GREENS WELCOME INDIGENOUS ANTI-NUCLEAR STATEMENT AT COPENHAGEN

16th December 2010 - The Greens today welcomed a statement from US Indigenous communities condemning the nuclear industry as neither ‘clean’ nor ‘green’ and outlining the horrific impacts of uranium mining on indigenous peoples in the US.

Robin Chapple, Greens MLC for the Mining and Pastoral Region, said that the statement could not be more timely for his electorate and Western Australia at large.

“This authoritative and heartbreaking document sets out in stark terms the legacy of the nuclear cycle – radioactive hotspots, cancer clusters, failing nuclear waste facilities and an unaccountable industry - on already vulnerable communities across the United States.”

“This is the legacy the Barnett Government and the uranium miners want to leave the Western Australian community, most of all to the Indigenous communities upon whose land the uranium lies.”

 “Moreover, this document sets out in no uncertain terms why embracing the dying nuclear industry as a climate change fix is the stuff of fantasy.”

The statement entitled ‘Ruling out the Nuclear Option – Not Clean or Green: The Legacy of Nuclear Energy, Nuclear and Chemical Weapons Upon US Indigenous & Communities of Color’ was released by BASE (Building Action for Sustainable Environments Initiative) at Copenhagen yesterday and is available at http://censored-news.blogspot.com/2009/12/ruling-out-nuclear-option-not-clean-or.html.

  • For more information please contact Robin Chapple on 0409 379 263
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