TY to @NoelWauchope for posting this on the nuclear-news.net web page! "#TheGlobalNetwork and #MaineNaturalGuard are organizing the No Toxic Rockets for ME campaign that will hold a #PeacefulProtest."

#Protest #Maine #SpaceIndustry Conference in Portland

Monday, November 6, 2023 at 11:30 am

Holiday Inn by the Bay, 88 Spring St, Portland, #Maine

TALKING POINTS (via #NoToxicRocketsForMaine)

- All rocket launches cause harm to our #Climate no matter what they claim and no matter what kind of fuel they use. #ClimateCrisis is hastened by rocket launches, and this is a rapidly growing concern. #AluminumOxide produced when launches fail and burn up re-entering Earth's airspace cause significant damage to the #OzoneLayer.

- Environmental toxins such as #PFAS from fire-suppression systems at rocket launch sites pose a deadly threat to our water and soil. Aluminum fallout from rockets and payloads that fail falls to Earth, along with other chemicals from the incineration of plastics and other components of rockets.

- All rocket launch sites previously built on the promise that there would be no military use failed to keep that promise. In Kodiak, Alaska their "civilian-use only" site has both the Pentagon and Israel's military using it for rocket launches of weapons and surveillance systems.

- #Birds in particular are harmed by rocket launches, often with mass death events following a launch. Jonesport's commercial fishing community imposed a moratorium on rocket launch sites due to concerns about disruption to their livelihood.

- Publicly supported development of facilities intended for private profit is a bad deal for #taxpayers. Why socialize research and development costs while privatizing the eventual profits?

Read more: https://sites.google.com/view/notoxicrocketsforme/take-action?authuser=0

#LD1923 #PortlandMaine #Protest #NoWar #MilitarisationOfSpace #KeepSpaceForPeace