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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!
# 300:
2:40 pm PST, Jan 8,
Cynthia Doolittle, Maine
Stop pursuit of oil to pump up wind turbines, electric cars, power from tides, etc., etc. Explore safe use of nuclear power. Leave the polar bears and the oil empirates to themselves.
Stop pursuit of oil to pump up wind turbines, electric cars, power from tides, etc., etc. Explore safe use of nuclear power. Leave the polar bears and the oil empirates to themselves.
# 299:
2:39 pm PST, Jan 8,
Sheri Scott, California
# 298:
2:39 pm PST, Jan 8,
Bonnie Huffman, Ohio
Is there no end to greed? Does the whole planet have to become a parking lot? We need sanctuary places so sacred that not even those who care nothing for any species, even their own, would dare pillage them for monetary power. Such a place is the Polar Bear habitat in Alaska where the popular '60s ballad, "Let It Be" is so appropriate, especially now.
Is there no end to greed? Does the whole planet have to become a parking lot? We need sanctuary places so sacred that not even those who care nothing for any species, even their own, would dare pillage them for monetary power. Such a place is the Polar Bear habitat in Alaska where the popular '60s ballad, "Let It Be" is so appropriate, especially now.
# 297:
2:39 pm PST, Jan 8,
Rob Ganger, California
hey oil junkees, stay away from Alaska and the polar bears. Buy and use less petroleum products, people signing this petition.
hey oil junkees, stay away from Alaska and the polar bears. Buy and use less petroleum products, people signing this petition.
# 296:
2:38 pm PST, Jan 8,
Angela Rivera, Texas
# 295:
2:38 pm PST, Jan 8,
Sara Hesseltine, Minnesota
Please protect these wonderful creatures.
Please protect these wonderful creatures.
# 294:
2:38 pm PST, Jan 8,
Hugh Cushing, New York
Why don't we auction off the drilling rights on a certain ranch in Crawford Texas...
Why don't we auction off the drilling rights on a certain ranch in Crawford Texas...
# 293:
2:37 pm PST, Jan 8,
Douglas Morley, Arizona
# 292:
2:36 pm PST, Jan 8,
Name not displayed, California
# 291:
2:36 pm PST, Jan 8,
James B. Spence, West Virginia
# 290:
2:36 pm PST, Jan 8,
Faridde Orozco, Mexico
stop killing inocent animals, they for sure are better than us!!!
stop killing inocent animals, they for sure are better than us!!!
# 289:
2:36 pm PST, Jan 8,
Name not displayed, North Carolina
# 288:
2:36 pm PST, Jan 8,
George Yenoki, California
# 287:
2:36 pm PST, Jan 8,
Kathi Downes, New Jersey
Well now we see why USF&W are dragging their feet on listing the polar bear as endangered. Despicable! Somebody has to stop you people from destroying the good things on this planet!
Well now we see why USF&W are dragging their feet on listing the polar bear as endangered. Despicable! Somebody has to stop you people from destroying the good things on this planet!
# 286:
2:35 pm PST, Jan 8,
Nancy Drigotas, Arizona
# 285:
2:34 pm PST, Jan 8,
Linda S. Hartmann, Texas
# 284:
2:34 pm PST, Jan 8,
Madeleine Breen, Ohio
# 283:
2:34 pm PST, Jan 8,
Mari Passananti, Massachusetts
# 282:
2:34 pm PST, Jan 8,
Juan Andres Portilla, Ecuador
# 281:
2:34 pm PST, Jan 8,
Ted Winterer, California
# 280:
2:34 pm PST, Jan 8,
Chere Gruver, Arizona
# 279:
2:34 pm PST, Jan 8,
Name not displayed, Pennsylvania
WE CAN ENLIST ALTERNATIVE METHODS OF PRODUCING ENERGY...REALLY WE CAN.
WE CAN ENLIST ALTERNATIVE METHODS OF PRODUCING ENERGY...REALLY WE CAN.
# 278:
2:34 pm PST, Jan 8,
Molly Poctor, North Dakota
# 277:
2:33 pm PST, Jan 8,
Bob Smith, Ohio
# 276:
2:33 pm PST, Jan 8,
Julie Whitney, New York
The environment is so fragile. Why do this now?? Protect the environment for my children, grandchildren and YOURS! and for these polar bears!
The environment is so fragile. Why do this now?? Protect the environment for my children, grandchildren and YOURS! and for these polar bears!
# 275:
2:33 pm PST, Jan 8,
John Cort, Colorado
Memo to self: try not to vote for oil company executives next time...
Memo to self: try not to vote for oil company executives next time...
# 274:
2:33 pm PST, Jan 8,
Ross Hammersley, Michigan
# 273:
2:33 pm PST, Jan 8,
Stele Ely, Colorado
Do not drill,,, we are wasting the oil we have now.
Do not drill,,, we are wasting the oil we have now.
# 272:
2:32 pm PST, Jan 8,
Brad A Schenck, Florida
# 271:
2:32 pm PST, Jan 8,
Mike Campbell, Indiana
This is pathetic, it amazes me what people, even our govt. will do for money.
This is pathetic, it amazes me what people, even our govt. will do for money.
# 270:
2:32 pm PST, Jan 8,
Name not displayed, Colorado
I feel that we have already done enough damage in the name of money.
I feel that we have already done enough damage in the name of money.
# 269:
2:32 pm PST, Jan 8,
Carolyn Hardy, California
The Bush/Cheney regime has been the worse thing that ever happened to this country. But money always triumphs over good sense and they sell out to money and oil everytime and the environment be damned!
The Bush/Cheney regime has been the worse thing that ever happened to this country. But money always triumphs over good sense and they sell out to money and oil everytime and the environment be damned!
# 268:
2:32 pm PST, Jan 8,
Name not displayed, Virginia
# 267:
2:32 pm PST, Jan 8,
Dawn Williams, North Carolina
# 266:
2:31 pm PST, Jan 8,
Name not displayed, Texas
# 265:
2:31 pm PST, Jan 8,
Kelli Derrick, Mississippi
# 264:
2:31 pm PST, Jan 8,
Christopher Derrick, Mississippi
# 263:
2:30 pm PST, Jan 8,
Name not displayed, Oregon
# 262:
2:30 pm PST, Jan 8,
Judith Taylor, Indiana
Polar Bears are beautiful and must be protected.Please stop this offshore drilling before they are gone.If our government would only listen to the people who put them in office,this would not be happening.
Polar Bears are beautiful and must be protected.Please stop this offshore drilling before they are gone.If our government would only listen to the people who put them in office,this would not be happening.
# 261:
2:30 pm PST, Jan 8,
Deb Edwards, Wisconsin
yikes more big government orchestrating anything and everything to their ultimate advantage. We the people does not exist in our government any more, but the banking industries members.Here is just another example.There isn't even honor in life anymore..........This does NOT help the "people" nor animals..
yikes more big government orchestrating anything and everything to their ultimate advantage. We the people does not exist in our government any more, but the banking industries members.Here is just another example.There isn't even honor in life anymore..........This does NOT help the "people" nor animals..
# 260:
2:30 pm PST, Jan 8,
Barbara Bishop, Florida
# 259:
2:30 pm PST, Jan 8,
Melanie Bass, Maryland
Please leave the bears alone, can't any type of animal get a BREAK!!!!!!!!!
Please leave the bears alone, can't any type of animal get a BREAK!!!!!!!!!
# 258:
2:30 pm PST, Jan 8,
Kristin Schaefer, Arizona
# 257:
2:30 pm PST, Jan 8,
Nancy Allen, Oregon
# 256:
2:29 pm PST, Jan 8,
Name not displayed, Pennsylvania
How much MORE devastation are you planning to leave for your grandchildren? Isn't enough all the catastrophies we are experiencing today? What are you or your friends planning to do with the money in your days as a dead person? Remember..."we haven't inherited the earth, we have borrowed it from our children"
How much MORE devastation are you planning to leave for your grandchildren? Isn't enough all the catastrophies we are experiencing today? What are you or your friends planning to do with the money in your days as a dead person? Remember..."we haven't inherited the earth, we have borrowed it from our children"
# 255:
2:29 pm PST, Jan 8,
Evelyn Lange, California
Stop off-shore drilling that will harm our wildlife habitats. We have only one earth to preserve for future generations. There are other alternative forms of energy that are more efficient and more practical.
Stop off-shore drilling that will harm our wildlife habitats. We have only one earth to preserve for future generations. There are other alternative forms of energy that are more efficient and more practical.
# 254:
2:29 pm PST, Jan 8,
JENNI PORSHAKIN, Texas
MONEY ISNT EVERYTHING...CAN MONEY SAVE YOU FROM THE PLANET DIEING? JUST ANOTHER GREEDY MOVE
MONEY ISNT EVERYTHING...CAN MONEY SAVE YOU FROM THE PLANET DIEING? JUST ANOTHER GREEDY MOVE
# 253:
2:28 pm PST, Jan 8,
Christopher Leong, Georgia
# 252:
2:28 pm PST, Jan 8,
Christina Ogburn-Chow, California
We should be protecting the animals on this planet, not systematically destroying them. We must pay attention to the impact of our actions.
We should be protecting the animals on this planet, not systematically destroying them. We must pay attention to the impact of our actions.
# 251:
2:28 pm PST, Jan 8,
Daria Smith, Pennsylvania
A government, and people in general, can very easily be judged by how they treat animals. We would all do well to remember that.
A government, and people in general, can very easily be judged by how they treat animals. We would all do well to remember that.