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Oil Drilling: First the Arctic - Now offshore Florida?
Target: Governor BushSponsored by: Care2
The U.S. Department of the Interior is considering changing "administrative" boundaries for states in the Gulf of Mexico and as a result weakening Florida's protections against offshore oil drilling. With the new boundaries, drilling as close as 125 miles off the coast of Florida would be possible!
A spokesman for Sen. Bill Nelson (D-FL), called the move "a thinly veiled act" by which the Bush administration "appears to be moving rapidly to open a huge portion of the eastern Gulf of Mexico off Florida to oil drilling."
Each drilling platform could legally dump 90,000 tons of heavy metals, muds, and toxic chemicals into our waters. This pollution would cause health and reproductive problems for fish and other marine life.
Opening our shores to drilling would only put our beaches and coastal waters at great environmental risk for a small, short-term supply of gas. We can do better! If our cars and trucks got an average of a couple more miles per gallon, we'd save more oil than exists off the entire coast of Florida!
Sign the petition below to tell Gov. Bush and our leaders in Congress to stop the rush to drill and start pushing sensible choices like better gas mileage and clean energy!
A spokesman for Sen. Bill Nelson (D-FL), called the move "a thinly veiled act" by which the Bush administration "appears to be moving rapidly to open a huge portion of the eastern Gulf of Mexico off Florida to oil drilling."
Each drilling platform could legally dump 90,000 tons of heavy metals, muds, and toxic chemicals into our waters. This pollution would cause health and reproductive problems for fish and other marine life.
Opening our shores to drilling would only put our beaches and coastal waters at great environmental risk for a small, short-term supply of gas. We can do better! If our cars and trucks got an average of a couple more miles per gallon, we'd save more oil than exists off the entire coast of Florida!
Sign the petition below to tell Gov. Bush and our leaders in Congress to stop the rush to drill and start pushing sensible choices like better gas mileage and clean energy!
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We signed the “Oil Drilling: First the Arctic - Now offshore Florida?” petition!
# 100:
12:35 pm PST, Jan 20,
Esther L. Reardon, Florida
# 99:
12:35 pm PST, Jan 20,
Tracy Carrithers, Oregon
Drilling in offshore Florida is a short-term solution, and its harmful effects will outweigh its benefits. We would be better served by conserving our existing resources and researching more sustainable options.
Drilling in offshore Florida is a short-term solution, and its harmful effects will outweigh its benefits. We would be better served by conserving our existing resources and researching more sustainable options.
# 98:
12:35 pm PST, Jan 20,
Judi Makki, Florida
# 97:
12:34 pm PST, Jan 20,
Bob Harrington, Oregon
The risk of pollution out weighs the benefits of a few barrels of oil
The risk of pollution out weighs the benefits of a few barrels of oil
# 96:
12:34 pm PST, Jan 20,
Anthony Capobianco, Pennsylvania
Let's look for ways to improve our MPG's and improve our Air and Water.
Let's look for ways to improve our MPG's and improve our Air and Water.
# 95:
12:34 pm PST, Jan 20,
James Gilland, Arizona
# 94:
12:34 pm PST, Jan 20,
Rebecca Jones, Colorado
# 93:
12:34 pm PST, Jan 20,
Jamie Caito, Pennsylvania
# 92:
12:34 pm PST, Jan 20,
Don Judge, Montana
# 91:
12:34 pm PST, Jan 20,
Ashley Standley, Ohio
# 90:
12:34 pm PST, Jan 20,
Sossity Chiricuzio, Oregon
# 89:
12:34 pm PST, Jan 20,
Joy Carlsen, Colorado
# 88:
12:34 pm PST, Jan 20,
Judy Terek, Indiana
# 87:
12:34 pm PST, Jan 20,
Ken Marable, Michigan
# 86:
12:34 pm PST, Jan 20,
Teresa Haven, Arkansas
We will better serve ourselves and future generations by focusing on improving energy efficiency and conserving energy, rather than drilling for more petroleum products. Concentrate on the long view and the larger picture, not short-term easy gratification.
We will better serve ourselves and future generations by focusing on improving energy efficiency and conserving energy, rather than drilling for more petroleum products. Concentrate on the long view and the larger picture, not short-term easy gratification.
# 85:
12:34 pm PST, Jan 20,
Alexandra Kanoff, Pennsylvania
# 84:
12:34 pm PST, Jan 20,
Carrie Mudge, Michigan
# 83:
12:33 pm PST, Jan 20,
Paul Jefferson, Kansas
# 81:
12:33 pm PST, Jan 20,
Elaine R. Rock, Florida
# 80:
12:33 pm PST, Jan 20,
Paul Fitzgerald, Indiana
# 79:
12:33 pm PST, Jan 20,
Alissa Lachiusa, Michigan
# 78:
12:33 pm PST, Jan 20,
Rick Miller, Florida
Support Hybrid automotive technology and Solar.Stop trying to kill us off.
Support Hybrid automotive technology and Solar.Stop trying to kill us off.
# 77:
12:32 pm PST, Jan 20,
Sharyn Porter, Ohio
# 76:
12:32 pm PST, Jan 20,
Olga, Alex & david grovic, New Mexico
still trying to bully and destroy the rest of the world (without your voters' approval...) to self-aggrandize yourselves and fill your private coffers? i don't think so, buddy...
still trying to bully and destroy the rest of the world (without your voters' approval...) to self-aggrandize yourselves and fill your private coffers? i don't think so, buddy...
# 75:
12:32 pm PST, Jan 20,
Catriona Macallister, Florida
# 74:
12:32 pm PST, Jan 20,
Nan Langevin, Minnesota
# 73:
12:32 pm PST, Jan 20,
Rebecca Smith, Florida
As a native Floridian, I take pride in the natural beauty of our beaches and coastline. I can't possibly imagine why anyone or any government would want to ruin it, except for money and greed. Please stop! Help us all and research into renewable, cleaner energy sources. Otherwise, it's just an insult to God's natural creation.
As a native Floridian, I take pride in the natural beauty of our beaches and coastline. I can't possibly imagine why anyone or any government would want to ruin it, except for money and greed. Please stop! Help us all and research into renewable, cleaner energy sources. Otherwise, it's just an insult to God's natural creation.
# 72:
12:32 pm PST, Jan 20,
Betsy Maltby, Colorado
Doesn't anyone in the government care about natural beauty and animal life anymore? Please don't help destroy what little is left.
Doesn't anyone in the government care about natural beauty and animal life anymore? Please don't help destroy what little is left.
# 71:
12:32 pm PST, Jan 20,
Roger Overholt, Nevada
# 70:
12:32 pm PST, Jan 20,
Jason Warren, Oregon
We should invest money into developing cleaner "green" energy. Continued expansion and investment into petroleum only intensifies the current environmental issues we face.
We should invest money into developing cleaner "green" energy. Continued expansion and investment into petroleum only intensifies the current environmental issues we face.
# 69:
12:32 pm PST, Jan 20,
Donna Pemberton, Florida
# 68:
12:32 pm PST, Jan 20,
Kathy Mathieu, Maine
Keep the environment clean!
Keep the environment clean!
# 67:
12:31 pm PST, Jan 20,
Lo Lo, Michigan
# 66:
12:31 pm PST, Jan 20,
Tamera Bryant, Ohio
# 65:
12:31 pm PST, Jan 20,
Stacey Fenton, North Carolina
# 64:
12:31 pm PST, Jan 20,
July Green, North Dakota
Stop polluting our oceans! Where do your children swim and eat and breath and drink? Think about it!
Stop polluting our oceans! Where do your children swim and eat and breath and drink? Think about it!
# 63:
12:31 pm PST, Jan 20,
Katherine Ruther, Florida
# 62:
12:31 pm PST, Jan 20,
Katrina Freire, Florida
no one will benefit from this, atleast not in the long run, especially the animals.
no one will benefit from this, atleast not in the long run, especially the animals.
# 61:
12:31 pm PST, Jan 20,
Alan Carroll, Ireland
# 60:
12:31 pm PST, Jan 20,
Colin Fay, Maine
Sounds like another environmetnal 'end-run'
Sounds like another environmetnal 'end-run'
# 59:
12:31 pm PST, Jan 20,
Cody Yelton, Colorado
# 58:
12:31 pm PST, Jan 20,
Name not displayed, Maine
# 57:
12:30 pm PST, Jan 20,
Howard Wapner, Florida
Please don't sell us out!
Please don't sell us out!
# 56:
12:30 pm PST, Jan 20,
Dawn Stevens, Pennsylvania
He needs to worry about more important things
He needs to worry about more important things
# 54:
12:30 pm PST, Jan 20,
Steven Long, Maine
# 53:
12:30 pm PST, Jan 20,
Tammy Kennedy, Florida
# 52:
12:30 pm PST, Jan 20,
Debbie Reinesto, Ohio
# 51:
12:30 pm PST, Jan 20,
Don Zoller, Oregon
Bushes are corprate brown noses
Bushes are corprate brown noses