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No Offshore Drilling in Polar Bear Habitat!
Target: Interior Secretary Dirk KempthorneSponsored by: Defenders of Wildlife Action Fund
It's no secret that polar bears are in trouble. Global warming and habitat loss are driving these majestic animals to the brink of extinction.
Yet even as the government's own scientists have acknowledged these threats, the Bush/Cheney Administration has just announced oil and gas exploration plans that would disturb essential polar bear habitat and fuel America's dependence on fossil fuels that cause global warming.
Sign our petition to urge Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne to delay the planned February 6th sale of oil and gas drilling rights in the Chukchi Sea until the impact on the area's polar bears can be adequately determined.
Yet even as the government's own scientists have acknowledged these threats, the Bush/Cheney Administration has just announced oil and gas exploration plans that would disturb essential polar bear habitat and fuel America's dependence on fossil fuels that cause global warming.
Sign our petition to urge Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne to delay the planned February 6th sale of oil and gas drilling rights in the Chukchi Sea until the impact on the area's polar bears can be adequately determined.
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We signed the “No Offshore Drilling in Polar Bear Habitat!” petition!
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Yeah, Mr. Bush...you just keep on selling off the world bit by bit. I certainly hope that your children and their children suffer the cost of what you do.
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We must expend our efforts protecting those animals that are being harmed by global warming, not destroying their habitat while simultaneously promoting more warming. This is illogical madness, and it must stop.
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Why kill our Polar Bears NExt thing you know you will be trying to kill us humans. So just stop evey life is important
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It is very important that the offshore drilling leases not be sold! Please help prevent this. Thank you.
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This error will not be "fixable" by future generations.
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Dictator Bush and Cheney Halliburton need to be tried for treason. Stop the drilling. Citizens for Legitimate Government www.legitgov.org
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Once the polar bears are gone, they're gone for good. No one can make another one. The Alaskan oil will be gone sooner or later and then what will we give up?
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Surprisingly, another bad decision. These older people in government are so stubborn to change. Leave the polar bears alone! Humans come and they destroy what natural habitats animals have by thinking they are doing good. You would think by now we would have stopped to really think of how to reverse the damage we have done. While here, it is evident that the Bush Administration has gone to lengths to make future plans to continue destroying the little that is left. Someone please take a science class!
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We need to try to help save the polar bears, not hurry their extinction.
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we need to learn other ways than oil. take care of the bears. we are destroying their land and the world. Stop it!
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make the difference
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We need to protect the polar bears habitat. Offshore drilling only compounds the problem and should be banned.
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Despite the overly dramatic language in the petition, it makes no sense to delay a decision on listing an animal as an endangered species and then sell off prime habitat to oil companies. That smacks of something fishy. Why don't you focus more of your efforts on reducing our dependcy on (and overindulgent/generally wasteful use of) fossil fuels instead of messing with one of our finest remaining habitats?
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We should be using Hemp-Ethanol fuel, solar, wind, geothermal, etc. NOT oil, stop supporting the oil companies that dont need any more sickening profit and start supporting the health of Americans, wildlife and the planet as a whole.
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This is obscene.
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I oppose selling offshore drilling leases in Alaska's Chukchi Sea because of my concern for polar bear habitat and also because I firmly believe we as a country should be actively pursuing other sources of energy.
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Would you please get off this "Whatever the Bush-Cheney Nazi Power Elite Wants" kick. For God's sake how many times does the country have to tell you WE DO NOT AGREE WITH BUSH. HE IS EVIL and BENT ON DESTROYING EVERY LAST GOOD THING IN THIS COUNRTY. Can you not at least stand up for the good of the country instead of the continuing this scorched earth policy. JEEZ...enough is ENOUGH!!!!!!!
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Mr. Kempthorne, As a native Idahoan I am very protective of our public lands. We must save these places for future generations. I know that you are an outdoor enthusiast as well as being an Idahoan yourself. Please look into your heart not your wallet when deciding on this issue. Thank you for your time and consideration on this issue. God bless America!!!
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Save the bears - skin a republican.
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