Intercontinental Cry

The Lessons to Learn from Divine Strake Termination
By Stewart N. Thorpe
February 22, 2007

DIVINE STRAKE IS TERMINATED!

Not delayed. Not postponed. Not alternate locations being considered again. Not yet another environmental assessment. The madness of Divine Strake is over. The madness that started in December 2005 finally concludes in termination. The activist actions built up enough momentum and awareness through a frustrating battle of more than a year has succeeded.

We have won.

We won.

Some 10,000 Utahn and Nevadans expressed opposition against Divine Strake. The public input for Divine Strake’s environmental assessment by the Pentagon was higher than any environmental assessment in history conducted by the Pentagon. Three counties in Utah made resolutions against Divine Strake. The Utah legislature would finally follow in the last minutes of the struggle to pass a resolution against Divine Strake.

And as with almost every activist effort in history, the government has followed with the old tried explanation that …