Honor the Earth Presents No Nukes to Benefit NIRS - with Emily Saliers and Sara Lee (Indigo Girls), Bonnie Raitt, Ulali, Jerry Marotta (Indigo Girls) - Warner Theatre, Washington, D.C. - September 24, 1997
Press conference on the West Terrace of the Capitol in opposition to H.R. 1270, the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1997, which would allow for the transfer of radioactive waste to Yucca Mountain, Nevada.
Honor The Earth
Honor the Earth was established by Winona LaDuke and Indigo Girls Amy Ray and Emily Saliers, in 1993. In our 20+ years of operation, we have re-granted over two million dollars to over 200 Native American communities. Our mission is to create awareness and support for Native environmental issues and to develop needed financial and political resources for the survival of sustainable Native communities.
In memory of John Trudell
John Trudell (February 15, 1946 – December 8, 2015) was a Native American author, poet, actor, musician, and political activist. He was the spokesperson for the United Indians of All Tribes’ takeover of Alcatraz beginning in 1969, broadcasting as Radio Free Alcatraz. During most of the 1970s, he served as the chairman of the American Indian Movement, based in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
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Winona LaDuke - Honor The Earth
Bonnie Raitt - Musician - No Nukes Activist
Harvey Wasserman - Greenpeace
Harry Reid - Senator, D-Nev
Richard Bryan - Senator, D-Nev
Amy Ray - Indigo Girl - Activist
Dedee Sanchez - Citizen Alert Native American Program
Emily Saliers - Indigo Girl - Activist
John Trudell - Native American poet, musician and activist
Jackson Browne - Musician - No Nukes Activist
Diane D'Arrigo - Nuclear Information Resource Service (NIRS)
Winona LaDuke - Honor The Earth
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Jackson Browne and Bonnie Raitt at a press conference on the West Terrace of the Capitol in opposition to H.R. 1270, the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1997, which would allow for the transfer of radioactive waste to Yucca Mountain, Nevada. Behind them is a mock nuclear waste cask. 24 Sept. 1997
Jackson Browne and Bonnie Raitt at a press conference on the west terrace of the Capitol in opposition to H.R. 1270, the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1997, which would allow for the transfer of radioactive waste to Yucca Mountain, Nevada. Behind them is a mock nuclear waste cask. 24 Sept. 1997
Jackson Browne and Bonnie Raitt at a press conference on the west terrace of the Capitol in opposition to H.R. 1270, the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1997, which would allow for the transfer of radioactive waste to Yucca Mountain, Nevada. Behind them is a mock nuclear waste cask. 24 Sept. 1997
Jackson Browne, middle, Emily Saliers of the Indigo Girls, right, and Winona LaDuke of the Seventh Generation Fund after a press conference on the West Terrace of the Capitol in opposition to H.R. 1270, the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1997, which would allow for the transfer of radioactive waste to Yucca Mountain, Nevada. Nevada Democratic Sens. Harry Reid and Richard Bryan also attended. Sept.24, 1997
NUCLEAR WASTE–Sen. Harry Reid, D-Nev., thanks performing artists Jackson Browne and Bonnie Raitt for appearing at a press conference on the West Terrace of the Capitol in opposition to H.R. 1270, the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1997, which would allow for the transfer of radioactive waste to Yucca Mountain, Nevada. The Indigo Girls and Nevada Democratic Sen. Richard Bryan also attended. 9/24/1997
Performing artist Jackson Browne makes a statement at a press conference on the West Terrace of the Capitol in opposition to H.R. 1270, the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1997, which would allow for the transfer of radioactive waste to Yucca Mountain, Nevada. Behind him is a mock nuclear waste cask. Performing artist Bonnie Raitt is at right. Nevada Democratic Sens. Harry Reid and Richard Bryan also attended. Sept.24, 1997
In September of 1997, congressman Doggett joined Bonnie Raitt in Washington and in Austin to speak out against legislation that would dump nuclear waste from other states into a poor community in Texas.
Virginia Sanchez, right, of Honor the Earth, sponsor of a 21-concert tour of the Indigo Girls, and Indigo Girl Amy Ray at a press conference on the west terrace of the Capitol in opposition to H.R. 1270, the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1997, which would allow for the transfer of radioactive waste to Yucca Mountain, Nevada. Nevada Democratic Sens. Harry Reid and Richard Bryan also attended. 24 Sept. 1997
Native American poet and performing artist John Trudell makes a statement at a press conference on the west terrace of the Capitol in opposition to H.R. 1270, the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1997, which would allow for the transfer of radioactive waste to Yucca Mountain, Nevada. Nevada Democratic Sens. Harry Reid and Richard Bryan also attended. 24 Sept. 1997
Emily Saliers of the music group Indigo Girls and Sen. Richard Bryan, D-Nev., at a press conference on the west terrace of the Capitol in opposition to H.R. 1270, the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1997, which would allow for the transfer of radioactive waste to Yucca Mountain, Nevada. Nevada Democratic Sen. Harry Reid also attended. 24 Sept. 1997
Performing artist Bonnie Raitt, right, motions toward Harvey Wasserman of Greenpeace, left, as performing artist Jackson Browne looks on at a press conference on the West Terrace of the Capitol in opposition to H.R. 1270, the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1997, which would allow for the transfer of radioactive waste to Yucca Mountain, Nevada. Behind them is a mock nuclear waste cask. Also attending were Nevada Democrat Sens. Harry Reid and Richard Bryan. Sept.24, 1997
Harvey Wasserman of Greenpeace, middle, and Sen. Harry Reid, D-Nev., Dianne D’Arrigo, of the Nuclear Information Resource Service, performing artists Jackson Browne and Bonnie Raitt, and Winona LaDuke, of the Seventh Generation Fund, at a press conference on the West Terrace of the Capitol in opposition to H.R. 1270, the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1997, which would allow for the transfer of radioactive waste to Yucca Mountain, Nevada. Behind them is a mock nuclear waste cask. Sept.24, 1997
Left to right: Harvey Wasserman, of Greenpeace, performing artists Jackson Browne and Bonnie Raitt, Winona LaDuke, of the Seventh Generation Fund, Native American poet and performing artist John Trudell, Amy Ray, of the music group “Indigo Girls,” and Virginia Sanchez, of Honor the Earth, sponsor of the Indigo Girls’ fundraising tour, at a press conference on the West Terrace of the Capitol in opposition to H.R. 1270, the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1997, which would allow for the transfer of radioactive waste to Yucca Mountain, Nevada. Behind them is a mock nuclear waste cask. Sept.24, 1997
Sen. Harry Reid, D-Nev., at a press conference on the West Terrace of the Capitol in opposition to H.R. 1270, the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1997, which would allow for the transfer of radioactive waste to Yucca Mountain, Nevada. From left are Diane D’Arrigo (partially obscured), of the Nuclear Information Resource Service, Harvey Wasserman, of Greenpeace, and performing artists Jackson Browne and Bonnie Raitt.Behind them is a mock nuclear waste cask. Sept.24, 1997
Performing artist Bonnie Raitt, right, at a press conference on the West Terrace of the Capitol in opposition to H.R. 1270, the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1997, which would allow for the transfer of radioactive waste to Yucca Mountain, Nevada. From left are Sen. Harry Reid, D-Nev., Diane D’Arrigo, of the Nuclear Information Resource Service, Harvey Wasserman, of Greenpeace, and performing artist Jackson Browne. Behind them is a mock nuclear waste cask. Sept.24, 1997
Left to right: Virginia Sanchez of Honor the Earth, sponsor of the Indigo Girls 21-concert tour, performing artist Jackson Browne, Winona LaDuke of the Seventh Generation Fund, Indigo Girls Amy Ray and Emily Saliers, Native American poet and performing artist John Trudell and performing artist Bonnie Raitt pose for pictures in front of a mock nuclear waste cask. The group appeared at a press conference on the West Terrace of the Capitol in opposition to H.R. 1270, the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1997. which would allow for the transfer of radioactive waste to Yucca Mountain, Nevada. Nevada Democratic Sens. Harry Reid and Richard Bryan also attended. Sept.24, 1997
Honor the Earth Presents No Nukes to Benefit NIRS – with Emily Saliers and Sara Lee (Indigo Girls), Bonnie Raitt, Ulali, Jerry Marotta (Indigo Girls) – Warner Theatre, Washington, D.C. – September 24, 1997
Bonnie Raitt The Warner Walk of Fame at the Warner Theatre Washington DC, USA – No Nukes Sept.24 & 25, 1997
Susan Campbell, Bonnie Raitt, Michael O’Keefe, Terence Winch; backstage at the Warner Theatre, Wash.DC. Sept.1997
White Earth Land Recovery Project
Winona LaDuke is an Anishinaabekwe (Ojibwe) enrolled member of the Mississippi band of Ashinaabeg who lives and works on the White Earth Indian Reservation and is the mother of three children. Winona founded the White Earth Land Recovery Project in 1989 and served as its executive director for 25 years. She is currently the executive director of Honor the Earth, where she works on a national level to advocate, raise public support, and create funding for frontline Native environmental groups. In 1994, Winona was nominated by Time Magazine as one of America’s fifty most promising leaders under forty years of age. She was awarded The Thomas Merton Award in 1996, The Biha Community Service Award in 1997, The Ann Bancroft Award for Women’s Leadership Fellowship, and The Reebok Human Rights Award (which she used to begin the White Earth Land Recovery Project).
Harvey Wasserman – Wikipedia
Harvey Franklin Wasserman (born December 31, 1945) is an American journalist, author, democracy activist, and advocate for renewable energy. He has been a strategist and organizer in the anti-nuclear movement in the United States for over 30 years. He has been a featured speaker on Today, Nightline, National Public Radio, CNN Lou Dobbs Tonight and other major media outlets. Wasserman is senior advisor to Greenpeace USA and the Nuclear Information and Resource Service, an investigative reporter, and senior editor of The Columbus Free Press where his coverage, with Bob Fitrakis, has prompted Rev. Jesse Jackson to call them “the Woodward and Bernstein of the 2004 election.”
Harry Reid – Wikipedia
Harry Mason Reid born December 2, 1939) is a retired American attorney and politician who served as a United States Senator from Nevada from 1987 to 2017. He led the Senate Democratic Caucus from 2005 to 2017 and was the Senate Majority Leader from 2007 to 2015.
Richard Bryan – Wikipedia
Richard Hudson Bryan (born July 16, 1937) is an American attorney and politician who served as a United States Senator from Nevada from 1989 to 2001. A Democrat, Bryan served as the 25th Governor of Nevada from 1983 to 1989, and before that served as the state’s attorney general and a member of the State Senate.
Yucca Mountain nuclear waste repository – Wikipedia
The Yucca Mountain Nuclear Waste Repository, as designated by the Nuclear Waste Policy Act amendments of 1987, is a proposed deep geological repository storage facility within Yucca Mountain for spent nuclear fuel and other high-level radioactive waste in the United States. The site is on federal land adjacent to the Nevada Test Site in Nye County, Nevada, about 80 mi (130 km) northwest of the Las Vegas Valley.
Help Stop the Nuclear Waste Policy Amendments Act of 2017 (H.R. 3053)! · NIRS
Contact your US Representatives and tell them to vote NO on a nuclear waste bill being rushed through Congress—one of the most dangerous we have seen. U.S. Rep. John Shimkus (R-IL) bill H.R. 3053, the Nuclear Waste Policy Amendments Act of 2017, threatens nearly every state with decades of nuclear w…
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