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Put Human Health and Environment First in Wyoming

Target: EPA Administrator Stephen Johnson
Sponsored by: The Wilderness Society
Just a few short years ago, the Upper Green River Basin of Wyoming, a major migration corridor for wildlife in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem, was known for its pristine air and water quality and 100-mile views.

But that was before the valley saw the rapid development of two of the largest gas fields in the nation. Today, residents of this rural region are subject to unprecedented ozone health advisories, and there is documented evidence of widespread groundwater contamination caused by oil and gas activity.

Incredibly, the federal government's Bureau of Land Management is now proposing to develop more than 4,000 new wells in the area, and drastically increase the pace of drilling activity without giving adequate thought to how that would further impact the local people and wildlife.

Unfortunately, we cannot stop this development outright, but we can insist that the strictest environmental safeguards are included and the pace of drilling is significantly slowed down.

The Environmental Protection Agency is attempting to do just that, and put human health and the environment first. Let's make sure the EPA knows it has plenty of public support for this approach. Please sign the petition below!
deadline: 4-30-2008
goal: 10,000
 

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Dear Administrator Johnson,

Thank you for taking a strong position insisting that the Bureau of Land Management consider the full human health and environmental impacts of drilling 4,400 new wells in the Upper Green River Basin of Wyoming.

As your agency has pointed out, the current expanded drilling plan is not environmentally acceptable for air, water, wildlife or human health.

This has become all the more evident given that five unprecedented ozone health advisories were issued just last month, NOx emissions are five times predicted levels, haze has been increasingly reported in the surrounding class-I airsheds, and there is documented evidence of widespread groundwater contamination.
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We took action on “Put Human Health and Environment First in Wyoming”!
# 100:
4:12 pm PDT, Apr 25, Susan Leonard, Vermont
# 99:
4:07 pm PDT, Apr 25, Alicia Fiedler, Texas
# 98:
4:07 pm PDT, Apr 25, Sam Jones, Washington
# 97:
3:59 pm PDT, Apr 25, Name not displayed, New York
# 96:
3:58 pm PDT, Apr 25, Norman Traum, Colorado
Human life is priceless, as is our environment; they cannot be destroyed for material profit.
# 95:
3:55 pm PDT, Apr 25, Cheryl Dant, California
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3:53 pm PDT, Apr 25, Dana Hoffman, Minnesota
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3:52 pm PDT, Apr 25, Jessica Carroll, Massachusetts
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3:49 pm PDT, Apr 25, Terza Tessel, California
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3:48 pm PDT, Apr 25, Karen VDay, Indiana
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3:46 pm PDT, Apr 25, Felicity Figueroa, California
# 89:
3:43 pm PDT, Apr 25, L Stevens, Florida
Mr. Johnson, stay strong and hold your ground! Keep fighting for the right thing to prevail. Thank you.
# 88:
3:37 pm PDT, Apr 25, Raven Sky, Washington
The health of the environment is directly lated to human health as many studies indicate. We need to protec that.
# 87:
3:37 pm PDT, Apr 25, SHELLY STEVENSON, California
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3:36 pm PDT, Apr 25, Levanah (Darlene) Ruthschild, Maryland
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3:33 pm PDT, Apr 25, Laura Regalado, New Jersey
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3:28 pm PDT, Apr 25, Danielle Blake, Pennsylvania
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3:25 pm PDT, Apr 25, Name not displayed, Ohio
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3:22 pm PDT, Apr 25, BROOKS JOHNSON, North Carolina
STOP BEFORE IT IS TOO LITTLE TO LATE. THERE IS NO EXCUSE FOR ANY OF THIS OTHER THAN GREED AND MORE GREED! IGNORE YOUR CONSTITUENTS AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS OF SUCH A LONG HAUL OF INCREDIBLY CRUEL LEADERSHIP IN THIS COUNTRY! PLEASE STOP BEFORE IT IS TOO LATE.
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3:16 pm PDT, Apr 25, Rachel Strzelecki, Missouri
Thank you for your attention to this.
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