast. Americans and Canadians must work together to protect our mutual coast. If you know about such Canadian groups, please post!
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> We are killing off our marine life at an alarming pace.

Too true -- but we're not going to stop the slaughter by complaining to each other. We need to ACT fast and furiously.

HB