6.500 signatures needed to help protect Lake Baikal

Act now: save Lake Baikal! Dear Friend, Nuclear waste exports to Russia are ending after a full generation of campaigning! French nuclear company AREVA will no longer use Russia as a garbage can for its nuclear waste. We've been opposing these shipments since 1984, when an accident at sea revealed that the radioactive exports had been taking place in near-secret for more than a decade. Following the most recent wave of opposition the shipments will end - another example that public pressure works! Russia may no longer be the final destination of AREVA waste - but your support is still needed to help protect its largest fresh water lake - Lake Baikal. A pulp and paper mill has received authorisation from the Russian government to dump toxic waste there. As a UNESCO World Heritage Site, Lake Baikal is entitled to international protection - let's ask the head of UNESCO to step up and defend Lake Baikal. We only need around 6.500 more signatures on the petition, please consider sharing it: Tweet in support of Lake Baikal. Share the petition on Facebook. Thank you for acting to save Lake Baikal! All of us, Greenpeace International http://www.greenpeace.org Facebook Twitter