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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!
# 150:
12:39 pm PST, Jan 20,
Jeffrey Fuller, Colorado
# 149:
12:39 pm PST, Jan 20,
Beth Hoffman, Arizona
We want a real solution to the energy problem. Instead of destroying one industry (tourism) to create a replacement (oil/energy) why not have two thriving industries for Florida (tourism, alternative energy)?
We want a real solution to the energy problem. Instead of destroying one industry (tourism) to create a replacement (oil/energy) why not have two thriving industries for Florida (tourism, alternative energy)?
# 148:
12:39 pm PST, Jan 20,
BRANDY BARRS, Oregon
You have to stop this...we need to find alternative sources of energy, not every tiny way we can screw up the earth before we die...What about those to follow???? What are we leaving them with???
You have to stop this...we need to find alternative sources of energy, not every tiny way we can screw up the earth before we die...What about those to follow???? What are we leaving them with???
# 147:
12:39 pm PST, Jan 20,
Celina Mcclaren, Oregon
# 146:
12:39 pm PST, Jan 20,
B. Jane Christian, Colorado
Why not channel our money and energy into finding an alternate source of fuel instead of continuing our dependence on countries who are going to jack up the prices to show America who has more power?
Why not channel our money and energy into finding an alternate source of fuel instead of continuing our dependence on countries who are going to jack up the prices to show America who has more power?
# 145:
12:39 pm PST, Jan 20,
Benjamin Worm, Michigan
Please understand that the benefits of drilling oil in offshore Flordia do not out weigh the the hazards related to the effects this drilling will cause... React with sensability and DO NOT DRILL in offshore flordia.
Please understand that the benefits of drilling oil in offshore Flordia do not out weigh the the hazards related to the effects this drilling will cause... React with sensability and DO NOT DRILL in offshore flordia.
# 144:
12:38 pm PST, Jan 20,
Lyle R. Page, Florida
PLEASE DO NOT ENDANGER THE FLORIDA COASTLINE. INSTEAD, SUPPORT ALTERNATIVE ENERGY SOURCES.
PLEASE DO NOT ENDANGER THE FLORIDA COASTLINE. INSTEAD, SUPPORT ALTERNATIVE ENERGY SOURCES.
# 143:
12:38 pm PST, Jan 20,
Heidi Thompson, Florida
The risk is great and the rewards are limited. Please put your energies and resources towards identifying alternative fuels.
The risk is great and the rewards are limited. Please put your energies and resources towards identifying alternative fuels.
# 142:
12:38 pm PST, Jan 20,
Cookie Steward, Nevada
We need to stop drilling for oil and start finding alternative fuels. This is hard to do with oil men in charge but we can do it if we persist.
We need to stop drilling for oil and start finding alternative fuels. This is hard to do with oil men in charge but we can do it if we persist.
# 141:
12:38 pm PST, Jan 20,
Carl Ott, Florida
# 140:
12:38 pm PST, Jan 20,
Bruce Mccollum, Iowa
# 139:
12:38 pm PST, Jan 20,
Richard Franco, Minnesota
# 138:
12:38 pm PST, Jan 20,
Gina Baggett, Tennessee
# 137:
12:38 pm PST, Jan 20,
Erin Proctor, Michigan
# 136:
12:38 pm PST, Jan 20,
James Lewis, Minnesota
# 135:
12:38 pm PST, Jan 20,
Adrienne Dale, Michigan
# 134:
12:37 pm PST, Jan 20,
Rose King, Florida
we do not need the polution that drilling for oil will cause, the beaches and seaways should remain unspoiled
we do not need the polution that drilling for oil will cause, the beaches and seaways should remain unspoiled
# 133:
12:37 pm PST, Jan 20,
Justin Fox, Iowa
a little common sense would be refreshing at this point.
a little common sense would be refreshing at this point.
# 132:
12:37 pm PST, Jan 20,
Emily Jones, Tennessee
# 131:
12:37 pm PST, Jan 20,
Peggy Phan, Minnesota
I was just watching a PBS show last night on Florida and its conservation efforts with water. Make conservation a priority in every resource, protect nature and its creatures. Be a different leader.
I was just watching a PBS show last night on Florida and its conservation efforts with water. Make conservation a priority in every resource, protect nature and its creatures. Be a different leader.
# 130:
12:37 pm PST, Jan 20,
Sherry Cole, RScP, Colorado
This is a no brainer. Economics versus integrity and respect for all life. A no brainer.
This is a no brainer. Economics versus integrity and respect for all life. A no brainer.
# 129:
12:37 pm PST, Jan 20,
Jean Grace, Pennsylvania
# 128:
12:37 pm PST, Jan 20,
Geneva Mixon, Colorado
# 127:
12:37 pm PST, Jan 20,
Sally Crouse, Arizona
Let his wonderful state of Texas keep punching holes in their earth. We don't want or need any oil rigs off our coasts. Either east coast or west coast. We would like to keep the view as un-polluted as possible.
Let his wonderful state of Texas keep punching holes in their earth. We don't want or need any oil rigs off our coasts. Either east coast or west coast. We would like to keep the view as un-polluted as possible.
# 126:
12:37 pm PST, Jan 20,
Tammy L. Grigsby, Kansas
# 125:
12:37 pm PST, Jan 20,
Ian M. Dinius, Indiana
# 124:
12:37 pm PST, Jan 20,
Barbara Gerhart, Arizona
Please do not allow drilling to occur. We need to identify alternatives such as clean renewable fuels to resolve our abuse of this earth. This is the only ocean we have and we have the responsibility to protect it for today and future generations. Thank you kindly for your cooperation.
Please do not allow drilling to occur. We need to identify alternatives such as clean renewable fuels to resolve our abuse of this earth. This is the only ocean we have and we have the responsibility to protect it for today and future generations. Thank you kindly for your cooperation.
# 123:
12:36 pm PST, Jan 20,
Name not displayed, Florida
# 122:
12:36 pm PST, Jan 20,
Aj Anderson, North Dakota
# 121:
12:36 pm PST, Jan 20,
Rev. Dave Bean, Oregon
# 120:
12:36 pm PST, Jan 20,
Stacey Gregory, Pennsylvania
# 119:
12:36 pm PST, Jan 20,
Terza Ekholm, Colorado
# 118:
12:36 pm PST, Jan 20,
Rod Griffith, Arizona
The chance of a disaster is too great.
The chance of a disaster is too great.
# 117:
12:36 pm PST, Jan 20,
Lindsay Dugas, Nevada
I oppose to any kind of drilling for oil. We do not have enough oil here in the states to provide energy independence. Instead of spending these millions and billions of dollars looking for oil we need to spend it reseaching cost effective energy alternatives. Please do not drill off the coast of Florida there is alot of life that will be destroyed. We are destroying too much already please don't contribute to more environmental damage.
I oppose to any kind of drilling for oil. We do not have enough oil here in the states to provide energy independence. Instead of spending these millions and billions of dollars looking for oil we need to spend it reseaching cost effective energy alternatives. Please do not drill off the coast of Florida there is alot of life that will be destroyed. We are destroying too much already please don't contribute to more environmental damage.
# 116:
12:36 pm PST, Jan 20,
Kristine Herzog, Michigan
# 115:
12:36 pm PST, Jan 20,
Kirsten Simpson, Florida
# 114:
12:36 pm PST, Jan 20,
Andrew Long, Florida
# 113:
12:36 pm PST, Jan 20,
Stacey Reasor, Florida
# 112:
12:36 pm PST, Jan 20,
Erika Huston, Oregon
No more drilling for oil. We already have the technology in place to manufacture alternative fuel sources - it's time to start putting our tax dollars toward these instead of doing harmful and dangerous things to our environment!
No more drilling for oil. We already have the technology in place to manufacture alternative fuel sources - it's time to start putting our tax dollars toward these instead of doing harmful and dangerous things to our environment!
# 111:
12:35 pm PST, Jan 20,
Joann Battin, Kansas
You and your brother stop raping this country! Neither of you have any compassion for anything but lining your pockets with ill gotten gain.
You and your brother stop raping this country! Neither of you have any compassion for anything but lining your pockets with ill gotten gain.
# 110:
12:35 pm PST, Jan 20,
Kathryn Hess, Ohio
The raping of our pristine areas will come back to haunt future generations in Florida, just as it has in Ohio, where catastrophic strip mining has defaced the landscape and will never be reclaimed.
The raping of our pristine areas will come back to haunt future generations in Florida, just as it has in Ohio, where catastrophic strip mining has defaced the landscape and will never be reclaimed.
# 109:
12:35 pm PST, Jan 20,
Bill & Marilyn Voorhies, Maine
This is simply a tragedy waiting to happen!!
This is simply a tragedy waiting to happen!!
# 108:
12:35 pm PST, Jan 20,
Leslie Anderson, Michigan
# 107:
12:35 pm PST, Jan 20,
Gwen Harmon, Minnesota
We need to look for other sources of fuel, so we don't have to depend on other nations for it. You've gotten many people killed for oil in Iraq and while we're over there, BinLaden is still threatening us!!
We need to look for other sources of fuel, so we don't have to depend on other nations for it. You've gotten many people killed for oil in Iraq and while we're over there, BinLaden is still threatening us!!
# 106:
12:35 pm PST, Jan 20,
Susan Bradfield, Tennessee
Florida coast is already threatned by over development, resulting in loss of habitat for hundreds of animal species. Please consider the damage, and cost of short term strategies.
Florida coast is already threatned by over development, resulting in loss of habitat for hundreds of animal species. Please consider the damage, and cost of short term strategies.
# 105:
12:35 pm PST, Jan 20,
Danielle Billington, Minnesota
# 104:
12:35 pm PST, Jan 20,
Name not displayed, New Mexico
# 103:
12:35 pm PST, Jan 20,
Name not displayed, Indiana
# 102:
12:35 pm PST, Jan 20,
Name not displayed, Indiana
# 101:
12:35 pm PST, Jan 20,
Dawn Freeman, Florida