#apache land grab

[books-in-trees]

"The land grab was sneakily anti-democratic even by congressional standards. For more than a decade, the parcel containing Oak Flat has been coveted by Rio Tinto, Resolution’s parent company — which already mines on its own private land in the surrounding area — for the high-value ores beneath it."

[platinumgeek]

I've said it before and i'll say it again, democracy simply doesn't work.

[jackiefour]

Boosting the signal to get this to 100,000 signatures. Less than 10k to go. Let's do this!

[creewww]

Guys, Rio Tino, the same company that sold uranium to Iran, is now named in a bill being voted on in Congress tomorrow (Dec. 10, 2014,) that will allow them to drill in the "Apache Leap" in the Tonto National Forest. It's an incredibly sacred site, one were warriors would leap to avoid being captured in order to keep their dignity.

They put the provision in the Government Funding Bill so that no it would look bad / potentially shut down the government if it does not go through.  This prevision needs to be removed from The Bill, and it needs to be removed soon.

Here's the best article I've found so far.

[trapezoidarea-blog]

Hidden in recent defense bill was a package granting illegal land swap near Superior, Ariz., for the benefit of a foreign company Rio Tinto PLC who seek to mine copper.

Resolution Copper -- a Rio Tinto venture with BHP Billiton Ltd. -- would be given more than 2,000 acres of federal land in return for more than 5,000 acres of company land.

Conservation advocates and American Indian groups, particularly the San Carlos Apache Tribe, have for years been trying to block the swap, saying the mine would damage natural resources and culturally sensitive areas. A site called Apache Leap in the Tonto National Forest has been of particular concern.

Please take a moment to sign this and reblog if you don't mind. The Oak Flats Camp Ground and surrounding wilderness will be devastated if the bill goes through...It's really easy to sign and only takes a minute.