STOP THE PEBBLE MINE IN BRISTOL BAY!!!
- by: Christina Hadgkiss & NRDC
- recipient: Mitsubishi's Shareholders
It's time to ratchet up the pressure on another mega-company behind the disastrous Pebble Mine: the Mitsubishi Corporation.
Please sign our new Petition of Protest so that your voice can be heard loud and clear at Mitsubishi's annual Shareholders Meeting in Tokyo on June 24.
Nothing less than an American natural treasure is at stake. Bristol Bay is home to orcas and beluga whales, wild moose and caribou, and one of only two populations of freshwater harbor seals in the world -- . ALL IMMEDIATELY CONNECTED TO THE HEALTH OF THE BAY AND ITS WORLD CLASS SALMON RUNS!!!
Those salmon runs also support thousands of sustainable jobs in fishing and tourism as well as Alaska Natives who depend on the salmon for food.
Anglo American and Mitsubishi couldn't pick a much worse place on the planet to dig a 2,000-foot-deep open-pit mine.
Sited in a known earthquake zone, the Pebble Mine's colossal earthen dams -- which are supposed to hold back some 10 billion tons of mining waste mixed with toxic chemicals -- are a disaster waiting to happen.
But it wouldn't even take an earthquake to irreparably contaminate this unspoiled corner of Alaska. Just constructing the Pebble Mine -- before it goes into full-scale operation -- will permanently destroy over 60 miles of salmon habitat.
If Bristol Bay's world-famous salmon runs collapse, so could the entire ecosystem -- not to mention the communities that rely on salmon for their very subsistence. That's why a vast majority of Native Alaskans oppose the Pebble Mine.
Please stand in solidarity with Alaska's Native communities by making your voice heard at Mitsubishi's Shareholders Meeting.
It is unconscionable for a company that sells so many cars, trucks, and electronics in the United States to sacrifice a spectacular piece of America's heritage.
Will Mitsubishi back down when faced with worldwide opposition? It did 10 years ago.
When Mitsubishi and the Mexican government planned a massive industrial salt plant in the planet's last untouched gray whale nursery at San Ignacio Lagoon in Baja, Mexico, NRDC joined with leading Mexican environmental groups to oppose it.
Working with an international coalition, we brought public opinion to bear on Mitsubishi -- deluging the company with more than one million petitions. In the end, the Mexican government called a halt to the project, and Mitsubishi abandoned its salt plant project!
Please tell Mitsubishi's CEO that you will vigorously oppose his company's efforts to build a mega-mine that will destroy our natural heritage, devastate Alaskan Native communities, and contaminate Alaska's wild salmon paradise.
I am outraged at your company's plan to dig the massive Pebble Mine in the heart of Alaska's Bristol Bay region. The local people and communities don't want this mine and the billions of tons of waste it would generate. I write to you in solidarity with them. The Bristol Bay ecosystem supports prolific salmon runs, a vast array of wildlife, Native communities and thousands of sustainable jobs in fishing and tourism. It is a place of exquisite natural beauty. I find it unconscionable that Mitsubishi, a company that sells so many cars, trucks, and electronics in the United States, would sacrifice this spectacular piece of America's natural heritage. It is unthinkable that a Japanese company would destroy one of the world's greatest wild salmon fisheries -- a resource highly prized by the Japanese people. Proceeding with this mine will give Mitsubishi a black eye in the view of millions of American consumers and the Japanese people. You can be sure you will face relentless opposition from the Natural Resources Defense Council and our 1.3 million members and activists. We will stand behind the Alaskan opposition and help take their cause to the international stage. The whole world is watching, and so am I. I call on you to abandon the Pebble Mine.
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