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Chill the Drills - Protect Alaska's Polar Bear Seas
Target: Interior Secretary, Dirk KempthorneSponsored by: Sierra Club
Just last week there was an alarming new development -- oil exploration lease sales for Alaska's Chukchi Seas - prime polar bear habitat --officially began.
This area has been off-limits to drilling since 1991, but the new lease sales have encouraged oil companies to bid in epic proportions, with the result that oil lease rights to nearly 30 million acres of disappearing polar bear habitat were auctioned off - an area that is home to an estimated one-tenth of the world's polar bears!
There is simply no time to lose. The federal agency in charge of the sales has another 90 days to review the bids. And we need to get the polar bear on the Endangered Species List right now so the oil companies will be forced to clear more hurdles before drilling could occur in this sensitive area.
This area has been off-limits to drilling since 1991, but the new lease sales have encouraged oil companies to bid in epic proportions, with the result that oil lease rights to nearly 30 million acres of disappearing polar bear habitat were auctioned off - an area that is home to an estimated one-tenth of the world's polar bears!
There is simply no time to lose. The federal agency in charge of the sales has another 90 days to review the bids. And we need to get the polar bear on the Endangered Species List right now so the oil companies will be forced to clear more hurdles before drilling could occur in this sensitive area.
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We signed the “Chill the Drills - Protect Alaska's Polar Bear Seas” petition!
# 42,794:
9:55 am PDT, Mar 25,
April Sanderfer-King, Texas
We should be using more renewable energy and far less oil. Force these oil companies to find a new way to turn a profit--one that is cleaner and less damaging for the planet.
We should be using more renewable energy and far less oil. Force these oil companies to find a new way to turn a profit--one that is cleaner and less damaging for the planet.
# 42,793:
8:39 am PDT, Mar 25,
Brian Carnes, Texas
# 42,792:
8:28 am PDT, Mar 25,
Jennifer Romero, California
I have seen the damage and harm it is doing to all of the animials there on Animal Planet, not to mention the effect it will have on the environment
I have seen the damage and harm it is doing to all of the animials there on Animal Planet, not to mention the effect it will have on the environment
# 42,791:
7:45 am PDT, Mar 25,
Blair Niewoehner, Missouri
# 42,790:
11:44 pm PDT, Mar 24,
Connie Steger, Wisconsin
# 42,789:
9:55 pm PDT, Mar 24,
Jennifer Lachney, Louisiana
# 42,788:
6:54 pm PDT, Mar 24,
Maryjane Nolan, Pennsylvania
# 42,787:
3:59 pm PDT, Mar 24,
Phillip Nona, Michigan
Polar Bears are one of the most fascinating animals around, and it is heart breaking that there is not a law to protect these animals all around the tundra. Please ban any killing of these animals.
Polar Bears are one of the most fascinating animals around, and it is heart breaking that there is not a law to protect these animals all around the tundra. Please ban any killing of these animals.
# 42,786:
3:48 pm PDT, Mar 24,
Ashley Wainscott, Texas
# 42,785:
11:48 am PDT, Mar 24,
Kendra Atkins, Michigan
# 42,784:
9:19 am PDT, Mar 24,
Carlos Salinas, Mexico
Save the bears NOW
Save the bears NOW
# 42,783:
6:43 am PDT, Mar 24,
Alexias Burnette, Ohio
# 42,782:
4:51 am PDT, Mar 24,
Kate Evans, Georgia
# 42,781:
12:49 am PDT, Mar 24,
Gina DeBaca, California
# 42,780:
10:05 pm PDT, Mar 23,
Haoqing Chu, Hong Kong
# 42,779:
7:40 pm PDT, Mar 23,
Name not displayed, Canada
This has to stop! These poor creatures have enough to deal with without having to worry about oil companies. Polar bears are already on the verge of exctinction due to global warming, further destroying their habitats certainly will not help! Save these innnocent polar bears. They deserve a chcance to live, but are quietly dying because of us! Stop the killing
This has to stop! These poor creatures have enough to deal with without having to worry about oil companies. Polar bears are already on the verge of exctinction due to global warming, further destroying their habitats certainly will not help! Save these innnocent polar bears. They deserve a chcance to live, but are quietly dying because of us! Stop the killing
# 42,778:
11:29 am PDT, Mar 23,
Kristina Salgado, Arkansas
# 42,777:
2:43 am PDT, Mar 23,
Erno Buzas, Romania
# 42,776:
3:10 pm PDT, Mar 22,
Stéphanie ROSSENU, France
# 42,775:
12:22 pm PDT, Mar 22,
Name not displayed, California
# 42,774:
8:19 am PDT, Mar 22,
Lauren Belcher, Texas
# 42,773:
12:52 am PDT, Mar 22,
Nuno Marques, Portugal
# 42,772:
12:31 am PDT, Mar 22,
Jennifer Beeman, Washington
We need to work toward energy independence not by finding Arctic sources of oil but by finding and implementing alternative sources of power. Please do not endanger any more lives in the pursuit of a dead end technology.
We need to work toward energy independence not by finding Arctic sources of oil but by finding and implementing alternative sources of power. Please do not endanger any more lives in the pursuit of a dead end technology.
# 42,771:
1:55 pm PDT, Mar 21,
Angela Mackey, Canada
Are the effects of global warming on our polar bears not enough. Stop this now. Our beautiful bears have enough to contend to with their ever-changing climate.
Are the effects of global warming on our polar bears not enough. Stop this now. Our beautiful bears have enough to contend to with their ever-changing climate.
# 42,770:
1:23 pm PDT, Mar 21,
Mair Jones, United Kingdom
# 42,769:
12:02 pm PDT, Mar 21,
Kelly Davis, California
# 42,768:
11:22 am PDT, Mar 21,
Tina Ernst, California
# 42,767:
9:36 am PDT, Mar 21,
Name not displayed, Wisconsin
The Earth is HOME to many species, we do not have the right to invade someone home for our own selfish pleasures.
The Earth is HOME to many species, we do not have the right to invade someone home for our own selfish pleasures.
# 42,766:
9:28 am PDT, Mar 21,
Cynthia Robinson, Switzerland
# 42,765:
8:24 am PDT, Mar 21,
Irina Anghel, Romania
# 42,764:
7:26 am PDT, Mar 21,
Name not displayed, Pennsylvania
# 42,763:
4:38 am PDT, Mar 21,
Kelly Oeyen, Belgium
# 42,762:
6:01 pm PDT, Mar 20,
Suzanne Collins, California
# 42,761:
5:19 pm PDT, Mar 20,
Selina Day, Texas
# 42,760:
3:53 pm PDT, Mar 20,
Dawn Loos, Texas
# 42,759:
1:43 pm PDT, Mar 20,
Zae Bear, Texas
SAVE THE BEARS!!!!
SAVE THE BEARS!!!!
# 42,758:
1:25 pm PDT, Mar 20,
Marija Pavlovic, Serbia And Montenegro
# 42,757:
10:04 am PDT, Mar 20,
PELLETIER Katia, France
# 42,756:
9:24 am PDT, Mar 20,
Emmie Forman, Washington
# 42,755:
6:39 pm PDT, Mar 19,
Diane Morin, Canada
# 42,754:
6:03 pm PDT, Mar 19,
Nicole Morin, Canada
# 42,753:
12:48 pm PDT, Mar 18,
CARMONA Elody, France
# 42,752:
12:14 pm PDT, Mar 18,
Erin Shelly, New York
