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Greenaction Joins Native Peoples in Fight Against Enron Energy Development in Columbia River Gorge to Stop Threat to Sacred Sites, Endangered Species, and Scenic Area Contact Enron and let them know they should not desecrate sacred Indian land in the Columbia Hills! Kenneth Lay is the CEO of Enron. His email is klay@enron.com His phone number is (713) 853-6088 His address is P.O. Box 1188 For more information, contact:
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Protest and Rally Against Enron's Environmental Racism Hundreds of Native and Non-native people come together in two events February 28-29 to demand that Enron cancel their planned energy project proposed for sacred Indian land and in habitat for the endangered bald eagle and peregrine falcon The environmental justice organization Greenaction has joined the growing campaign to stop corporate energy giant Enron from proceeding with their planned energy development in the Columbia River Gorge. Greenaction is responding to an appeal for assistance from Chief Johnny Jackson of the Cascade-Klickitat Tribe along the Columbia River to help pressure Enron to abandon their wind power project which would desecrate sacred burial and cultural sites and threatens endangered species and the scenic area. Three internationally known speakers, Cascade-Klickitat Chief, Johnny Jackson; Tom Goldtooth, National Director of the Indigenous Environmental Network; and Bradley Angel, Executive Director of Greenaction, addressed Enron Corporation's energy development in the Columbia River Gorge at a rally at Pioneer Courthouse Square at noon on February 29. Texas natural gas giant, Enron Corporation, has purchased leases on thousands of acres on the Columbia Hills, in the Columbia River Gorge. The area, located near Celilo Falls and the confluence of the Columbia River with the John Day and Deschutes Rivers is renowned for its environmental, scenic, Indigenous and European cultural and historical significance. "It is an outrage and a blatant case of environmental racism that Enron is willing to desecrate significant cultural and burial sites in pursuit of their corporate profit," said Bradley Angel, Executive Director of Greenaction. "Enron officials would not want their family's cemeteries desecrated, and they should afford the same respect to the Indigenous peoples who have lived in the Columbia River Gorge area since time immemorial." Greenaction is a multiracial environmental justice organization working with dozens of communities and Indian Tribes throughout the western United States. |