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Tell Congress to Resist Calls for Drilling

Sponsored by: Save Our Environment
Anti-environmentalists in Congress are adding amendments to every bill they can get their hands on, calling for drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, many offshore areas and other sensitive regions - even to bills that aren't remotely related to energy!

Drilling is NOT the answer to our energy crisis. Drilling in the Arctic and off our beaches will only perpetuate our dependence on dirty fossil fuels and slow progress toward a clean energy future.

Tell your members of Congress that we must pursue clean, renewable energy alternatives.
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Dear [Decision maker],

Recently there has been an increase in the number of drilling amendments added to bills in an attempt to solve our nation's energy crisis. Perpetuating our dependence on dirty fossil fuels will not solve our energy problems. I am writing you today to urge you to resist such amendments and instead promote clean, renewable energy.

Oil companies already have permission to drill on more than 41 million acres, yet now they are working to get the long-standing ban on offshore drilling lifted. As it is, oil and gas companies are only using 18 percent of these leases to which they already have access to drill. Proposing new areas to drill when companies are not drilling everywhere they have permission to underscores the immense greed of the energy industry.
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We took action on “Tell Congress to Resist Calls for Drilling”!
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4:34 pm PST, Nov 28, David Tagliaferro, New Jersey
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4:12 pm PST, Nov 27, Audrey Lareau, California
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10:30 am PST, Nov 25, MaryEllen Raths, Wisconsin
Dear U.S. Congressperson, Recently there has been an increase in the number of drilling amendments added to bills in an attempt to solve our nation's energy crisis. Perpetuating our dependence on dirty fossil fuels will not solve our energy problems. I am writing you today to urge you to resist such amendments and instead promote clean, renewable energy. Oil companies already have permission to drill on more than 41 million acres, yet now they are working to get the long-standing ban on offshore drilling lifted. As it is, oil and gas companies are only using 18 percent of these leases to which they already have access to drill. Proposing new areas to drill when companies are not drilling everywhere they have permission to underscores the immense greed of the energy industry. Sincerely, MaryEllen Raths
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9:30 am PST, Nov 25, Christine Barry, California
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9:23 pm PST, Nov 24, Neil Morrison, California
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6:01 pm PST, Nov 24, Dean A, Florida
im tired of all the petition of drilling we need to stop it and think of the animals
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10:27 pm PST, Nov 22, Trisha Doyle, Nevada
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9:51 am PST, Nov 22, Keth T, Florida
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5:56 am PST, Nov 22, Andrea Watson, Colorado
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4:51 pm PST, Nov 19, Michele Bucci, New Jersey
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3:37 pm PST, Nov 18, Susie Foot, California
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10:46 pm PST, Nov 17, Lydia Ruddick-Schulman, Illinois
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12:43 pm PST, Nov 17, Jeremy Thompson, Texas
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10:41 am PST, Nov 17, Jeannie Gibbons, Texas
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2:05 am PST, Nov 17, Rosemary Graf, Massachusetts
Our animal kingdom has lost too much on our greed.
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11:58 am PST, Nov 15, Richard Rheder, New York
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3:25 pm PST, Nov 14, Amelia Baker, Texas
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12:57 am PST, Nov 12, Nabha Goldfeder, Oregon
drilling is not the answer!
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4:22 pm PST, Nov 11, Julia Bay, Wisconsin
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4:18 pm PST, Nov 11, Delirious Girl, Alabama
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11:43 am PST, Nov 11, Ismael Rodriguez, California
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9:55 pm PST, Nov 10, Mary Ellen Smith, Texas
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5:33 pm PST, Nov 10, Crystal Conklin, Arizona
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1:29 pm PST, Nov 10, Annie Phillips, New York
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4:08 pm PST, Nov 9, Maggie De Leon, Illinois
Consider drilling our earth like getting teeth drilled at the dentist. Keep drilling, drilling, drilling, and soon you'll have nothing left. Think about what you're doing and tell Oil companies NO!
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10:20 am PST, Nov 9, Valerie Starbuck, California
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8:37 pm PST, Nov 8, Justin Hopkins, Missouri
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7:11 pm PST, Nov 8, Brittany Frank, New York
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10:53 am PST, Nov 7, Lorin King, Texas
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4:57 pm PST, Nov 6, Audrey Tobias, California
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4:50 am PST, Nov 6, Roger Swinney, Ohio
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12:41 pm PST, Nov 5, Noah Martin, California
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8:06 pm PST, Nov 4, Amy Blake, New Hampshire
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5:12 pm PST, Nov 2, John Jenkins, California
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3:13 pm PST, Nov 2, Tom Prigorac, California
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7:56 pm PDT, Nov 1, Matt Whitehead, Oregon
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12:32 pm PDT, Nov 1, Diane Rencher, Michigan
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