[Thread] The next installment from
#KleeBenally 's book,
#NoSpiritualSurrender
“The devastation of
#NuclearColonialism, which permanently destroys
#Indigenous communities throughout the world, is outright ignored by some of the most devout
#ClimateJustice advocates. They claim
#NuclearEnergy production is also a
#GreenSolution to the
#ClimateCrisis. More than 15,000 abandoned
#UraniumMines are located within the so-called US, mostly in and around Indigenous communities, permanently poisoning
#SacredLands and waters with little to no action being taken to clean up their deadly toxic legacy. There are currently 93 operating
#NuclearReactors in the so-called US that supply 20% of the country’s electricity. There are 60,000 tons of
#HighlyRadioactive spent waste store in concrete dams at
#NuclearPowerPlants throughout the country with the waste increasing at a rate of 2,000 tons per year.
“In 1987 the ‘US’ Congress initiated a controversial project to transport and store almost all of the US’s
#ToxicWaste at
#YuccaMountain located about 100 miles northwest of so-called
#LasVegas,
#Nevada. Yucca Mountan has been held holy to the
#Paiute and
#WesternShoshone Nations since time immemorial. In January 2010 the
#ObamaAdminstration approved a $54 billion taxpayer loan in a guarantee program for new nuclear reactor construction, three times what Bush previously promised in 2005. In April 2022, the
#BidenAdministration government bailout to ‘rescue’ nuclear power plants at risk for closing. A
#Colonial government representative stated, ‘US nuclear power contributes more than half of our
#CarbonFree electricity, and President Biden is committed to keeping these plants active to reach our
#CleanEnergy goals.’
“They, along with Climate Justice activiists, cite nuclear energy as necessary to combat
#GlobalWarming, all while ignoring the devastating percent impacts
#IndigenousPeoples have faced. There is nothing clean about energy produced from nuclear colonialism. From its weapons (including
#DepletedUranium) to its
#Mining and its waste; Indigenous bodies, lands, and waters continue to be sacrificed to heat water with radioactive materials which creates steam that moves generators to change batteries made from
#Lithium extracted from other Indigenous sacred lands so
#Teslas can mo you forward into a ‘just’ climate future.
“A green economy sustains and advances colonial progress, which means mitigated selective and ongoing destruction of
#MotherEarth.”
Pages 139-140
#IndigenousAnarchy
#Ecosystem #HaulNo #DefendTheSacred
#CorporateColonialism #NoDAPL #CriminalizingDissent #WaterIsLife #ClimateDefenders #NoCopperMiningWithoutConsent #NoLithiumMining #CorporateColonialism #NoMiningWithoutConsent #LithiumMining #CopperMining #Greenwashng #NuclearWeapons #RestInPowerKleeBenally #RIPKleeBenally #StopCanyonMine
#Queer 
#ActuallyAutistic♾️ Pronouns: They, them, per, person, human. #Environmentalist🌳 #DemocraticSocialist🌹 Student of #AncientHistory 📜 #NoNukes☢️ Anti#Oligarchy🎩 #NoWar☮️ #GetMoneyOut💰#HumanRights🕵️♂️ #FreePalestine🇵🇸 #BLM✊🏿 #IndigenousRights 🌿 #WaterIsLife💧Anti-#Corruption🔍 #ClimateCrisis🌍 #RightToRepair 🪛 #SolarPunkSunday 🌞
