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Block Amendment to Allow More Florida Oil Drilling

Target: U.S. Senate
Sponsored by: Care2

The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee has just voted to allow oil drilling in the Gulf of Mexico, potentially overturning a 2006 compromise that created a no-drilling buffer along the coast of Florida.

Currently, Florida has a 100 mile buffer zone between its coast and the first oil drilling on the panhandle, and a 125 mile buffer zone around the rest of the state. But the proposed amendment would shrink this buffer to 45 miles around much of the coast and a mere 10 miles off the part of the panhandle.

The 2006 compromise that opened up more waters to drilling has yet do what was expected: Give Americans energy independence. Instead, the Florida coast rigs rely on old technologies that do nothing to combat global warming. What we really need is a clean energy future.

Tell your Senator: Fight the proposed amendment to allow offshore drilling any closer to Florida's coast!

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Dear Senator,

I am shocked to hear that the Energy and Natural Resources Committee passed an amendment allowing oil drilling even closer to the coast of Florida than the 2006 compromise allowed. I urge you to reject this amendment when the bill comes to a full vote in the Senate.

Currently, Florida has a 100 mile buffer zone between its coast and the first oil drilling on the panhandle, and a 125 mile buffer zone around the rest of the state. But the proposed amendment would shrink this buffer to 45 miles around much of the coast and a mere 10 miles off the part of the panhandle.

The 2006 compromise that opened up more waters to drilling has yet do what was expected: Give Americans energy independence. Instead, the Florida coast rigs rely on old technologies that do nothing to combat global warming. What we really need is a clean energy future.

[Your comment here]

Thank you for rejecting this despicable amendment.

Sincerely,
[Your name here]

We took action on “Block Amendment to Allow More Florida Oil Drilling”!

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12:15 am PST, Nov 8, Miguel Dias, New York

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6:45 pm PST, Nov 7, Name not displayed, Louisiana

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3:36 pm PST, Nov 5, Patrick O'Regan, New York

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10:10 am PST, Nov 4, Karen J. Herson, Florida

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9:20 am PST, Nov 4, Amanda Collins, Florida

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5:38 am PST, Nov 3, Jan Terradotter, Ohio

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7:56 am PST, Nov 2, Peggy Davoudi, Florida

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6:47 am PST, Nov 2, Katrina Shadix, Florida

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3:58 pm PDT, Oct 31, Lynda Pope, Florida

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1:20 pm PDT, Oct 31, Nick Littlejohn, Oregon
Currently, Florida has a 100 mile buffer zone between its coast and the first oil drilling on the panhandle, and a 125 mile buffer zone around the rest of the state. But a proposed amendment would shrink this buffer to 45 miles around much of the coast and a mere 10 miles off the part of the panhandle. Tell your Senator: Fight the proposed amendment to allow offshore drilling any closer to Florida's coast!

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12:14 pm PDT, Oct 31, Marcy Arbitman, Illinois

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11:50 am PDT, Oct 31, Hartson Doak, Hawaii

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6:01 am PDT, Oct 31, Shane Howe, California
Would you want your family to play in the ocean where the rigs are only 45 miles out? or closer? think about the negative effects on the enviroment and people it will have. We need to increase funding on research for clean energy.

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12:04 am PDT, Oct 31, Michael Hester, Oregon

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4:12 pm PDT, Oct 30, Madeline Amalphy, Maryland

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10:57 am PDT, Oct 30, Tori Bush, Florida

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2:19 pm PDT, Oct 28, Guadalupe Schueller, Minnesota

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2:14 pm PDT, Oct 28, Maidel Chang, Florida

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