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Stop Oil Drilling in Alaska Wildlife Refuge!
Target: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Alaska Regional Director Tom MeliusSponsored by: The Wilderness Society
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is considering allowing oil development on a core parcel of the Yukon Flats National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska.
This land, vital habitat to millions of migratory birds, moose, Dall sheep and bears is on the threshold of being ruined by roads, pipelines, and pollution.
What's at stake here?
This special place in America would be irreparably damaged if oil exploration and development is allowed, bringing with it roads, traffic, pipelines, oil spills and pollution.
We have until May 15 to tell the Fish and Wildlife Service that oil drilling has no place in this critical ecosystem. Please sign this petition today!
This land, vital habitat to millions of migratory birds, moose, Dall sheep and bears is on the threshold of being ruined by roads, pipelines, and pollution.
What's at stake here?
- An enormous wetland basin of rivers and lakes that is habitat for marten, wild salmon, moose, bears, wolves and more,
- A base for hundreds of species of migratory birds, and
- Native cultures that have relied on the region's resources for millennia.
This special place in America would be irreparably damaged if oil exploration and development is allowed, bringing with it roads, traffic, pipelines, oil spills and pollution.
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We signed the “Stop Oil Drilling in Alaska Wildlife Refuge!” petition!
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We have polutted our precious earth too much and it is time to stop, put our creative experts back to work, they are everywhere to rebuild this planet.
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LEAVE ALASKA ALONE! Let the pristine wildlife have a space to stay safe, for god's sake find a new source of fuel! Not everything in this life is about $$ and the bottom line~
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Oil overexploitation is coming to an end anyhow. How long do you believe oil from Alaska will serve our needs? And at which cost? Destroying unique fauna and flora, as some in Alaska, is a crime against Earth, and as a consequence, it is a crime against humanity. Humanity has to find sources to replace the use of oil. What will happen when oil in Alaska is finished? What about the contamination left? STOP DRILLING FOR OIL IN ALASKA!!!!!
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Don't destroy this pristine wilderness! It is home to so much wildlife! Leave their home alone & let them live in peace! Please NO DRILLING!
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Don't allow this to happen. Don't cave in to the greedheads, you as the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, have a higher calling.
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Please don't ruin yet another natural wilderness area. No oil exploration. No oil drilling.
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A WILDLIFE REFUGE IS A REFUGE FOR WILDLIFE, NOT A SOURCE OF INCOME FOR BUSH'S BIG BUCKS CONTRIBUTERS!PLEASE, DO THE RIGHT THING FOR THE UNITED STATES AND OUR CHILDREN. HOW DO YOU WANT YOUR NAME IN THE HISTORY BOOKS~~~~~~~~AND ST.PETER'S BOOK!?!
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Such drilling is an insult to the purpose of AWR, will do nothing to solve our energy problems, will contribute to global climate change, and will benefit only the oil companies.
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Enough is Enough ! Leave this REFUGE alone . The word refuge is meant to PROTECT the precious wildlife and ecosystem . It is discusting how these humans think only of money . Just leave it ALONE and let Gods precious animals live their lives without humans once again destroying their habitat - their homes !!!
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Drilling in Alaska will not solve our oil problem. There is not enough to take care of the usage by the US for any appreciable length of time. Save the wilderness for the wildlife, and then perhaps our government representatives will find ways to encourage renewable fuel sources.
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Leave the poor wildlife alone. People keep building and wrecking teh wildlife homes. Our children's children need to be able to view the beautiful woods and animals. Stop befor it is toooo late!!!!!!
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a WILDLIFE REFUGE IS A REFUGE FOR WILDLIFE, NOT A SOURCE ON INCOME FOR BUSH'S BIG BUCKS CONTRIBUTERS!PLEASE, DO THE RIGHT THING FOR THE UNITED STATES AND OUR CHILDREN. HOW DO YOU WANT YOUR NAME IN THE HISTORY BOOKS~~~~~~~~AND ST.PETER'S BOOK!?!
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Stop the oil drilling that is ruining the ecosystem that is vital to this wildlife refuge. Why aren't the leading Presidential candidates discussing at length solutions for global warming such as renewable energy sources like solar,not nuclear power? Why won't they end corporate subsidies to the oil, nuclear and coal industies who are destoying the planet? Look who is contributing to their campaigns? That is also why they won't seriously address the health care crisis, and adapt a truly universal health care program with a Single Payer Plan that removes the profit driven insurance and pharmaceutical companies from the picture. We deserve the same health care that members of Congress, and the President enjoy. According to a study released last month by the Center for Retirement Research at Boston College, they estimated that an individual needs to go into retirement with some $102,000 set aside just for health care coverage, while a couple needs about $206,000- just for health care. These numbers indicate that a couple would need to be millionaires in order to ever retire. This is one more reason why it is crucial for the US to have a Single Payer Health Care Plan -Medicare for All.
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Becuz it would drasticly hurt the migration of the herds that the ones that live there & depend on them to live by would be terribly affected by this...plus I feel that Oil Drilling would make all the herds leave & leave a mess on the place its at..Please don't drill in Alaska
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Because the Earth is my home, too. They make their lives miserable as well.
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We CAN save the wildlife in Alaska by NOT permitting drilling for oil! The Valdez spill still has repercussions in Alaska. Stand up to big oil! You CAN do this I have faith in you.
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because i love animals and when they die it hurts
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