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Urge Congress to Permanently Protect the Arctic Refuge!
Target: U.S. House of Representatives
Sponsored by: Defenders of Wildlife Action Fund
Sponsored by: Defenders of Wildlife Action Fund
The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge is home to caribou, snow fox and millions of migratory birds. It is also the most important onshore denning habitat for America's vanishing polar bears.
But this natural treasure is constantly under siege. Time and time again, the oil industry and their allies in Congress have sought to open this special place to harmful new drilling, threatening all of the wildlife that depend on it for survival.
We need to permanently protect the Arctic Refuge! Tell Congress to reject drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and to permanently protect this special coastal plain.
But this natural treasure is constantly under siege. Time and time again, the oil industry and their allies in Congress have sought to open this special place to harmful new drilling, threatening all of the wildlife that depend on it for survival.
We need to permanently protect the Arctic Refuge! Tell Congress to reject drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and to permanently protect this special coastal plain.
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# 323,174:
11:19 am PDT, Jul 4,
Chris Grieve, United Kingdom
# 323,173:
11:01 am PDT, Jul 4,
Patricia Strawderman, Virginia
I urge you to not allow oil drilling in the Arctic Refuge. There are other, clean energy options that we can explore. Let's put our efforts into that instead of destroying the planet with our unquenchable thirst for more oil, more goods, more consumption. I respectfully ask that you give this SERIOUS thought as it would have dire consequences not just for polar bears - but there is always a chain reaction!!
I urge you to not allow oil drilling in the Arctic Refuge. There are other, clean energy options that we can explore. Let's put our efforts into that instead of destroying the planet with our unquenchable thirst for more oil, more goods, more consumption. I respectfully ask that you give this SERIOUS thought as it would have dire consequences not just for polar bears - but there is always a chain reaction!!
# 323,172:
10:57 am PDT, Jul 4,
Name not displayed, France
# 323,171:
10:51 am PDT, Jul 4,
Name not displayed, Oklahoma
Please look for other options and save this area. Everything we do affects everything every where. We need to think before we act and preserve all life. These are gifts from God and we need to remember that we do not own where we stand but we are just here for a short time.
Please look for other options and save this area. Everything we do affects everything every where. We need to think before we act and preserve all life. These are gifts from God and we need to remember that we do not own where we stand but we are just here for a short time.
# 323,170:
10:46 am PDT, Jul 4,
Eric Fisher, North Carolina
# 323,169:
10:43 am PDT, Jul 4,
Janina Naceta, Germany
# 323,168:
10:42 am PDT, Jul 4,
Katrina Goodson, Virginia
Let's concentrate on alternatives and education of less consumption. I don't want to be responsible in my lifetime of creating loss for the generations to come. This go for shark finning and Whaling "research" as well.
Let's concentrate on alternatives and education of less consumption. I don't want to be responsible in my lifetime of creating loss for the generations to come. This go for shark finning and Whaling "research" as well.
# 323,167:
10:39 am PDT, Jul 4,
Dana Awachi, Bahrain
# 323,166:
10:36 am PDT, Jul 4,
Malka Essig, California
# 323,165:
10:09 am PDT, Jul 4,
Geneen Bachman, Minnesota
# 323,164:
10:08 am PDT, Jul 4,
Anna Christoforidou, Greece
# 323,163:
10:06 am PDT, Jul 4,
Gretchen Kaufman, Colorado
# 323,162:
9:59 am PDT, Jul 4,
PATRICIA WAGGONER, Florida
THE PEOPLE OF EARTH NEED TO START USING OTHER FORCES OF NATURE FOR ENERGY INSTEAD OF OIL - GET OVER OURSELVES - WE ARE NOT THE MOST IMPORTANT BEINGS HERE - WE SHARE THIS EARTH WITH OTHER BEINGS
THE PEOPLE OF EARTH NEED TO START USING OTHER FORCES OF NATURE FOR ENERGY INSTEAD OF OIL - GET OVER OURSELVES - WE ARE NOT THE MOST IMPORTANT BEINGS HERE - WE SHARE THIS EARTH WITH OTHER BEINGS
# 323,161:
9:54 am PDT, Jul 4,
Susie Suazo, Utah
# 323,160:
9:48 am PDT, Jul 4,
Dawn Morley, Michigan
Please help save this earth. What are we doing? Money won't mean a thing when there is no where to spend it. The greed has got to stop. Again Heaven help us all.
Please help save this earth. What are we doing? Money won't mean a thing when there is no where to spend it. The greed has got to stop. Again Heaven help us all.
# 323,159:
9:37 am PDT, Jul 4,
Debi Courts, Arizona
Green Energy, need I say more.
Green Energy, need I say more.
# 323,158:
9:34 am PDT, Jul 4,
David Palmer, California
# 323,157:
9:34 am PDT, Jul 4,
Kenneth Lown, South Carolina
The united states is a major contributor in greenhouse gases that is destroying the artic. stop this before it is too late..
The united states is a major contributor in greenhouse gases that is destroying the artic. stop this before it is too late..
# 323,156:
9:31 am PDT, Jul 4,
Wendy Schlette, New Jersey
# 323,155:
9:17 am PDT, Jul 4,
Pierre Parisien, Canada
# 323,154:
9:15 am PDT, Jul 4,
ELECTRA IACOVIDES, Greece
# 323,153:
9:08 am PDT, Jul 4,
Wendy Kaysing, California
Don't you love these magnificent animals? What about your children? Don't you want to protect the Artic wildlife for them?
Don't you love these magnificent animals? What about your children? Don't you want to protect the Artic wildlife for them?
# 323,152:
8:46 am PDT, Jul 4,
Mary A D'Innocenzo, New York
Enough! Global Warming argument, drilling argument, overseas oil suppliers argument. We're tired of it all! No more arguing. It's time to protect us and our endangered and stop ignoring what is most important. Vote to protect the arctic wildlife.
Enough! Global Warming argument, drilling argument, overseas oil suppliers argument. We're tired of it all! No more arguing. It's time to protect us and our endangered and stop ignoring what is most important. Vote to protect the arctic wildlife.
# 323,151:
8:46 am PDT, Jul 4,
Sarah Bowery, Missouri
We will certainly find a way to live without the oil that would be gained by tearing up an entire ecosystem that is home to so many species. In fact, I am not sure WE could live if we did tear up this beautiful place and destroy the species living within it. How about we don't find out because of pure greed....why don't you politicians watch "An Inconvenient Truth or at least listen to the scientists for once? Hell, we funded all the research against this intrusion years ago, and now you want us to believe it was false information?
We will certainly find a way to live without the oil that would be gained by tearing up an entire ecosystem that is home to so many species. In fact, I am not sure WE could live if we did tear up this beautiful place and destroy the species living within it. How about we don't find out because of pure greed....why don't you politicians watch "An Inconvenient Truth or at least listen to the scientists for once? Hell, we funded all the research against this intrusion years ago, and now you want us to believe it was false information?
# 323,150:
8:35 am PDT, Jul 4,
Stacy Scheibl, Wisconsin
# 323,149:
8:34 am PDT, Jul 4,
Name not displayed, New York
# 323,148:
8:33 am PDT, Jul 4,
Dexter Turpin, North Carolina
# 323,147:
8:33 am PDT, Jul 4,
Julie Paylor, Washington
# 323,146:
8:21 am PDT, Jul 4,
Beth Penesis, Illinois
Please protect our natural amenities and wildlife. Lets continue to invest in alterantives to oil and make drilling a thing of the past!
Please protect our natural amenities and wildlife. Lets continue to invest in alterantives to oil and make drilling a thing of the past!
# 323,145:
8:04 am PDT, Jul 4,
Melissa Ashline, New York
# 323,144:
7:47 am PDT, Jul 4,
Shane McCall, Arizona
I believe that we need to protect the natural habitat of the Polar Bears. Please do not put them in jeapardy. Shane
I believe that we need to protect the natural habitat of the Polar Bears. Please do not put them in jeapardy. Shane
# 323,143:
7:45 am PDT, Jul 4,
C. K. Thompson, Florida
Most of us have lost touch with the fact that we are all a part of the chain of life on this planet. Just becausewe live in condos, apartments, trailers, high-rises nature is where we are from and where we will return. We depend on one another.
Most of us have lost touch with the fact that we are all a part of the chain of life on this planet. Just becausewe live in condos, apartments, trailers, high-rises nature is where we are from and where we will return. We depend on one another.
# 323,142:
7:42 am PDT, Jul 4,
Stefanie Zimmerman, Pennsylvania
# 323,141:
7:05 am PDT, Jul 4,
Elina Sr, Moldova, Republic Of
# 323,140:
6:56 am PDT, Jul 4,
Deborah Garland, California
We know that oil is a resource that is on its way out. It is not renewable, and its pollution we cannot live with anymore. Drilling in the Arctic is just plain greed. It will not change what we pay at the pump, nor will it sustain us any reasonable length of time. We are catering to big business and greed, instead of the health and sustainability of ALL LIFE on this planet. We are not the only ones that live here on Earth, and we cannot argue that we should live above anything else. Especially not as destructive and selfish as we are.
We know that oil is a resource that is on its way out. It is not renewable, and its pollution we cannot live with anymore. Drilling in the Arctic is just plain greed. It will not change what we pay at the pump, nor will it sustain us any reasonable length of time. We are catering to big business and greed, instead of the health and sustainability of ALL LIFE on this planet. We are not the only ones that live here on Earth, and we cannot argue that we should live above anything else. Especially not as destructive and selfish as we are.
# 323,139:
6:55 am PDT, Jul 4,
Name not displayed, Egypt
Dear sir, As your constituent, I am writing today to strongly urge you to reject attempts to drill in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and ensure that this special place is protected permanently. The Arctic Refuge is not only home to caribou, snow fox and millions of migratory birds, it is also one of the most important onshore denning habitats for America's remaining polar bears. These magnificent animals are struggling for survival with scientists at the U.S. Geological Survey warning that America's polar bears could be extinct by 2050. The Fish & Wildlife Service recently listed America's struggling polar bears as "threatened" on the Endangered Species List. If drilling -- and the development that comes with it -- is permitted in this important habitat, polar bears may abandon their dens, leaving cubs to die. Drilling and the transportation and infrastructure needed to support it could wreak havoc on polar bears and the habitat they need to survive. There are around 400 crude oil and toxic spills every year at the Prudhoe oil field, just 30 miles west of the Arctic Refuge. I strongly urge you to reject any new attempts to drill in the Arctic National Wildlife. I also strongly urge you to support legislation to permanently protect the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. Only a "wilderness" designation will stop the relentless efforts to drill in this special place and focus on real energy solutions like energy efficiency and the development of clean, renewable alternatives to fossil fuels. Thank you for taking the time to consider my comments. I eagerly await your response. view less Sincerely, sh.m.
Dear sir, As your constituent, I am writing today to strongly urge you to reject attempts to drill in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and ensure that this special place is protected permanently. The Arctic Refuge is not only home to caribou, snow fox and millions of migratory birds, it is also one of the most important onshore denning habitats for America's remaining polar bears. These magnificent animals are struggling for survival with scientists at the U.S. Geological Survey warning that America's polar bears could be extinct by 2050. The Fish & Wildlife Service recently listed America's struggling polar bears as "threatened" on the Endangered Species List. If drilling -- and the development that comes with it -- is permitted in this important habitat, polar bears may abandon their dens, leaving cubs to die. Drilling and the transportation and infrastructure needed to support it could wreak havoc on polar bears and the habitat they need to survive. There are around 400 crude oil and toxic spills every year at the Prudhoe oil field, just 30 miles west of the Arctic Refuge. I strongly urge you to reject any new attempts to drill in the Arctic National Wildlife. I also strongly urge you to support legislation to permanently protect the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. Only a "wilderness" designation will stop the relentless efforts to drill in this special place and focus on real energy solutions like energy efficiency and the development of clean, renewable alternatives to fossil fuels. Thank you for taking the time to consider my comments. I eagerly await your response. view less Sincerely, sh.m.
# 323,138:
6:33 am PDT, Jul 4,
Hina Khajuria, India