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Make Waves for Oceans - Stop Off-Shore Oil Drilling
Target: United States House of RepresentativesSponsored by: Ocean Champions
For over two
decades, a federal moratorium on new offshore oil and gas drilling
has protected the beauty and ecology of our coasts. Now a group of politicians in Washington, led by Rep. Richard Pombo (R-Ca), is
attacking this moratorium.
Pombo, with support from oil conglomerations, has introduced legislation that would eliminate the federal moratorium on off-shore drilling, and open our coasts to resource exploitation. This bill would undo decades of protection for our sensitive ocean and coastal resources, and places thousands of miles of coastline at risk of catastrophic oil spills.
Offshore drilling is not a solution to America's energy problems, and will harm coastal economies more than it will help them.
Join Ocean Champions in fighting for permanent protection for our oceans - tell Congress you opposing off-shore drilling!
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We signed the “Make Waves for Oceans - Stop Off-Shore Oil Drilling” petition!
# 200:
5:56 pm PST, Mar 20,
Mary Alice Kier, California
It's high time we become responsible care takers of our planet. We've been given a gift - let's pass it forward!!
It's high time we become responsible care takers of our planet. We've been given a gift - let's pass it forward!!
# 199:
5:56 pm PST, Mar 20,
Bonnie Cline, Pennsylvania
# 198:
5:55 pm PST, Mar 20,
Nicole I . Avedon, New York
# 197:
5:55 pm PST, Mar 20,
ELLIN VALOIS, Hawaii
# 196:
5:55 pm PST, Mar 20,
Zelime Matthews, Florida
# 195:
5:55 pm PST, Mar 20,
Susan Ciaramella, California
Remember Judgement Day is to come!!
Remember Judgement Day is to come!!
# 194:
5:55 pm PST, Mar 20,
Brad Bell, California
# 193:
5:55 pm PST, Mar 20,
Name not displayed, Hawaii
You are drilling a hole in our boat.
You are drilling a hole in our boat.
# 192:
5:55 pm PST, Mar 20,
Melody Hunt, Florida
When the waters cover the land - because we destroyed the balance of the planet - what do you think it will consist of? What color will it be? Black and lifeless! Unless the toxins we pollute it with mutate the creatures that inhabit it. The waters should be filled with water and life, not oil and death!
When the waters cover the land - because we destroyed the balance of the planet - what do you think it will consist of? What color will it be? Black and lifeless! Unless the toxins we pollute it with mutate the creatures that inhabit it. The waters should be filled with water and life, not oil and death!
# 191:
5:55 pm PST, Mar 20,
Jonathan Hardy, California
Dear Congressional Representatives: I respectfully request your opposition to legislation that enable oil drilling off our coastline. The economic and aesthetic value of our nation’s coastlines far exceed the profits that would be gained from tapping the meager amount of oil preserves along our coastal shelves.
Dear Congressional Representatives: I respectfully request your opposition to legislation that enable oil drilling off our coastline. The economic and aesthetic value of our nation’s coastlines far exceed the profits that would be gained from tapping the meager amount of oil preserves along our coastal shelves.
# 190:
5:54 pm PST, Mar 20,
Kevin Dunagan, Texas
# 189:
5:53 pm PST, Mar 20,
Barbara Sallee, Florida
Drilling in our seas endangers marine life and our beaches. We must limit this activity, not expand it. Alternate fuel sources would diminish our need for drilling.
Drilling in our seas endangers marine life and our beaches. We must limit this activity, not expand it. Alternate fuel sources would diminish our need for drilling.
# 188:
5:53 pm PST, Mar 20,
Judith Scher, Maine
# 187:
5:53 pm PST, Mar 20,
Katie Mauritz, Oregon
How could you! Please don't ruin our beautiful oceans...!
How could you! Please don't ruin our beautiful oceans...!
# 186:
5:51 pm PST, Mar 20,
Judy Lust, California
We should concentrate our efforts on finding alternatives to oil. Ripping up our off-shores will keep us in oil for a while, but nothing lasts forever. Use alternatives!
We should concentrate our efforts on finding alternatives to oil. Ripping up our off-shores will keep us in oil for a while, but nothing lasts forever. Use alternatives!
# 185:
5:51 pm PST, Mar 20,
Sarah Lynn Kerr, Pennsylvania
We have seen what recent oil drilling has done to the ocean environment and its inhabitants. Don't let this continue.
We have seen what recent oil drilling has done to the ocean environment and its inhabitants. Don't let this continue.
# 184:
5:51 pm PST, Mar 20,
Ann Bradley, Maryland
# 183:
5:51 pm PST, Mar 20,
Wendy Sands, New York
To paraphrase a famous painter, Hundertwasser. "You are a guest of nature. Behave."
To paraphrase a famous painter, Hundertwasser. "You are a guest of nature. Behave."
# 182:
5:51 pm PST, Mar 20,
Joan Kirby, Texas
# 181:
5:50 pm PST, Mar 20,
Greta Alvarado, Texas
# 180:
5:49 pm PST, Mar 20,
Name not displayed, Florida
STOP OFF-SHORE OIL DRILLING! Our oceans are already in peril having received a failing grade from both Bush's Ocean Commission AND the Pew Foundation. It would be insanity to drill for oil off our precious coasts especially at a time when we need to be working on sustainable, alternative energy sources.
STOP OFF-SHORE OIL DRILLING! Our oceans are already in peril having received a failing grade from both Bush's Ocean Commission AND the Pew Foundation. It would be insanity to drill for oil off our precious coasts especially at a time when we need to be working on sustainable, alternative energy sources.
# 179:
5:49 pm PST, Mar 20,
Elizabeth Windholz, Maine
# 178:
5:49 pm PST, Mar 20,
Name not displayed, Texas
Please remember the robber barons of early last centry.The company names have changed, the names in congress and company boards not the same but the behavior and results are the same.The oil barons are willfully and meanspiritedly stealing from the people who can least afford it.We now have a congress that refuses to hold these oil companies responsible for monitary damage for environmental clean ups when there are oil spills.I say again history is repeating itself with today's robber barons in the oil business.
Please remember the robber barons of early last centry.The company names have changed, the names in congress and company boards not the same but the behavior and results are the same.The oil barons are willfully and meanspiritedly stealing from the people who can least afford it.We now have a congress that refuses to hold these oil companies responsible for monitary damage for environmental clean ups when there are oil spills.I say again history is repeating itself with today's robber barons in the oil business.
# 177:
5:49 pm PST, Mar 20,
Audrey Higbee, Massachusetts
# 176:
5:49 pm PST, Mar 20,
Doris Lein, Illinois
Our dependancy on oil has masked the damage on the futures of all living beings, man and animal are already threatened by past mistakes...can we turn around and breath again without fear that some self serving conglomerate will be challenging our future?
Our dependancy on oil has masked the damage on the futures of all living beings, man and animal are already threatened by past mistakes...can we turn around and breath again without fear that some self serving conglomerate will be challenging our future?
# 175:
5:47 pm PST, Mar 20,
Diane Berliner, California
Off shore drilling is totally unnecessary and way too dangerous!!
Off shore drilling is totally unnecessary and way too dangerous!!
# 174:
5:45 pm PST, Mar 20,
Dan Fountaine, Illinois
# 173:
5:45 pm PST, Mar 20,
Sandra Segovia, Mexico
# 172:
5:44 pm PST, Mar 20,
Carolyn Sue Smith, Maryland
# 171:
5:44 pm PST, Mar 20,
Karen Rigatti, New York
# 170:
5:44 pm PST, Mar 20,
Cort Brumfield, Oregon
# 169:
5:43 pm PST, Mar 20,
Rachel Zane, Oklahoma
# 168:
5:43 pm PST, Mar 20,
Stefan Athanasiadis, Indiana
# 167:
5:42 pm PST, Mar 20,
Constance Kosuda, Nevada
# 166:
5:42 pm PST, Mar 20,
Maya Murthy, Missouri
# 165:
5:41 pm PST, Mar 20,
Kristin Usher, Florida
# 164:
5:41 pm PST, Mar 20,
Christine Noonan, Connecticut
# 163:
5:41 pm PST, Mar 20,
David Sherman, California
# 162:
5:41 pm PST, Mar 20,
Natalie Folke, Virginia
# 161:
5:40 pm PST, Mar 20,
Cynthia Chidester, California
# 160:
5:40 pm PST, Mar 20,
Brenda Stockton, Oklahoma
# 159:
5:40 pm PST, Mar 20,
Gwen Pelusi, New York
# 158:
5:39 pm PST, Mar 20,
Jeff Smith, California
# 157:
5:38 pm PST, Mar 20,
Michelle Lyman, California
# 156:
5:38 pm PST, Mar 20,
Ethan Herrington, New York
# 155:
5:38 pm PST, Mar 20,
Sue StPeter, Wisconsin
America is going to be nothing but a cesspool unless we begin to conserve and preserve all that we can!
America is going to be nothing but a cesspool unless we begin to conserve and preserve all that we can!
# 154:
5:38 pm PST, Mar 20,
N Harris, Ohio
# 153:
5:37 pm PST, Mar 20,
Christine Snyder, New York
The very idea of offshore drilling is frightening to me.
The very idea of offshore drilling is frightening to me.
# 152:
5:37 pm PST, Mar 20,
Sumita Sengupta, Florida
# 151:
5:37 pm PST, Mar 20,
Mandy Isaacs, Kansas