What will the RAINBOW SERPENT DO? SHOULD WE DO NOTHING WHILE THIS GOES ON YEAR AFTER YEAR?? According to an Australian Public Radio report, Glencores history reads like a spy novel. The company was founded as Marc Rich & Co. AG in 1974 by billionaire commodity trader Marc Rich, who was charged with tax evasion and illegal business dealings with Iran in the US, but pardoned by PresidentBill Clinton in 2001. He was never brought before US courts before his pardoning, therefore there was never a verdict on these charges. This is the 10th largest company on Earth now - with money and power to MOVE A WHOLE RIVER IN ANCIENT SACRED NORTHERN TERRITORY - how could a small tribe of peaceful ancient people combat this? its happening everywhere and it has to stop. It is pure madness and what happens when uninitiated men run the world. They treat the sacred mother like a SANDPIT and play with life itself. In June 2013, Glencore Xstrata, created when the companies merged in early 2013, passed the final hurdle for a major expansion of its mine, securing local government approval for a $369 million development that will more than double the operations processing capacity. It says the expansion will not require further river diversion or extension of the open pit beyond current boundaries. The company claims the project will bring a boost in employment opportunities, with 900 positions during the peak of a two-year construction phase and about 110 operational jobs after that, bringing the permanent staff to about 550. It also notes that since 2006, it has increased its indigenous workforce from 9 percent to 21 percent of its staff. But jobs don’t mitigate the ongoing concerns of traditional landowners and conservation groups, who worry that the mine, which is located in a floodplain, could contaminate the river with heavy metals during floods, threatening the freshwater sawfish, migratory birds, and turtles as well as damaging the seagrass habitats that support the dugong population and the commercial prawn fisheries in the Gulf of Carpentaria. Nor does it allay the fears of the Gudanji and other Aboriginal groups that storms, floods and other natural disasters might be the price to pay for moving the river and failing to respect the Rainbow Serpent. Standing On Sacred Ground
Posted on: Mon, 01 Dec 2014 05:07:03 +0000
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