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Urge Congress to Permanently Protect the Arctic Refuge!

Target: U.S. House of Representatives
Sponsored by: Defenders of Wildlife Action Fund

The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge is home to caribou, snow fox and millions of migratory birds. It is also the most important onshore denning habitat for America's vanishing polar bears.

But this natural treasure is constantly under siege. Time and time again, the oil industry and their allies in Congress have sought to open this special place to harmful new drilling, threatening all of the wildlife that depend on it for survival.

And now President Bush has called for drilling in the Arctic Refuge by 2010 in his new budget proposal!

We need to permanently protect the Arctic Refuge! Urge your Representative to support the Udall-Eisenhower Arctic Wilderness Act (H.R. 39) to permanently protect the coastal plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.

deadline: 1-16-2009
goal: 200,000

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Dear Representative,

As your constituent, I am deeply concerned about the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and the treasured wildlife that lives there. That's why I strongly urge you to ensure that this national treasure is permanently protected to the full extent of the law by supporting the Udall-Eisenhower Arctic Wilderness Act (H.R. 39).

The bill, sponsored by Rep. Edward J. Markey (D-MA) and Rep. Jim Ramstad (R-MN), would designate the coastal plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge as a wilderness area with permanent protections.

These permanent protections are especially important for America's remaining polar bears. According to a U.S. Geological Survey report, polar bears will likely be extinct in Alaska in as little as 50 years due to rapidly melting sea ice. The Arctic Refuge is one of the most important onshore denning habitats for these magnificent creatures -- and permanent protections will give them a fighting chance at survival.

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We took action on “Urge Congress to Permanently Protect the Arctic Refuge!”

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3:39 pm PDT, May 13, Jaclyn Kelley, Idaho

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3:38 pm PDT, May 13, J Petermann, Georgia

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3:33 pm PDT, May 13, Thomas Tizard, Hawaii

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3:26 pm PDT, May 13, Jeff Carr, Washington

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3:25 pm PDT, May 13, Pam Eastwood, New Mexico

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3:18 pm PDT, May 13, Sanda Jovanovic, Serbia And Montenegro

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3:15 pm PDT, May 13, Jennifer Buri da Cunha, New York

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3:15 pm PDT, May 13, Patricia Deffense, Belgium

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3:11 pm PDT, May 13, Candice Conlin, Idaho

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3:10 pm PDT, May 13, Elizabeth Greenawald, Ohio

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3:10 pm PDT, May 13, Jennifer Misewich, Canada

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3:09 pm PDT, May 13, Sonia&michael Parker, Texas
SGT.MICHAEL&SONIA PARKER

# 72,235:

3:08 pm PDT, May 13, Theresa Floyd, Idaho

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3:06 pm PDT, May 13, Aaron Woods, Indiana
It's the big wild place left.

# 72,233:

3:06 pm PDT, May 13, Name not displayed, Texas
It's time to start moving away from using oil. The technology for solar power and electric cars is developed enough to start using them. It's time to mandate alternative energy. The oil companies and electric utilities have gotten fat enough on our backs. It's time to take care of "WE THE PEOPLE"

# 72,232:

2:57 pm PDT, May 13, Elizabeth Colwell, California

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2:57 pm PDT, May 13, Kathleen Holloway, Maine

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2:55 pm PDT, May 13, Elaine Lin, Texas
We should be pushing for more use of green fuels, instead of just expanding our source of fossil fuels which will eventually be used up again anyhow.

# 72,229:

2:55 pm PDT, May 13, Jessica Young, Pennsylvania

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2:52 pm PDT, May 13, Shauna Bellamy, Colorado
Drilling in ANWR is not the answer, and it's not going to solve the energy-crisis we face. It is imperative that this land be protected and the ecosystem preserved--permanently!

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2:51 pm PDT, May 13, Olivia Boler, California

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2:49 pm PDT, May 13, Peter Miller, New York
This preposterous idea is nothing more than a tiny band-aid on a massive problem, and a Republican political ploy. We must take BIG STEPS to reduce US consumption and start living within our energy means. Thank you.

# 72,225:

2:48 pm PDT, May 13, Soledad Castillo, Idaho

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2:48 pm PDT, May 13, Kristy Newman, West Virginia
Dear Representative, Please help to NEVER allow Congress or the Bush Administration to kill our wonderful beautiful wildlife by drilling the precious Arctic Refuge. Let the innocent polar bears have a home and continue to be part of our great Earth. They need us and need our voice to stand up for them. Thank you and God bless you all.

# 72,223:

2:47 pm PDT, May 13, William Hannah, Georgia

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2:45 pm PDT, May 13, Elaine Register, Texas

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2:43 pm PDT, May 13, Tara Martin, Idaho
Don't show the World that mankinds greed is more important than protecting our natural habitat and the beautiful living creatures that call it their home!

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2:40 pm PDT, May 13, Helen B. Decker, California
If we destroy this beautiful refuge and sacrifice a wildlife treasure of immeasurable value, we still have no guarrentee that the oil will be used in the USA. Right now, most Alaskan oil is going to Asia. And there is no law that will force oil companies to stop that practice and make the oil available exclusively to the US. So the question is, do we want to sacrifice an important part of our natural heritage to give oil to the Chinese?

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2:37 pm PDT, May 13, Stephanie Leineweber, Virginia

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2:34 pm PDT, May 13, Erica Ziegler, California

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2:31 pm PDT, May 13, Cher Wada, Idaho

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2:27 pm PDT, May 13, Carlin Buchanan, Washington

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2:26 pm PDT, May 13, Lissi ashlee Finch, United Kingdom

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2:25 pm PDT, May 13, Sara Kaczmarek, Minnesota
Lets try to leave some land beautiful and undisturbed. Our greed is getting the best of us!

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2:25 pm PDT, May 13, Linda Ceder, Maryland
I am so infuriated, to think that our United States government, would even consider drilling for oil, in an area that already is so stressed with Global Warming damages ! You're diminishing the livelihoods of Polar Bears and their right for survival ! they are part of the many animals; including, us humans, that depend on each other, to continue the food chain, of the ever so important, ecosystem ! You take away their home, their families, their food, then you endanger humans, as well. We will suffer, because each "run" taken away, from this ecosystem ladder, eventually causes the top animal ( humans), to fall !

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2:25 pm PDT, May 13, Amy Hudson, Idaho

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2:25 pm PDT, May 13, Bryan Gilbreath, Idaho

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2:25 pm PDT, May 13, Mary Lou Griggs, New Jersey
Save the polar bears!

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2:24 pm PDT, May 13, B.A. Pieplow-Galey, Texas

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2:24 pm PDT, May 13, Ashley Nihill, Idaho
Please find alternative fuels other than drilling into the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge for energy. Polar bears and the unique environment of the refuge need to be saved and preserved as a treasure of the United States of America.

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2:23 pm PDT, May 13, Kathy Mullins, Massachusetts

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2:23 pm PDT, May 13, Kathrine Tobias, Wisconsin
Why can't we find other measures for our oil products?

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2:22 pm PDT, May 13, Mary Ann Keeley, New Jersey

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2:20 pm PDT, May 13, Kelly Simon-Coghlan, California

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2:19 pm PDT, May 13, Andrew Sutphin, California

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2:16 pm PDT, May 13, Sandra Liu, California

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2:14 pm PDT, May 13, Denise Yocom, Washington
This is too important to be ignored. Polar bears and other arctic creatures are already in danger of becoming extinct due to the melting of the polar ice caps and global warming. Allowing their habitat to be decimated by drilling for oil would be the ultimate in irresponsibility. We have to think about the condition we are leaving this planet in. Our children are going to inherit this one great thing from all of us. And their children and their children. We have destroyed or caused the destruction of too many things already. Its time to stop and make more responsible decisions when it comes to how we treat the earth.

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