Help us stop the destruction of hundreds of hectare of woods in Germany!

[bugm]

In the neighborhood of a city called Magdeburg, there is a huge mining cooperation, K+S GmbH, who now wants to destroy more then 200 hectare of woods, replacing it by another monstrous mountain of "salty" mining residue, even when this is forbidden by the European union, claiming that there is no (cheaper) alternative, basically for not ending up in even bigger financial trouble than they're already in.

That the forest is a German "Landschaftsschutzgebiet", that animals living there are protected under European laws (e.g. FFH-Gebiet Fledermausquartier Bunker Dornberg) and that they're planning to dump their waste up until 500 meters from a beautiful fairytale castle (www.heinrichshorst.com) under German "Denkmalschutz", doesn't seem to be a problem for them at all.

On top of this, their current plans are threatening to increase the pollution of ground water, which serves as drinking water in the surrounding area and in the region around Magdeburg.

They're also stocking thousands of tons of "Sondermüll" (garbage which is dangerous for health and/or the environment), in abandoned tunnels that could otherwise be used to put back the mining residue. Keeping the situation at the mine in Morsleben, a nearby village (30 minute drive from Heinrichshorst) in mind, we fear that they might even plan to dump radioactive waste (they already have a railroad through the area).

So the situation really looks extremely bad!!!

BUT there are alternatives and we need to fight hard, in order to force K+S GmbH to change their plans!

We need quite some money to pay for geological expert advice, lawyers, consultants, et cetera,
so BTC donations at 1EqG6eKwLZiAcMZMJgq6K85JFpopHivrud are very much appreciated!!

And please SIGN & SHARE our petition?
https://secure.avaaz.org/en/petition/The_German_government_To_stop_Kaliwerk_Zielitz_of_destroying_more_than_200_hectare_of_woods/?fkdaGgb

Thanks a lot in advance for your support!!

Many greetings from,
the people living in the Heinrichshorst area



http://www.heinrichshorst.com/kaliwerk/before-after.jpg

[Ekaros]

This is why you should support nuclear energy.

[Nik1ab]

This is why you should support nuclear energy.

+1

[bugm]

Erm, let's not turn this thread into a discussion about nuclear energy.

We need financial help to fight against this multinational, who is destroying the earth, piece by piece.

So if you can help, by donating some BTC or by giving us some good tips for our battle plan, we will appreciate it a lot!

[Lethn]

This is why you should support nuclear energy.

+1

I hope you mean cold fusion ;P

[Ekaros]

This is why you should support nuclear energy.

+1

I hope you mean cold fusion ;P

Currently only realistic alternative to burning coal is good old nuclear fission. 

That is if you want to slow expansion of coal mining you must fight against coal burning powerplants.

[bugm]

Guys, they're not mining for coal, but for "potash", a fertiliser ingredient.

The problem is the "salty" mining residue, which already adds up to more than 350 million tons,
polluting the area and contaminating the drinking water to a very serious level (much higher than allowed).

The environment cannot handle 500 million tons more...