Target:Rep. Richard Pombo; Senate; House of Representatives Sponsored by:Westly for Governor
There's a reason why California's coastlines are still one of the most popular tourist destinations in the country -- because for the last 25 years, their natural beauty has been protected under law.
But this year, Republicans in Congress have introduced legislation that would weaken the federal safeguards against offshore drilling that have protected our coast for 25 years.
One of California's own state representatives, Richard Pombo, is pushing such legislation in the House, while Republicans have simultaneously introduced nearly identical legislation in the Senate.
The oil industry is eager to pass this bill because it makes it easier for them to lift restrictions on drilling. According to the San Diego Tribune, The oil and gas industries are intensifying their effort to open more U.S. coastal areas to drilling (April 9, 2006).
The federal moratorium on drilling exists for good reason: offshore drilling is incredibly harmful to the coastal environment. In the Gulf of Mexico, where offshore oil and gas drilling is allowed, over 3 million gallons of oil spilled into the Gulf from 1980 to 1999. That's over 400 gallons a day for nearly twenty years.
Drilling should never be the answer to better energy policy, and certainly not if it means polluting our waters and coasts. Join Steve Westly in telling Congressman Pombo and his right-wing colleagues that we will not sell our coastlines to the oil industry.
We signed the “Say No to Drilling Off California's Coast” petition!
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10:33 pm PDT, Mar 18,Shannon Sultan, Wisconsin
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10:06 pm PDT, Oct 21,Kaytie Irvine, California
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3:34 am PDT, Oct 7,Dogan Ozkan, Turkey
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1:13 am PDT, Jul 24,Dana Szemereta, North Carolina
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2:22 pm PDT, Jun 13,Juliana Farah, Lebanon
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7:52 pm PDT, May 16,Steve Dale, Australia
Oil is heating the planet,we dont need more oil,we need safe and clean alternatives,drilling for oil only pollutes the planet.
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8:16 am PDT, May 15,Nicky Elizabeth, Maine
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3:59 pm PDT, May 14,Kaye Fissinger, Colorado
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3:15 pm PDT, Apr 25,Melissa Bardwell, Washington
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7:38 pm PDT, Apr 13,Victoria Thomas, Wyoming
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11:40 am PDT, Mar 18,Aiz T, Canada
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11:05 am PST, Feb 28,Jessica-Dawn Drouin, Canada
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1:28 am PST, Feb 26,Donna Marshall, Georgia
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10:43 pm PST, Feb 16,Jeremy Spohn, Pennsylvania
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5:13 pm PST, Dec 15,Joseph Klawiter, Virginia
Isn't California polluted enough as it is? Off-shore oil drilling will just make everything worse!
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10:42 am PST, Dec 10,Lynne Banta, California
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1:38 am PST, Nov 9,Mohammed Al-qady, United Arab Emirates
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5:50 am PDT, Oct 25,Ian Lim, Malaysia
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8:07 pm PDT, Oct 21,Name not displayed, California
Because if we do not preserve this precious resource, no one else will. NO DRILLING OFF CALIFORNIA'S COAST, PERIOD!!!
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3:42 pm PDT, Oct 17,Charlene Root, California
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4:24 pm PDT, Oct 11,Alanna Lewis, Trinidad And Tobago
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5:53 am PDT, Sep 29,Sue Lampard, United Kingdom
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1:35 pm PDT, Sep 28,Jennifer Vaughan, Colorado
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12:57 am PDT, Sep 26,Pilvi Mikkola, Finland
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6:29 am PDT, Sep 25,Name not displayed, California
