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Help Stop the Yazoo Pumps Project!
Target: EPA Administrator Stephen JohnsonSponsored by: Environmental Defense Fund
The EPA has recommended a veto for the Yazoo Pumps Project - a plan proposed by the Army Corps of Engineers to build the world's largest hydraulic pumping plant in the middle of Mississippi.
An EPA veto of this harmful plan would protect over 200,000 acres in an area containing some of the richest natural resources in the nation.
Take Action! Tell EPA Administrator Johnson that you support a veto of the Yazoo Pumps plan. Learn more here.
An EPA veto of this harmful plan would protect over 200,000 acres in an area containing some of the richest natural resources in the nation.
Take Action! Tell EPA Administrator Johnson that you support a veto of the Yazoo Pumps plan. Learn more here.
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We signed the “Help Stop the Yazoo Pumps Project!” petition!
# 23,350:
5:13 pm PDT, May 5,
Name not displayed, Colorado
We desperately need wetlands.
We desperately need wetlands.
# 23,349:
5:09 pm PDT, May 5,
Olive Mayer, California
# 23,348:
5:09 pm PDT, May 5,
Name not displayed, Montana
# 23,347:
5:05 pm PDT, May 5,
William Blackman III, South Carolina
# 23,346:
5:04 pm PDT, May 5,
Jerry Wilson, Pennsylvania
Its about time that the EPA do something that makes economic and ecologic sense! This expensive boondoggle would destroy more than 200,000 acres of precious wetlands, while costing taxpayers 220 million dollars!!! The Bush Administration should take the 220 million dollars saved and spend it towards securing purchase of threatened wetland ecosystems throughout the southeast and include them in the National Wildlife Refuge System!!!
Its about time that the EPA do something that makes economic and ecologic sense! This expensive boondoggle would destroy more than 200,000 acres of precious wetlands, while costing taxpayers 220 million dollars!!! The Bush Administration should take the 220 million dollars saved and spend it towards securing purchase of threatened wetland ecosystems throughout the southeast and include them in the National Wildlife Refuge System!!!
# 23,345:
5:04 pm PDT, May 5,
Patricia Sherman, New Jersey
# 23,344:
5:02 pm PDT, May 5,
Michael-Paul Raspanti, New Jersey
# 23,343:
5:02 pm PDT, May 5,
Dara Burwell, Colorado
# 23,342:
5:00 pm PDT, May 5,
Wendy James, California
# 23,341:
5:00 pm PDT, May 5,
David Goza, Oklahoma
# 23,340:
5:00 pm PDT, May 5,
Howard Waldman, New York
As the eminent scientist E. O. Wilson said in a talk recently, Habitat Destruction is the worst threat to biodiversity. We can't afford the habitat destruction that the Yazoo Pumps would cause. Please do not let this project go forward.
As the eminent scientist E. O. Wilson said in a talk recently, Habitat Destruction is the worst threat to biodiversity. We can't afford the habitat destruction that the Yazoo Pumps would cause. Please do not let this project go forward.
# 23,339:
4:50 pm PDT, May 5,
Charles Faires, Texas
# 23,338:
4:48 pm PDT, May 5,
Linda Stevens, Wisconsin
# 23,337:
4:48 pm PDT, May 5,
Name not displayed, Colorado
Preserve the wetlands-that is what happened in Katrina.
Preserve the wetlands-that is what happened in Katrina.
# 23,336:
4:47 pm PDT, May 5,
Bob Donaldson, California
# 23,335:
4:46 pm PDT, May 5,
C Baker, California
# 23,334:
4:46 pm PDT, May 5,
Joan Fabrega, Pennsylvania
Please, let's keep the wetlands pristine so they can protect our environment which is being destroyed at an alarming rate.
Please, let's keep the wetlands pristine so they can protect our environment which is being destroyed at an alarming rate.
# 23,333:
4:45 pm PDT, May 5,
Kerri Saxer, New York
# 23,332:
4:41 pm PDT, May 5,
Zach Komes, Wisconsin
# 23,331:
4:39 pm PDT, May 5,
Jennifer Ferreira, New Jersey
# 23,330:
4:32 pm PDT, May 5,
Ashley Long, South Carolina
# 23,329:
4:31 pm PDT, May 5,
Nicholas Verni, New Jersey
# 23,328:
4:31 pm PDT, May 5,
Kate Margolis, Mississippi
I support the veto because the financial investment is not worth it and it is a step backward on the environment. It's a waste of taxpayer's money.
I support the veto because the financial investment is not worth it and it is a step backward on the environment. It's a waste of taxpayer's money.
# 23,327:
4:30 pm PDT, May 5,
Abby Bline, New Hampshire
# 23,326:
4:29 pm PDT, May 5,
Frances Mendenhall, Minnesota
I support you and the EPA's intention to veto this project. It is a type of project that would cause irreversible damage to wildlife and the whole wetlands environment. I support efforts to addres flooding concers with smaller and more appropriate solutions. Thank you.
I support you and the EPA's intention to veto this project. It is a type of project that would cause irreversible damage to wildlife and the whole wetlands environment. I support efforts to addres flooding concers with smaller and more appropriate solutions. Thank you.
# 23,325:
4:29 pm PDT, May 5,
Melody Barbin, Texas
# 23,324:
4:23 pm PDT, May 5,
Casey Pearcy, Colorado
# 23,323:
4:18 pm PDT, May 5,
Name not displayed, Texas
Wetlands provide protection from catastrophic weather events. Preserve wetlands, protect humans from destruction by wind and water.
Wetlands provide protection from catastrophic weather events. Preserve wetlands, protect humans from destruction by wind and water.
# 23,322:
4:17 pm PDT, May 5,
CLAUDIA MARTINEZ, California
# 23,321:
4:16 pm PDT, May 5,
Elizabeth Wilder, Texas
# 23,320:
4:14 pm PDT, May 5,
Carrie Harvilla, California
Wetlands serve a crucial ecological function. Please don't increase any further their disappearance with this expensive, unnecessary project. I urge the EPA to focus on water conservation and maintenance of natural hydrological systems in Mississippi and the rest of our country.
Wetlands serve a crucial ecological function. Please don't increase any further their disappearance with this expensive, unnecessary project. I urge the EPA to focus on water conservation and maintenance of natural hydrological systems in Mississippi and the rest of our country.
# 23,319:
4:14 pm PDT, May 5,
Matthew Sugarman, Georgia
I support the veto of the Yazoo Pumps plan for Mississippi. Sincerely, Matthew Sugarman
I support the veto of the Yazoo Pumps plan for Mississippi. Sincerely, Matthew Sugarman
# 23,318:
4:12 pm PDT, May 5,
Edith Ryan, Ohio
One of our responsibilities and privileges as human beings is to care for the earth and share its resources. This project would do neither.
One of our responsibilities and privileges as human beings is to care for the earth and share its resources. This project would do neither.
# 23,317:
4:03 pm PDT, May 5,
Name not displayed, Arizona
# 23,316:
4:03 pm PDT, May 5,
Name not displayed, Washington
# 23,315:
4:02 pm PDT, May 5,
Name not displayed, California
# 23,314:
3:58 pm PDT, May 5,
Name not displayed, Maryland
Dear Administrator Johnson, I support your initiation of a veto of for the Yazoo Backwater Pumping Plant project. I also urge you to finalize that veto as soon as possible. The Yazoo Pumps would cause harm to the ecologically significant wetlands in the heart of the Mississipi River. Your agency concluded that the Yazoo Pumps would damage more than nine times the wetlands damaged by private developers nationwide. The U.S. Fish and WildlifeService and the Department of Interior have concluded that the Yazoo Pumps would cause extended damage to the environment and wildlife in the region. I urge you to to veto this destructive project. Sincerely, Livia Rimka
Dear Administrator Johnson, I support your initiation of a veto of for the Yazoo Backwater Pumping Plant project. I also urge you to finalize that veto as soon as possible. The Yazoo Pumps would cause harm to the ecologically significant wetlands in the heart of the Mississipi River. Your agency concluded that the Yazoo Pumps would damage more than nine times the wetlands damaged by private developers nationwide. The U.S. Fish and WildlifeService and the Department of Interior have concluded that the Yazoo Pumps would cause extended damage to the environment and wildlife in the region. I urge you to to veto this destructive project. Sincerely, Livia Rimka
# 23,313:
3:57 pm PDT, May 5,
Cam Malcolm Jr, Illinois
$220,000,000.00 to destroy a natural area?!?!?! The money could be better spent. C. Malcolm, Jr.
$220,000,000.00 to destroy a natural area?!?!?! The money could be better spent. C. Malcolm, Jr.
# 23,312:
3:55 pm PDT, May 5,
Denver DeSeranno, Indiana
# 23,311:
3:55 pm PDT, May 5,
Bill Jackson, Arizona
I believe we, as humans, have a responsibility to be responsible tenants of this planet, since we are the race that has the most potential for damaging it. Please know that this is the proper course for making sure we are responsible--by opposing such a heinous plan that would benefit only a few.
I believe we, as humans, have a responsibility to be responsible tenants of this planet, since we are the race that has the most potential for damaging it. Please know that this is the proper course for making sure we are responsible--by opposing such a heinous plan that would benefit only a few.
# 23,310:
3:49 pm PDT, May 5,
Jennifer Hong, California
# 23,309:
3:49 pm PDT, May 5,
David Barron, Oregon
# 23,308:
3:48 pm PDT, May 5,
Sherry Korniloff, Maryland
Please don't destroy a habitat that needs to be protected.
Please don't destroy a habitat that needs to be protected.
# 23,307:
3:46 pm PDT, May 5,
Jim Dudley, Maryland
# 23,306:
3:42 pm PDT, May 5,
White Feather Beckett, California
# 23,305:
3:42 pm PDT, May 5,
Name not displayed, North Carolina
# 23,304:
3:38 pm PDT, May 5,
Ronald C. Faas, California
# 23,303:
3:36 pm PDT, May 5,
McKenna Clark, Washington
# 23,302:
3:35 pm PDT, May 5,
K. Schulz, Florida
To Administrator Johnson: pLEASE VETO THE YAZOO PUMPING PROJECT PROPOSED BY THE ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS. WAY TOO DESTRUCTIVE TO THE ENVIRONMENT. THANKS,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, kARL SCHULZ
To Administrator Johnson: pLEASE VETO THE YAZOO PUMPING PROJECT PROPOSED BY THE ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS. WAY TOO DESTRUCTIVE TO THE ENVIRONMENT. THANKS,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, kARL SCHULZ
# 23,301:
3:32 pm PDT, May 5,
Nancy Stewart, Indiana