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Target: President George W. Bush
Sponsored by: Save Our Environment
For Earth Day, tell the Bush Administration to stop assisting big business in trampling our environmental laws. Sign the FREE petition below and we'll automatically send a letter to President Bush and your members of Congress!

Behind closed doors and away from public view, the Bush Administration is allowing big corporations to weaken our nation's environmental laws, so they can put more pollution in our air, put more poison in our water, cut down our national forests, damage our public lands, and make taxpayers, rather than polluters, foot the bill for cleaning up toxic wastes.

SIGN NOW, and tell the BUSH administration to save our environment!




deadline: 4-30-2004
goal: 25,000
 

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Dear President Bush,

During the past year your administration has made numerous decisions to dramatically weaken important environmental safeguards, decisions that will have devastating consequences for our communities, our country and our planet.

I am writing to ask you to stop this alarming trend, and begin supporting stronger, not weaker, environmental protections. I am especially concerned about your administration's destructive pollution policies. At the behest of corporate polluters, your agencies are moving to weaken fundamental clean air programs, loosening control of power plant pollution that causes acid rain, asthma, and numerous serious respiratory problems. Your administration is also shifting the burden of toxic waste clean up from polluters to taxpayers, and forcing nuclear waste upon states that want nothing to do with it.

I am alarmed that under your policies endangered species are more threatened than ever, and millions of acres of pristine forests are about to be exposed to destruction. All this even though the vast majority of Americans want our natural heritage protected. And now, clean water is threatened by raw sewage, while crucial safeguards have been bottled up for more than a year.

Mining and drilling on public land is already a huge give-away to special interests, and I understand that it is about to get bigger. And on top of all this, your administration is aggressively promoting an energy policy that puts corporate interests ahead of national security and environmental protection.

I urge you to respect the overwhelming consensus for environmental protection in this country and stop using government agencies to let big corporations rewrite our environmental laws. Please take the necessary steps to protect the environment and the health of all Americans.

CC: U.S. Senators & Members of Congress
We signed the “Take Action For Earth Day!” petition!
# 100:
4:54 pm PDT, Apr 16, Deborah Rosier, Maryland
Let's not destroy the future for our children. The environment must be protected and we haven't even made a dent.
# 99:
4:52 pm PDT, Apr 16, Name not displayed, Canada
I care about this planet earth. Life cannot survive if we take and never replenish. The natural balance of nature must not be disturbed.

Waste and destruction cannot be good for our environmnet. Without clean air, water and moderate temperatures life cannot survive.

# 98:
4:46 pm PDT, Apr 16, Sarah Gadban, California
I want to be part of this collective that openly states, to our government officials, that the truth is out there and availble to all...no hiding behind any toxic smokescreens will help anyone if our environment is continually being destroyed little by little for the profits gained that go into the pockets of the corrupt.

simply by breathing the air, wanting a future for Earth's children, I'm not looking forward to Global Warming and acid rain effects in our future....damage done to our environment is reletively irreversible.

# 97:
4:45 pm PDT, Apr 16, Lisa Richards, Mississippi
Of all the lame brained things GW is doing during his term, this is one that disgusts me the most.

They are destroying the earth and all her inhabitants.

# 96:
4:44 pm PDT, Apr 16, Jesse Hillaker, Michigan
I live on Earth.

I grow sick with the Earth.

# 95:
4:42 pm PDT, Apr 16, Constance Young, New York
I love the wild places and living beings on this planet. Greed and political avarice threaten to destroy our beautiful heritage.

I love my fellow animals -- both human and other species, and many species are being destroyed because of thoughtless destruction for greed and power.

# 94:
4:39 pm PDT, Apr 16, Name not displayed, Oregon
It is important to save the planet & it's people...

How about every breath...How about every drink of water.

# 93:
4:32 pm PDT, Apr 16, J.A. Willis, Montana
I can not beleive the total disrespect shown by the current administration for the planet that is our home. Do you treat your birth mother this way too?

Lets see...bad air, bad water, polluted soil equals a dead populus...where will you be then Mr Bush and Cheney?

# 92:
4:28 pm PDT, Apr 16, Donna Gelder, Washington
I care about the environment as should everybody. Without a healthy environment, there would soon be nobody left to care.

Bad environmental polices affect the environment worst of all. I am just one of many people who temporarily reside on planet Earth.

# 91:
4:27 pm PDT, Apr 16, Helen Hastings, Kentucky
I care about the environment.
# 90:
4:27 pm PDT, Apr 16, L. E. Thompson, Washington
We must continue to clean up our envirnment--otherwise we hand a dirty stinking world to our children.
# 89:
4:24 pm PDT, Apr 16, Margaret Walker, New Jersey
We are all one - the Earth, people, plants, water, air, fire, animals - what harms one harms all.

Jeopardizes the future, not just mine, but all that is.

# 88:
4:23 pm PDT, Apr 16, Lavrieta Anderson, Missouri
We are Mother Earth's keepers, it is our job to protect her.

By disrespecting our home, Mother Earth, we leave a legacy of destruction for our future generations.

# 87:
4:22 pm PDT, Apr 16, Name not displayed, Tennessee
I'm really scared there won't be any nature and wild, free land left soon. (Parks DON'T count!)

When I was a teen, I could swim in and eat the fish from Cherokee lake, in Tennessee. Now the water is so polluted, people get infections from swimming in it and no one would dare eat the fish. This sucks.

# 86:
4:20 pm PDT, Apr 16, Donna Davis, Virginia
I am tired of watching the Bush Administration try to weaken or banish the laws that protect our environment in this country.

These bad policies affect everyone on the planet, NOT just me!

# 85:
4:17 pm PDT, Apr 16, Jessica Sadlier, Massachusetts
The government has got to stop thinking in such a short sighted manner. Profits now don't justify doing irreparable harm to our planet.

Bad policies allow bad practices which create a toxic environment for me, my children and future generation.

# 84:
4:12 pm PDT, Apr 16, Dave Ponceby, Colorado
I care about the environment and I'm worried at how the current administration passes bad environmental laws "under the radar"...easy to do when we are saving Iraq.

Bad environmental policies affect everyone on this planet. We are a global society and it would be naive to think that our sloppy policies don't affect the rest of this planet for the rest of our lives.

# 83:
4:09 pm PDT, Apr 16, Elizabeth M. Case, New York
I believe in the right to protect our planet. It is up to our president to do his part also and to set standards just like the states do.

Polution is bad for all of us for various reasons. Not just for people but for plants and wildlife. With out clean air what and how are we to breath?

# 82:
4:08 pm PDT, Apr 16, Dawn D'Arcangelo, New York
Last time I looked, I needed clean air, water and, oh yes, a PLANET to survive!!!!

Asthma, death, allergies, death, cancer, death.... and who wants to be on this planet with just people to look at? I prefer trees, birds, flowers, bees, coyotes.....

# 81:
4:07 pm PDT, Apr 16, Stephanie Barr, Pennsylvania
I feel that if we don't protect what is left of the Earth's forest, we will poison ourselves with our own waste. We live in a symbiotic relationship with nature and if we destroy it, we will destroy ourselves.

Bad environmental policies effect everyone directly. If we do not protect the forests and endangered species we are only hurting the cycle of life, which does include us. Life is interdependent on life and the first step to preventing destruction is by becoming aware of the situation.

# 80:
4:02 pm PDT, Apr 16, Becky Taylor, Kentucky
I support protecting the environment and our wildlife from Corporate and Governmental greed.

Bad environmental policies anger me by affecting the air I breath, the food I eat, the water I drink and the very land I was born on. It seems our government is trying to Kill us instead of protecting us.

# 79:
3:59 pm PDT, Apr 16, Sara H, California
If we don't fight to save our environment then who will?

Environmental policies affect every living thing on this beautiful earth and they are put in place to protect our future.

# 78:
3:58 pm PDT, Apr 16, Leigh Salvage, Massachusetts
I want to protect the environment from big business and bad government decisions.

I lose nice places in nature for me and my kids and their kids someday - and I hate to see wildlife lose their homes.

# 77:
3:54 pm PDT, Apr 16, Linda Norris, Arkansas
I love the earth the Lord gave me. Please protect it for my children and grandchildren and all the children to come.

They affect my breathing, my health, and the health of every human on earth. Please stop destroying our beautiful earth.

# 76:
3:54 pm PDT, Apr 16, J. Koberlein, New York
I am a resident of the earth.

the earth provides us our priviledges, but it also is our greatest responsibility. Just as our planet and environment provide for our lives (food, water, clean air to breathe, etc.), we must sustain our planet's life. If we spit on Mother Earth, how do you think we will be repaid???

# 75:
3:53 pm PDT, Apr 16, James Facette, Hawaii
The trashing of our environment is intolerable, a crime against humanity and the entire earth community. There is no commerce without a healthy environment. Commerce is totally dependent on the environment.

They make me terribly sad losing so much beauty and our birthright. This while we can have both a healthy environment and a sane commerce.

# 74:
3:51 pm PDT, Apr 16, Shelley Rothwell, Michigan
We need the earth to live!!
# 73:
3:50 pm PDT, Apr 16, Name not displayed, United Kingdom
The environment is the most precious heritage we can give to our children. We have a duty to protect it and wildlife. Not only that but a pure environment is obviously beneficial for health and wellbeing.
# 72:
3:46 pm PDT, Apr 16, Pat Tetreault, Nebraska
What we do to the earth we do to ourselves. We need to take care of the earth and our resources for our own good.

Psychologically, emotionally, and physically. The pollution we create has impacts on all of us whether our government officials acknowledge it or not and whether scienctists agree or are able to demonstrate it or not. There is a lot of evidence that demonstrates the impact of pollution on the earth, human beings, and animals.

# 71:
3:42 pm PDT, Apr 16, Dena Baylor, Ohio
I have 3 children and I care about their future on this planet!

Many Municipalities have stricter guidelines for residents than the feds do for big business. It's all about the almighty Dollar.

# 70:
3:40 pm PDT, Apr 16, Christy Arsenault, New York
I believe we need to protect our environment from the horrors the big companies cause.
# 69:
3:39 pm PDT, Apr 16, Jo Krause, South Carolina
I care about our natural resources.

I live on Mother Earth.

# 68:
3:39 pm PDT, Apr 16, Susan m Witkowski, Massachusetts
its the right g-d thing to do-bush is a facist pig!

all of us-especially our children who will experience a world w/out natural things-

# 67:
3:38 pm PDT, Apr 16, Ellen Episcopo, Maryland
Stop the greed and do what's right for once.
# 66:
3:37 pm PDT, Apr 16, Rhonda Anderson, Virgin Islands, U.s.
These guys just don't seem to understand that once the resources are gone, so is the money. What happens when all the oil is gone? Where will their profits be then? This is the only thing that they will hear - money. We need to encourage corporations to spend money on finding renewable sources of energy and materials, not encourage them to continue to rape and pillage our natural resources. Wouldn't renewable resources equal renewable income and profits? It sounds like a no-brainer to me.

The scarcer the oil, the more expensive it gets.

# 65:
3:32 pm PDT, Apr 16, Name not displayed, Indiana
Polution is evil

All living beings including my elderly Mother with lung problems need clean air to breathe, clean water to drink and the beauty of the wilderness for their soul

# 64:
3:29 pm PDT, Apr 16, Ahna Bishop-Jara, Minnesota
I don't want to see environmental protections being taken away from me.

It affects me, my children and our future.

# 63:
3:29 pm PDT, Apr 16, Joe Hardaway, Tennessee
Corporations have too much influence over enviromental regulations. I agree that pollution can not be eliminated over night. But the only way to clean up the mess we are making of this planet is to tighten regulations, not loosen them.
# 62:
3:28 pm PDT, Apr 16, Michele Tornes, California
Please put our natural environmental protection as a priority. Let us focus on quality of life as well as prosperity!
# 61:
3:26 pm PDT, Apr 16, Jeanette Capotorto, New York
i feel our natural enviroment should be protected. once gone it cant be replace
# 60:
3:25 pm PDT, Apr 16, Heather I, New York
How much longer are we going to wait until we realize just how fragile our earth and her environments are??? I remember 20 years ago, we were in a world emergency with the earth....when are we going to start listening and actually do something productive????
# 59:
3:25 pm PDT, Apr 16, Janet Pearson, New York
It's the only environment we have!

by destroying the living space we all depend upon.

# 58:
3:19 pm PDT, Apr 16, Name not displayed, Florida
We need to protect our environment from big businesses and industries who are willing to destroy it in exchange for more profit. Sadly, our current government falls into this category.

I already suffer from severe chemical sensitivity. Bad environmental laws are helping to destroy my health. In sometimes subtle ways, those bad policies are destroying everyone's health.

# 57:
3:17 pm PDT, Apr 16, Felicia Mehl, Washington
I believe strongly in the preservation of the environment.

pollution of the environments affects our health and its destruction lowers our quality of life.

# 56:
3:17 pm PDT, Apr 16, Name not displayed, California
I care

Release of toxicants to the environment leads not only to an increased rate of cancers and other genetoxicity related-diseases such as Parkinson's and Alzheimers, and allergies which affect us all, but it also results in increased expenses by our goverment and ourselves. This is due to the fact that we spend more money by taking care of the increasing number of affected people. In addition, we need to include the wasted man/hours lost due to these diseases, expenses related to clean-up efforts. Last but not least, the negative effects that these policies could have in the natural habitat of hundreds of animal and plant species are big enough reasons to reconsider and come up with better thought policies.

# 55:
3:13 pm PDT, Apr 16, Name not displayed, Alaska
There seem to be evil forces working in government souls. Desperately we need Earth Mother to be healed... not distroyed. Let us continue prayers for the healing... not the distruction!

Literally, the bad policies take "OUR" breath away! "Take our lives away!"

# 54:
3:11 pm PDT, Apr 16, Rania Iqbal, Missouri
Bush is an enemy to the Earth and all of Humanity.
# 53:
3:01 pm PDT, Apr 16, Mary Ethel Kabisch, Virginia
our future and prosperity depend on a clean and healthy environment. It is good business to keep it clean, air, water, land, and oceans.

I have severe allergies to pollution. If I were not very careful an reduce my exposure to air pollution, I would miss work and spend more on health care.

# 52:
2:59 pm PDT, Apr 16, Jo Vaughn, New Mexico
We need to preserve our earth for future generations. God gave us a beautiful earth, let's keep it that way.
# 51:
2:56 pm PDT, Apr 16, Michi Vojta, Texas
it only makes sense.
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