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Protect Wildlife in Bristol Bay from Oil Drilling

Target: President Bush
Sponsored by: Defenders of Wildlife Action Fund

The Bristol Bay is home to endangered Northern Pacific right whales and Steller sea lions. It is also one of the worldÂ’s most productive fishing grounds, with and important snow crab fishery and the planetÂ’s largest sockeye salmon run.

But President Bush has a different vision for this precious piece of the Pacific: he wants to turn it over to profit-rich Big Oil, lifting a moratorium that has been in place since the disastrous Exxon Valdez spill.

Now is not the time to open more wild lands to oil drilling. ItÂ’s the time to protect the wildlife and fishing interests in this fragile region and invest in alternative energy sources that are well within our reach. Sign this petition to help prevent another Big Oil spill in AlaskaÂ’s still recovering Bristol Bay.

deadline: 12-12-2007
goal: 40,000

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I am writing to urge you to keep the moratorium on drilling in Alaska's Bristol Bay.

The Bristol Bay is home to the threatened Steller sea lion and critical habitat for the endangered Northern Pacific right whale -- a creature still recovering from centuries of whaling. It is also the world's largest sockeye salmon run and brings in $500 million annually in snow crab, cod, sole and other commercial fisheries.

After the disastrous Exxon Valdez oil spill, your father, President George H. W. Bush, wisely placed a moratorium on drilling in these waters. Lifting this moratorium -- as you seem to be planning -- would threaten wildlife in this precious part of the Pacific, including valuable fisheries vital to the economy.

The short-term gains brought by new leasing in these sensitive waters do not out-weigh the risk of long-term damage from any potential disaster that comes with oil drilling.

It is time to go beyond fossil fuels and reach for a cleaner, safer energy future, bolstered by alternative energy sources and greater energy efficiency.

Please do not lift the moratorium on oil exploration and drilling in one of our most precious and valuable places.

We signed the “Protect Wildlife in Bristol Bay from Oil Drilling” petition!

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1:04 am PDT, Apr 15, K S, Georgia

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8:58 pm PDT, Apr 13, Jenny Vegan, United States Minor Outlying Islands
Please protect this treasure!

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6:40 pm PDT, Apr 13, Jessica Dimattia, North Carolina

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7:20 am PDT, Apr 10, Kimberly Lazala, Florida

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1:45 am PDT, Apr 6, Can Atik, Turkey

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9:39 am PDT, Mar 30, Nancy Lion-Storm, California

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10:46 am PDT, Mar 24, Dellianan Of the Sea, Colorado

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10:46 am PDT, Mar 23, Suzie Gordon, New Hampshire

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6:25 pm PDT, Mar 22, Pamela White, North Carolina

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12:08 pm PDT, Mar 22, Julie Kennedy, Florida

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3:27 am PDT, Mar 22, Art Deco, Maine

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5:14 pm PDT, Mar 21, Erin Shelly, New York

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7:37 am PDT, Mar 21, Kyle McAdam, New Hampshire

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12:55 pm PDT, Mar 16, Meow Mau, Colorado

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2:30 pm PDT, Mar 15, BiLL Fowlie, Maine

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12:34 am PDT, Mar 15, Shannon Sultan, Wisconsin

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6:45 pm PST, Mar 8, Amy Anderson, Illinois

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6:33 pm PST, Mar 8, Christopher A, Alaska
Bristol Bay is the best place to Commercial Fish......And he dont know what we Alaskans do,we Alaskan Natives live of the land with the subsistence hunting and fishing. una president bushaller usviitlartu.

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1:52 pm PST, Mar 7, Susie Holman, United Kingdom

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4:40 am PST, Mar 5, Nick Davis, Canada

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12:07 pm PST, Feb 25, Daniel Amon, South Carolina

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5:23 am PST, Feb 24, Eva Buck, Alaska

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11:05 am PST, Feb 22, Maureen Primerano, California

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6:03 pm PST, Feb 19, Marie-Rose HECKMANN, France

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8:31 am PST, Feb 18, Lisa R, Germany

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5:47 am PST, Feb 18, Geneviève Pieroni, France

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6:06 pm PST, Feb 17, Laura Zanoli, Italy

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12:34 pm PST, Feb 14, Indian Hat, United Kingdom

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4:08 pm PST, Feb 13, Melissa Lalonde, Canada

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5:25 am PST, Feb 13, Arnaud Hussard, France

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8:08 pm PST, Feb 11, JoAnne Perdue, Florida

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3:21 pm PST, Feb 10, Mary Peterson, Idaho

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12:28 pm PST, Feb 10, Pinkyjain Pan, California

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11:07 am PST, Feb 9, Tj Harris, United Kingdom

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8:17 am PST, Feb 8, Kevin Kreiss, Washington

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2:35 am PST, Feb 8, Laurel Burns, Maine

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2:54 pm PST, Feb 7, Veronica Matsuda, California

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6:10 pm PST, Feb 4, Andrée Hussard, France

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3:16 pm PST, Feb 4, Sarah Addy, California

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7:01 pm PST, Jan 30, Jockers Rodriguez, Colorado
Alaska is a last frontier, one of the last places on earth that still has the prestine beauty that it did Before the industrial revolution. Please protect this state from the potential catastrophy that oil spills would cause.

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11:06 am PST, Jan 30, Kyna Crain, Montana

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11:23 am PST, Jan 28, Peter Maaske, Texas
It seems that the SOLE GOAL of the Bush/ Cheney administration has been to destroy as much beauty and enviornment on this planet as possible. And you call yourselves devoutly religious-it will be quite a shock, I'm sure, when you two find yourselves in HELL. Maybe you can try to take over hell in the name of CORPORATE GREED. You can get lots of help from some of your old buddies like Ken Lay! Try to do one decent thing before we vote you SELFISH BASTARDS OUT OF OFFICE.

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12:01 pm PST, Jan 27, Laura Raymann, Germany

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2:04 pm PST, Jan 26, ShortBrainTV TCCaldwell, California

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3:34 am PST, Jan 26, Kalyana Krishna, India

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9:02 am PST, Jan 22, Jennifer Posanka, Illinois

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7:12 pm PST, Jan 15, Jean-Marie Trincali, France

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5:53 pm PST, Jan 15, Jean-damien SUSINI, France

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10:24 am PST, Jan 13, Annie Bertrand, France

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4:12 pm PST, Jan 2, Name not displayed, New Hampshire

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5:54 pm PST, Dec 29, Jessica Eldridge, Australia

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5:35 pm PST, Dec 18, Courtney Boeck, Michigan

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11:50 am PST, Dec 15, Ines Seidel, Germany

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9:20 am PST, Dec 14, Philippe Ducreux, France

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3:18 pm PST, Dec 11, Jenny Sheng, California

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11:28 am PST, Dec 8, Cara A, Alaska

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10:32 am PST, Dec 7, Ginger Geronimo, Alabama

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9:09 am PST, Dec 7, Amanda Young, Tennessee

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