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!
We took action on “Block Amendment to Allow More Florida Oil Drilling”!
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3:36 pm PST, Nov 22,Jim Nguyen, California
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12:25 pm PST, Nov 22,Steven Fahrion, California
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11:33 am PST, Nov 22,Jahnavi Stenflo, Colorado
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10:27 am PST, Nov 22,Erin Ross, California
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6:28 am PST, Nov 22,Elizabeth Collins, California
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3:04 am PST, Nov 22,Michael Foley, California
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6:18 pm PST, Nov 21,Jeanie McNeill, Maryland
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2:33 pm PST, Nov 21,Alicia Nuszloch, Nevada
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12:12 pm PST, Nov 21,Ana Herrera, California
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10:24 am PST, Nov 21,Loris Caldero, Massachusetts
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9:22 am PST, Nov 21,Tom Baker, Illinois
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10:59 pm PST, Nov 20,Tammy Minion, California
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9:50 pm PST, Nov 20,Soo Thacker, Alaska
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1:34 pm PST, Nov 20,DORIS LEHR, New York
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12:20 pm PST, Nov 20,Susana Lax, Florida
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9:19 am PST, Nov 20,JoAnna Birdsong, California
Stop oil drilling..Protect our costal ares
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6:51 am PST, Nov 20,Thomas Thirion, Arizona
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11:31 pm PST, Nov 19,Desiree Mills, Illinois
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6:57 pm PST, Nov 19,Brande Pickerel, Washington
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6:05 pm PST, Nov 19,Tiffany Meininger, Florida
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4:49 pm PST, Nov 19,Ronda O'Bryant, Florida
This has got to stop! No drilling for oil on our coastlines. Florida is a tourist state and of all the places to ruin the gorgeous ocean view...this is disgraceful and those things are ugly and need to be history! Please don't let this thing pass.
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3:44 pm PST, Nov 19,Linda Mitchell, California
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3:17 pm PST, Nov 19,Ann Cawley, Missouri
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6:57 pm PST, Nov 18,Michael Carney, New Jersey
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3:10 pm PST, Nov 18,Karisa Cotter, Arkansas
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2:23 pm PST, Nov 18,Alesia Febus, New York
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5:00 am PST, Nov 18,Mike Cohn, Michigan
We can't drill our way out of the problem of waste. But efficiency can eliminate the need for new drilling or drilling in risky areas. Fuel efficiency doubled when we decided to do it last time. It can double again if we regain that will. In the end, investing in efficiency is cheaper than making new fuel.
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1:20 pm PST, Nov 17,Margaret Stein, Arizona
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11:30 am PST, Nov 17,Name not displayed, California
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11:03 am PST, Nov 17,Anita Clemmer, Maryland
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10:10 am PST, Nov 17,Andrew Strong, Indiana
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7:45 am PST, Nov 17,Ellie Shain, California
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6:43 pm PST, Nov 16,Mark Halpern, Florida
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4:01 pm PST, Nov 16,Connie Curnow, Utah
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4:01 pm PST, Nov 16,Teresa Medlin, Illinois
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3:39 pm PST, Nov 16,Theresia Cronan, California
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3:25 pm PST, Nov 16,Jackie Demarais, Texas
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2:35 pm PST, Nov 16,Michelle Cipriano, Massachusetts
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1:47 pm PST, Nov 16,Ann Breeden, Maine
A clean Energy future needs to be funded. These include wind and solar. What is wrong with you people? Don't you get it? There is no such thing as "clean coal" nor is it necessary to drill ever closer to Florida to solve our energy needs. If everyone were given money that is being spent to build these rigs to add solar to their homes, then maybe we'd be getting somewhere.
