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Protect Wildlife in Bristol Bay from Oil Drilling

Target: President Bush
Sponsored by: Defenders of Wildlife
The Bristol Bay is home to endangered Northern Pacific right whales and Steller sea lions. It is also one of the world’s most productive fishing grounds, with and important snow crab fishery and the planet’s largest sockeye salmon run.

But President Bush has a different vision for this precious piece of the Pacific: he wants to turn it over to profit-rich Big Oil, lifting a moratorium that has been in place since the disastrous Exxon Valdez spill.

Now is not the time to open more wild lands to oil drilling. It’s the time to protect the wildlife and fishing interests in this fragile region and invest in alternative energy sources that are well within our reach. Sign this petition to help prevent another Big Oil spill in Alaska’s still recovering Bristol Bay.
deadline: 12-12-2007
goal: 40,000
 
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I am writing to urge you to keep the moratorium on drilling in Alaska's Bristol Bay.

The Bristol Bay is home to the threatened Steller sea lion and critical habitat for the endangered Northern Pacific right whale -- a creature still recovering from centuries of whaling. It is also the world's largest sockeye salmon run and brings in $500 million annually in snow crab, cod, sole and other commercial fisheries.

After the disastrous Exxon Valdez oil spill, your father, President George H. W. Bush, wisely placed a moratorium on drilling in these waters. Lifting this moratorium -- as you seem to be planning -- would threaten wildlife in this precious part of the Pacific, including valuable fisheries vital to the economy.

The short-term gains brought by new leasing in these sensitive waters do not out-weigh the risk of long-term damage from any potential disaster that comes with oil drilling.

It is time to go beyond fossil fuels and reach for a cleaner, safer energy future, bolstered by alternative energy sources and greater energy efficiency.

Please do not lift the moratorium on oil exploration and drilling in one of our most precious and valuable places.
We signed the “Protect Wildlife in Bristol Bay from Oil Drilling” petition!
# 100:
8:58 pm PST, Dec 15, Prima Baily, New York
# 99:
8:02 pm PST, Dec 15, Lisa Calhoun, Nebraska
# 98:
7:51 pm PST, Dec 15, Mike Mlodzi, Florida
# 97:
7:36 pm PST, Dec 15, Wendy Warren, Illinois
# 96:
6:32 pm PST, Dec 15, Dinda Evans, California
# 95:
5:45 pm PST, Dec 15, Terry O'Neal, Virginia
# 94:
5:30 pm PST, Dec 15, Deborah Roy, Canada
# 93:
5:19 pm PST, Dec 15, Kathryn Hamilton, Massachusetts
# 92:
4:59 pm PST, Dec 15, Name not displayed, Massachusetts
Save Bristol Bay and its environment!
# 91:
4:17 pm PST, Dec 15, Michelle Rice, Ohio
We have enough oil drills, stop the destruction.
# 90:
3:55 pm PST, Dec 15, Adisra Promthep, Belgium
I know we need oil, but wildlife needs place to live. Lower than animals if you take thier place from them.
# 89:
3:42 pm PST, Dec 15, Eric Bouchard, New York
# 88:
3:38 pm PST, Dec 15, Travis Parker, Rhode Island
# 87:
3:34 pm PST, Dec 15, Mike Boyle, Illinois
# 86:
3:33 pm PST, Dec 15, Donna Dove, California
# 85:
2:55 pm PST, Dec 15, Chelsea Wilkerson, Utah
# 84:
1:49 pm PST, Dec 15, Tara Elwell, California
# 83:
1:48 pm PST, Dec 15, Stella Wisher, Rhode Island
# 82:
1:27 pm PST, Dec 15, Franziska Eber, Germany
# 81:
12:50 pm PST, Dec 15, Rebecca Raisman, Illinois
# 80:
12:48 pm PST, Dec 15, Tina Florell, Sweden
# 79:
12:46 pm PST, Dec 15, Aaron Reinwald, Illinois
We need to stop the oil addiction and care about ALL things that are still alive in this world, including those living things habitats.
# 78:
12:41 pm PST, Dec 15, Sarah Rask, Minnesota
# 77:
12:29 pm PST, Dec 15, Alycia Shirar, Indiana
# 76:
12:18 pm PST, Dec 15, Ulla Weiland, Finland
# 75:
12:03 pm PST, Dec 15, Kimberly Fleck, Connecticut
# 74:
11:54 am PST, Dec 15, Marcin Sztwiertnia, Poland
# 73:
11:40 am PST, Dec 15, Margaret Duriga, California
# 72:
10:45 am PST, Dec 15, Hilary Stamper, California
It is very important that we protect our remaining wilderness and develop alternative energy sources if we are going to truly protect ourselves.
# 71:
10:15 am PST, Dec 15, Anne Daletski, Washington
# 70:
10:07 am PST, Dec 15, Brian Levin, Washington
# 69:
9:59 am PST, Dec 15, Elaine Secondo, Connecticut
# 68:
9:38 am PST, Dec 15, Bob Buckley, North Carolina
# 67:
9:37 am PST, Dec 15, Name not displayed, Colorado
# 66:
9:25 am PST, Dec 15, Juzta Parrothead, Florida
# 65:
9:23 am PST, Dec 15, Wendy Horn, California
# 64:
8:52 am PST, Dec 15, Emily Benjamin, Florida
# 63:
8:50 am PST, Dec 15, Theresa Ruege, New York
# 62:
8:40 am PST, Dec 15, Mary Piechoski, Pennsylvania
# 61:
8:24 am PST, Dec 15, Larry M, Florida
# 60:
8:16 am PST, Dec 15, Jill England, New York
Our country needs to stop this sick dependency on oil. There are so many other ways to provided energy to our country, ways that are gentler on our environment. Do not drill in this bay.
# 59:
8:00 am PST, Dec 15, Mayra Ortiz, New York
# 58:
7:53 am PST, Dec 15, Laura Bradley, Ohio
# 57:
7:39 am PST, Dec 15, Kimberly Tilley, Idaho
# 56:
7:33 am PST, Dec 15, Name not displayed, Florida
they live they havehart they breath and bleed nad hurt jsut as we do it tiem to open your eye and ear as welas your hart live nad let be live nadlet live
# 55:
7:29 am PST, Dec 15, Gillian Arntson, Minnesota
# 54:
7:17 am PST, Dec 15, Rachel Porto, New York
# 53:
7:13 am PST, Dec 15, Robin Kivett, Kansas
# 52:
6:35 am PST, Dec 15, Name not displayed, California
# 51:
5:10 am PST, Dec 15, Fred Fall, New Jersey
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