Dear friend,

We are pleased to report a big victory for health and environmental justice! Assembly Bill 2214 (sponsored by Assembly Member Fred Keeley) passed the California State Legislature and was signed by Governor Davis, prohibiting once and for all the use of Ward Valley as a potential nuclear waste dump site. This is an important victory for everyone who cares about health, the environment and Native American rights.

The nuclear industry had tried unsuccessfully for years to get permits for a dump at at Ward Valley for highly radioactive waste -- primarily from nuclear power plants. They had hoped to dump this waste in unlined dirt trenches above an aquifer, with pathways to the Colorado River, drinking and agricultural water source for over 20 million people.

Ward Valley is also sacred to the area's Native Nations, who helped lead a giant coalition effort to stop the dump. Greenaction is proud to have worked with our Native and non-Native allies to win this long and hard-fought victory!

Read about the Ward Valley victory and our other campaigns including:

• Clean The Air Festival and Protest against Red Star Yeast/LaSaffre Corporation's pollution in West Oakland, Saturday, Sept. 28th;
• Stanislaus County campaigns against a dump expansion proposal and a big garbage incinerator;
• New campaign against the International Uranium Corporation's White Mesa Uranium Mill and radioactive dump in Southern Utah, next to the White Mesa Ute Reservation and Navajo communities;
• New campaign in San Rafael, protesting the bad neighbor San Rafael Rock Quarry that emits toxic diesel and dust emissions into surrounding neighborhoods;
• Cancer Industry Tour of San Francisco's Financial District -- October 30, noon. Help expose the Cancer Industry that profits from pollution.

WE ARE ASKING EVERYONE WHO SUPPORTS GREENACTION TO PLEASE MAKE AS GENEROUS A DONATION AS POSSIBLE TO ALLOW GREENACTION TO CONTINUE OUR SUCCESSFUL AND IMPORTANT WORK FOR HEALTHY COMMUNITIES AND ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE.

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Greenaction for Health and Environmental Justice
http://www.greenaction.org

PLEASE NOTE OUR NEW CONTACT INFORMATION:
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San Francisco, CA 94102

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