By
Charmaine Whiteface.
1. Inform yourself about nuclear radiation and whether you have any
abandoned or current uranium mining in your area.
2. Write letters to your United States Senators and Representatives
encouraging them to put a ban on all nuclear development, and demand
that your tax dollars be put into the development of clean and healthy
alternative energy sources such as wind and solar power. Inform them
also that the disposal of nuclear wastes is still a problem. The United
States, the world, and the future generations do not need any more
nuclear waste.
3. If you live in South Dakota, write a letter to Gov. Mike Rounds, 500
E. Capitol Ave., Pierre, SD 57501-3212, telling him that South Dakota
and its people, animals, birds, plants, and environment are not to be
sacrificed for uranium no matter how much money is brought into the
state.
4. If you live in South Dakota, contact your local state Senators and
Representatives requesting them to stop the implementation of Senate
Bill 61, the In Situ Leaching bill for Uranium, and House Concurrent
Resolution 1010 which allows nuclear power plants to be built anywhere
in the state. It has long been proven how dangerous nuclear radiation is
to the public and the environment.
5. If you live outside of South Dakota, write a letter to
Gov. Mike
Rounds, 500 E. Capitol Ave., Pierre, SD 57501-3212, telling him that
although you would like to visit the state and see Mount Rushmore and
the Black Hills, you will not come to South Dakota until all of the
abandoned uranium mines in the four-state region are cleaned up and
there is no pollution in the water, on the land, or in the animals.
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6. Write to South Dakota Senators
Tim Johnson and John Thune,
and Representative Stephanie Herseth
stephanie.herseth@mail.house.gov
Informing them that South Dakota and its people, animals, birds, plants,
and environment are not to be sacrificed for uranium no matter how much
money is brought into the state. Also encourage them to take the lead on
a federal ban on all nuclear development, and demand that your tax
dollars be put into the development of clean and healthy alternative
energy sources such as wind and solar power. South Dakota has more than
enough wind and solar energy that has not been
tapped.
7. Write, email, or fax a letter to your Senators and Representatives,
and the President of the United States urging them to pass special
federal legislation for the clean-up of the more than 1,000 abandoned
uranium mines and prospects in the center of the nation. Contact
President George W Bush at
www.whitehouse.gov/contact
Vice
President Richard Cheney:
vice_president@whitehouse.gov
The
consequences of the mining of uranium forty years ago must be stopped.
No part of the United States should be sacrificed for nuclear
development or energy. The United States' "secret Chernobyl" must
be cleaned up before any more harm is done to humans, animals, birds,
crops, and the environment of the North American continent.
Defenders of the Black Hills
P. O. Box 2003, Rapid City, SD 57709
Phone: (605) 399-1868
