September 20, 2014

'Four Day of Action to Protect our Home, the Salish Sea'

Compassion Games International - Protect the Sacred

Our Dear Friends and Beloved Relatives,

This weekend marks the momentous beginning to the 4 Days of Action to Protect the Salish Sea. This explosive expansion of human consciousness in the heart of the Pacific Northwest is about to change everything. Together we are the living representation of Nawtsamaat, “One House. One Heart. One Prayer. United in Power to Protect the Sacred.” The spirit of its making lives within us each, and is brought to this world when we are bound together by the love we have for our home - this precious land and water - and our love and compassion for all beings who have called it home from time immemorial. A sleeping spiritual giant has been awakened. We protect what we love.

And truly, we could not be more honored to stand with such remarkable people, friends and allies.

Here is the major Action Lineup for this weekend. Keep in mind that there are many events happening during the 4 Days of Action. The following are some of the largest cross-community events happening in the Salish Sea region:

Saturday - September 20th

1. International Rally to Protect the Salish Sea - “Climate Change Knows No Borders: The Defense of the Salish Sea is Without Boundaries”

Description: On September 20th, as world leaders gather for the UN Climate Summit in New York, Canadians and Americans, First Nations and Native American tribes, and all the diverse communities of the Salish Sea will gather at Peace Arch Park to send a unified and clear message to world leaders, as well as to our own local elected officials: it is time for unprecedented action to defend the Salish Sea and our global climate from fossil fuel development.

We will reach out across the border, literally taking each other’s hands; share our struggles and aspirations for a livable planet; and pledge to take unified action to protect the climate and the ecosystems, economies, communities and cultures that cohabit the Salish Sea bioregion.

Join us to stand together with people from across the border and around the world to demand a rapid, dramatic and equitable transition to a clean energy future.

RSVP at the Facebook event here: https://www.facebook.com/events/256372327891840/

There are busses leaving Seattle with a recommended donation of up to $15. There are also carpooling options. Busses leave at 10:15am, for more information, go here:http://350seattle.org/peace-arch/

Sunday - September 21st

2. People’s Climate March - Westlake, Seattle @ 1pm

Description: Join us for a rally and march on September 21 in solidarity with the People's Climate March in NYC (where hundreds of thousands of people will be gathering in solidarity) calling on the U.N. Climate Summit to take urgent and serious action to stop climate change.

Every day a new report highlights the imminent disaster posed by the climate crisis and continued reliance on fossil fuels.

We call for a massive expansion of clean energy that would create green union jobs, as a solution to both the environmental and economic crises.

We can't solely rely on elected officials. We must build a powerful grassroots movement that demands a rapid transition away from fossil fuels.

The Puget Sound, a region with high fossil fuel pollution, has four of the state’s five highest cancer rate counties – Whatcom, Pierce, Snohomish and Skagit. Rather than curbing pollution, our communities face a number of new fossil fuel projects that threaten the lives of people and the environment - explosive oil trains, coal trains, and the construction of coal export terminals.

The false dichotomy between jobs and the environment must be rejected. Let's stand together – environmentalists, native tribes, and labor to demand investment in renewable energy not fossil fuels. We need to create and expand work that promotes healthy communities and protects the environment for future generations. We need jobs that pay living wages and allow families to live with dignity. We need to fight to ensure there is a just transition for those workers whose jobs are replaced by a new energy economy.

RSVP and find more information here: https://www.facebook.com/events/1446281475652868/

3. Historic Treaty Signing Ceremony at Tsleil-Waututh Nation for the International Treaty to Protect the Sacredness of the Salish Sea

Description: On Sunday September 21st, join us at Tsleil-Waututh Nation in British Columbia for a Salmon Dinner, West Coast Drum and Dance, and speakers reporting on the the work it has taken to create the International Treaty to Protect the Sacredness of the Salish Sea. The Treaty reflects Indigenous laws that have been in place to protect the land and waters of the Salish Sea region since time immemorial. You won’t want to miss this historic occasion.

Date/Time/Place: Sunday, September 21st, 6-9pm @ Tsleil-Waututh Nation Community Centre.

Address: 3010 Sleil Waututh Rd | North Vancouver, BC V7H 3A8 | Canada

RSVP and learn more here. No one will be turned away, but a donation is recommended!:http://bit.ly/1y9iEJa
Lastly, you are also invited to make the Symbol of Unity for the Nawtsamaat Alliance your profile picture on Facebook. Mention in the description why you love this place and want to see it protected, and why you are proud to be a part of the Alliance!

If you have any overall questions, send an email to joey@compassiongames.org.

Thank you, an infinite times over, for all that you do.

In Unprecedented, Unified Action,

Joey Crotty with

Hereditary Chief Phil Lane Jr.

Sweetwater Nannauck

Sundance Chief Rueben George

Jon Ramer

Joey Crotty

http://www.protectthesacred.org/

Lakotas Owe Aku: 'Uranium investors got the blues again'

FORUM: Powertech Uranium investors got the blues again, mama

Owe Aku is a grassroots organization of Lakota people and our allies founded to promote the protection of sacred water and preservation of our territorial lands. Our actions for environmental justice rely upon cultural revitalization as our major tool in achieving our goals. The principle location from which are operations are based are on Lakota territory along Wounded Knee Creek on what is called the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation . More information on our work can be found atwww.oweakuinternational.org

This was shared with us from an ally and is further evidence of how the convergence of circumstances, including our own grass roots action, along with that of the allies, is slowly killing this project, we pray. In some ways it's one of the grass roots peoples' biggest victories so far. Uranium mining in Lakota country is becoming more and more unrealistic because of both financial factors on market driven capitalism as well as, and more importantly, the activism of Lakota and other peoples. Local action is particularly important because many enviro groups are either consciously or unconsciously not taking on uranium mining. That's wrong. Fukushima will come to a power plant near you and it all starts with uranium mining.

Powertech Uranium Can't Get Its Financial Act Together

Wednesday, September 17, 2014

Powertech Uranium is the company that has been trying to set up a uranium mining operation in the southern Black Hills for a few years. That the company has met with some ferocious resistance in the region is well-documented, both hereand elsewhere. That the company has been suffering financially as a result of the long delays in Powertech's efforts to get the necessary state and federal permits is a sidebar of particular interest. This isn't about the science of in situ mining (which amounts to using groundwater as the source for extracting uranium and forever altering the composition of that water as a result), this is about the company's ability remain financially viable as the expenses and delays involved in the permitting process mount up.
There's been an eye-catching jump in Powertech stock's trading volume in recent days, even as the stock price has been hitting all-time lows of 5 cents/share. High volume and a plummeting stock price don't augur very well for a publicly traded (PWE.TO) company, especially one like Powertech that languishes in the nether world of penny stocks, a market where speculation, rumor and hype are often the drivers of share prices. Just from the price and volume action in PWE stock it seems obvious that something with this company is out of whack. Then suddenly last Friday along came confirmation. In a news release dated 9/17, Powertech announced that another delay in its long-planned merger with Azarga resources is occurring. Azarga is the deep-pocketed, Asian-based company that essentially planned to take over Powertech, effective last July. That union was later pushed back to this month, and now the deal isn't supposed to take place until late October.

Checking a little more deeply into the latest news, I got some tangible support for my opinion of this company's weak financial condition. Powertech is on the ropes. In fact, I think the company is essentially broke, a conclusion that comes clear if you scan the news release I linked. Powertech is now borrowing cash from Azarga, probably in order to maintain its meager operations, in 6-figure units that have to be repaid at usurious rates before the merger occurs. I mean, if you have to borrow money and pay it back, plus 15% to 30%, in less than two years, I can tell you that you're cash-strapped to the point of desperation.
Analyzing this last bit of news, I'd also say that further delays in the merger are forthcoming, considering that Azarga's lending timelines stretch out over the next few months. There's some wiggle room around the planned merger completion date of 10/31/14. Something is seriously amiss. Given the dump-it-now action in Powertech stock, given that Azarga is essentially lending money to its weak sister in order to keep the company afloat, given the continued delays in the permitting process, and given the shaky nature of the various entities (including--here's the story about the troubled Singapore-based Blumont Mining) involved in the coming merger, I'd have to conclude that something is not right in the house of Powertech. As I noted in an earlier post, there's a whole lotta shakiness goin' on.

From John Tsitrian: http://theconstantcommoner.blogspot.com/2014/09/powertech-uranium-cant-get-its.html

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