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Urge Congress to Permanently Protect the Arctic Refuge!
Target: U.S. House of Representatives
Sponsored by: Care2
Sponsored by: Care2
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.
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.
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# 101,150:
11:09 am PDT, Jul 5,
Debra McVannel, Arizona
We do not need to destroy the last pristine areas of the Earth to cling to an obsolete source of energy. The cost of extracting oil from this area would only keep prices up anyway, which is probably part of the plan. Just leave it in the ground and protect the last vestiges of the unspoiled Garden of Eden that we humans have mostly destroyed.
We do not need to destroy the last pristine areas of the Earth to cling to an obsolete source of energy. The cost of extracting oil from this area would only keep prices up anyway, which is probably part of the plan. Just leave it in the ground and protect the last vestiges of the unspoiled Garden of Eden that we humans have mostly destroyed.
# 101,149:
11:11 am PDT, Jul 5,
Phaedra Harris, California
# 101,148:
11:08 am PDT, Jul 5,
Susan Torrance, California
# 101,147:
11:05 am PDT, Jul 5,
Lisa Wilson, Kentucky
Please stop this madness!!! The President doesn't even care about our animals inhabitats anymore!!! Our earth is in enough crisis as its is!!! No oil drilling anymore!!! Gas is crazy high, would love to travel to see our protected parks out west and Alaska, i love bears and all wildlife! They don't deserve to have thier homes destroyed because of man and money!!. Please say no!!1
Please stop this madness!!! The President doesn't even care about our animals inhabitats anymore!!! Our earth is in enough crisis as its is!!! No oil drilling anymore!!! Gas is crazy high, would love to travel to see our protected parks out west and Alaska, i love bears and all wildlife! They don't deserve to have thier homes destroyed because of man and money!!. Please say no!!1
# 101,146:
11:04 am PDT, Jul 5,
Mary Langer, Massachusetts
Global warming is doing enough to destroy this area of the world--we have so many other areas to look of r oil, but moreso, to look to for alternative energy and do so much more quickly than is predicted. Seems to me, Congress has a vested interest in not wanting to move ahead too quickly--would you say "oil interests"......Do something to help the majority of the people in this country and not continue to line to pockets of the wealthy!
Global warming is doing enough to destroy this area of the world--we have so many other areas to look of r oil, but moreso, to look to for alternative energy and do so much more quickly than is predicted. Seems to me, Congress has a vested interest in not wanting to move ahead too quickly--would you say "oil interests"......Do something to help the majority of the people in this country and not continue to line to pockets of the wealthy!
# 101,145:
11:05 am PDT, Jul 5,
Barbara Giles, Maryland
In addition, I would hate to see Bush's administration add the extinction of Polar Bears to their list of accomplishments.
In addition, I would hate to see Bush's administration add the extinction of Polar Bears to their list of accomplishments.
# 101,144:
11:05 am PDT, Jul 5,
Amber Camio, Massachusetts
# 101,143:
11:02 am PDT, Jul 5,
Irvin De La Torre, Texas
Protect the environment and it will protect you.
Protect the environment and it will protect you.
# 101,142:
11:01 am PDT, Jul 5,
Ben Neuhart, California
We don’t have have ten years to wait for a drop in the bucket. It makes no sense on a problem solving level. Not more oil, but less. Oil most become the alternative, not he primary source.
We don’t have have ten years to wait for a drop in the bucket. It makes no sense on a problem solving level. Not more oil, but less. Oil most become the alternative, not he primary source.
# 101,141:
11:01 am PDT, Jul 5,
Brignonen Michele, France
# 101,140:
11:00 am PDT, Jul 5,
Carmen Medina, Connecticut
# 101,139:
10:59 am PDT, Jul 5,
Riley Mitchell, Alabama
# 101,138:
10:58 am PDT, Jul 5,
Lillian Robinson, Florida
# 101,137:
10:56 am PDT, Jul 5,
Kristin Cunningham, North Carolina
# 101,136:
10:55 am PDT, Jul 5,
Name not displayed, Arizona
# 101,135:
10:55 am PDT, Jul 5,
Jo Hamilton, Virginia
# 101,134:
10:55 am PDT, Jul 5,
Peggy Manor, California
# 101,133:
10:53 am PDT, Jul 5,
Viktoria Payne, Ohio
# 101,132:
10:51 am PDT, Jul 5,
Rachel Copp, California
# 101,131:
10:50 am PDT, Jul 5,
Barbara Bode, Mexico
No matter whether I'm living in Mexico or back in Washington, I am committed to preserving what's best about our country. The Administration's attack on the Artic must be stopped.
No matter whether I'm living in Mexico or back in Washington, I am committed to preserving what's best about our country. The Administration's attack on the Artic must be stopped.
# 101,130:
10:47 am PDT, Jul 5,
Carla Grande, New York
# 101,129:
10:46 am PDT, Jul 5,
B. Heacox, California
We have made this request seveal times and I don't know why we go back to continually address it again when we have voted. Find something else to do - we have spoken. Leave the Artic National wildlife Refuge and the treasured wildlife that lives there. Please make this PERMANENT. Thank you.
We have made this request seveal times and I don't know why we go back to continually address it again when we have voted. Find something else to do - we have spoken. Leave the Artic National wildlife Refuge and the treasured wildlife that lives there. Please make this PERMANENT. Thank you.
# 101,128:
10:46 am PDT, Jul 5,
Name not displayed, Missouri
don't hurt polar bears
don't hurt polar bears
# 101,127:
10:48 am PDT, Jul 5,
Robert Sylvester, Alaska
As an Alaskan it is particularly difficult to stomach the actions of our own states politicians. ANWR needs help from everyone. It is a NATIONAL Wildlife Refuge.
As an Alaskan it is particularly difficult to stomach the actions of our own states politicians. ANWR needs help from everyone. It is a NATIONAL Wildlife Refuge.
# 101,126:
10:46 am PDT, Jul 5,
Sara Frease, Ohio
In my view, high-priced lobbyists for "big oil" and their allies in Congress are exploiting our pain at the pump to push for harmful oil and gas drilling in sensitive areas off our coasts and important wild places like the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge - yet again. Expanded drilling permits will not reduce gas prices this summer or in the foreseeable future, but they don't tell people that. This idea of theirs will not reduce the dependence on foreign oil. It is a short-sighted plan that will risk permanent damage to America’s most sensitive wild places. The polar bears, sea turtles and other wildlife that needs them to survive would also be threatened if not made extinct. The only thing it DOES do is increase the profits for big oil, like ExxonMobil, Chevron and other multi-billion dollar oil and gas companies. I am not willing to put more money in ther cofers. It is past time for the American people to think ahead. We are way behind the 8-ball. We don't want dependance on foreign oil. We don't want to drill in our pristine wild areas and kill our wildlife. So, let's put the money into alternataice fuels instead. That should be an easy one to figure out. We can create a sustainable future for American families and preserve the natural treasures that are the right of future generations, if we act intelligently. I sincerely hope you are on the same page as I am. We all need to push for the right agenda and look to the future, not just today and tomorrow.
In my view, high-priced lobbyists for "big oil" and their allies in Congress are exploiting our pain at the pump to push for harmful oil and gas drilling in sensitive areas off our coasts and important wild places like the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge - yet again. Expanded drilling permits will not reduce gas prices this summer or in the foreseeable future, but they don't tell people that. This idea of theirs will not reduce the dependence on foreign oil. It is a short-sighted plan that will risk permanent damage to America’s most sensitive wild places. The polar bears, sea turtles and other wildlife that needs them to survive would also be threatened if not made extinct. The only thing it DOES do is increase the profits for big oil, like ExxonMobil, Chevron and other multi-billion dollar oil and gas companies. I am not willing to put more money in ther cofers. It is past time for the American people to think ahead. We are way behind the 8-ball. We don't want dependance on foreign oil. We don't want to drill in our pristine wild areas and kill our wildlife. So, let's put the money into alternataice fuels instead. That should be an easy one to figure out. We can create a sustainable future for American families and preserve the natural treasures that are the right of future generations, if we act intelligently. I sincerely hope you are on the same page as I am. We all need to push for the right agenda and look to the future, not just today and tomorrow.
# 101,125:
10:46 am PDT, Jul 5,
Erik Scoggins, Nevada
# 101,124:
10:45 am PDT, Jul 5,
Patricia Harris, New Jersey
# 101,123:
10:45 am PDT, Jul 5,
Name not displayed, Washington
# 101,122:
10:45 am PDT, Jul 5,
Beth Christensen, Iowa
# 101,121:
10:44 am PDT, Jul 5,
Jo Ann Showalter, Washington
The small amount of oil in ANWR will not solve any of our long term problems. In addition, didn't the Canadian government ask us not to drill. To do so will disrupt the caribou migrations upon which the indigenous peoples depend for subsistence.
The small amount of oil in ANWR will not solve any of our long term problems. In addition, didn't the Canadian government ask us not to drill. To do so will disrupt the caribou migrations upon which the indigenous peoples depend for subsistence.
# 101,120:
10:44 am PDT, Jul 5,
William Willis, Maryland
# 101,119:
10:42 am PDT, Jul 5,
Philip Reddy, Massachusetts
# 101,118:
10:41 am PDT, Jul 5,
Douglas Balko, Massachusetts
# 101,117:
10:39 am PDT, Jul 5,
Anna Sirota, New York
# 101,116:
10:38 am PDT, Jul 5,
Jenifer Halter, Delaware
# 101,115:
10:38 am PDT, Jul 5,
Elaine Sloan, New York
Save the planet and animals!!!!!
Save the planet and animals!!!!!
# 101,114:
10:36 am PDT, Jul 5,
Colby Krouse, Illinois
# 101,113:
10:34 am PDT, Jul 5,
Chris Orrock, Utah
I urge immediate permanent protection of the Arctic refuge from exploitation from the oil and gas companies. Their days are numbered, it's time to look and plan forward toward a dawn in new energy sources.
I urge immediate permanent protection of the Arctic refuge from exploitation from the oil and gas companies. Their days are numbered, it's time to look and plan forward toward a dawn in new energy sources.
# 101,112:
10:33 am PDT, Jul 5,
Joan Bauereiss, New Jersey
# 101,111:
10:33 am PDT, Jul 5,
Leah McKean, California
Keep our wilderness areas safe.
Keep our wilderness areas safe.
# 101,110:
10:34 am PDT, Jul 5,
Patricia Williams, North Carolina
This is George Bush's "October surprise" in July! This isn't the answer. We all know the oil prices are manipulated for oil agendas.Protect our environment from big business! Dual system cars, alternate fuel stations, etc like Brazil has done will be the long term solution.They are coming, so let's not squander our resources while we wait.
This is George Bush's "October surprise" in July! This isn't the answer. We all know the oil prices are manipulated for oil agendas.Protect our environment from big business! Dual system cars, alternate fuel stations, etc like Brazil has done will be the long term solution.They are coming, so let's not squander our resources while we wait.
# 101,109:
10:31 am PDT, Jul 5,
Marilyn Smith, Minnesota
# 101,108:
10:33 am PDT, Jul 5,
Lori Wallace-Pushinaitis, California
# 101,107:
10:30 am PDT, Jul 5,
Laura Snyder, Oregon
We need to protect the polar bears and other wildlife in the Artic Refuge. They deserve to have a habitat that is not destroyed by humans.
We need to protect the polar bears and other wildlife in the Artic Refuge. They deserve to have a habitat that is not destroyed by humans.
# 101,106:
10:31 am PDT, Jul 5,
Tonya May, Florida
# 101,105:
10:29 am PDT, Jul 5,
Robert Blomberg, California
# 101,104:
10:27 am PDT, Jul 5,
Pablo Fernandez, New York
Because it would be the beginning of the end...
Because it would be the beginning of the end...
# 101,103:
10:27 am PDT, Jul 5,
Donna Riedinger, New Jersey
# 101,102:
10:26 am PDT, Jul 5,
Lisa J. Taylor, Oregon
# 101,101:
10:26 am PDT, Jul 5,
Kathryn Reitz, Oregon
It's time to make the change to renewable energy sources! More drilling for oil is NOT the answer, but conserving what's left of the planet is imperative. New technologies and updated nuclear energy is now fully underway and should not be pushed to the background again by the oil industry.
It's time to make the change to renewable energy sources! More drilling for oil is NOT the answer, but conserving what's left of the planet is imperative. New technologies and updated nuclear energy is now fully underway and should not be pushed to the background again by the oil industry.