Crowd Gathers Near Green River to Protest Nuke Plant Pl
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Utah and Downriver Communities Host Successful Protest--Vow to Escalate Campaign
PHOTOS FROM THE EVENT
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Protestors pose near the proposed site. "Scotty Soltronic," a performing artist, brought his solar-powered speaker array from a nearby arts festival and serenaded the crowd. Photo by Yrma Van Der Steenstraten.
Click here to download full-size image. Alfredo Figueroa, a Chemehuevi tribe visitor from the lower Colorado, traveleover 600 miles to support the rally. He addresses teh crowd here next to a handmade puppet of Mr. Burns, the greedy nuclear power plant owner from "The Simpsons." Photo by Yrma Van Der Steenstraten.
Click here to download full-size image. Protestors rally in front of the proposed nuclear power plant site, which would be built in front of the cliffs in the background. Photo by Shelby Cunliffe.
Click here to download full-size image. Protestors arrived with a great many costumes, signs, and sculptures, such as this pink dragon, puppet of Mr. Burns, and Scotty Soltronic's amazing sun-powered speaker array. Photo by Shelby Cunliffe.
Click here to download full-size image. Protestors rally in front of the proposed nuclear power plant site, which would be built in front of the cliffs in the background. Photo Yrma Van Der Steenstraten.
Click here to download full-size image. The crowd was addressed from a decorated hill--here seen with a windmill tower sporting an American flag and an endangered Green River fish sculpture--overlooking proposed the power plant site in the background. Bradley Angel of Greenaction is in the background. Photo by Laurel Hagen.
Click here to download full-size image. Moab resident Mel Gilles, dressed in pink, looks over the rally site, with the Books Cliffs in the background. Photo by Laurel Hagen.
Click here to download full-size image. Steve Lopez , spokesman for the Ft. Mojave Indian Tribe of the lower Colorado River, encourages the crowd. Photo by Laurel Hagen.
Click here to download full-size image. Photo by Laurel Hagen.
Click here to download full-size image. Photo by Laurel Hagen.
Click here to download full size image. Steve Lopez, Ron Van Fleet, other members of the Ft. Mojave Indian tribe, and Emily Stock of Moab hold up Mr. Burns and Blinky the Fish. Photo by Shelby Cunliffe.
Click here to download full-size image. Ken Sleght of Pack Creek Ranch, sometimes known as "Seldom Seen Smith," addresses the crowd. Photo by Laurel Hagen.
Click here to download full-size image. Ron Van Fleet, spokesman for the Ft. Mojave Indian Trib and ordained minister, leads the crowd in a prayer. Photo by Laurel Hagen.
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