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Reinstate Moratorium on Outer Continental Shelf Oil Drilling

Target: U.S. Congress
Sponsored by: Oceana

After 25 years of consent on the Congressional moratorium on oil drilling on the Outer Continental Shelf, the political winds have shifted. Our current direction now threatens to keep the U.S. dependent on environmentally poisonous oil.

Our oceans in particular are at their limit and cannot withstand the carbon dioxide released from the additional consumption of fossil fuels. Studies show that the increased carbon dioxide in the oceans, which causes the oceans to become more acidic, could bring the Southern Ocean to the tipping point of a food web collapse as early as 2030.

American ingenuity and determination can certainly develop energy alternatives rather than develop more offshore oil platforms! Tell your representatives in Congress to reinstate the pre-existing moratorium on drilling in the Outer Continental Shelf.

deadline: Ongoing...
goal: 10,000

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Dear Representative or Senator [Name],

Between the loss of sea ice and the acidification of ocean waters, some marine ecosystems are being hit hard by climate change and others will soon show stress too. The only way to truly reverse this trend is to reduce and ultimately eliminate our reliance on fossil fuels like oil and natural gas, instead relying on renewable energy sources.

However, the mixture of harsh economic conditions and a contentious election cycle last year resulted in the lifting of the Congressional moratorium on drilling in the Outer Continental Shelf - a ban that had been in place for 25 years. In order to move forward and positively explore energy alternatives, the United States must first put out the fire it set by lifting the drilling moratorium.

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We took action on “Reinstate Moratorium on Outer Continental Shelf Oil Drilling”!

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12:53 am PST, Nov 18, Mel Sinclair, Texas

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8:23 pm PST, Nov 14, Mandy Munoz, California

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10:42 am PST, Nov 8, Name not displayed, New York

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12:32 am PST, Nov 8, Miguel Dias, New York

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5:47 am PST, Nov 2, Eli Is Here, Pennsylvania

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9:19 pm PDT, Oct 27, Michael A Zmolek, Iowa
When will we make a commitment to stop emitting greenhouse gases and stick to it? When will the elites who call the shots recognize that the fate of our species is at stake?

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1:06 pm PDT, Oct 25, Name not displayed, Michigan

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8:34 am PDT, Oct 24, Gino Mazzella, New York

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1:23 pm PDT, Oct 19, KAY HENDERSON, Florida
We must develope renewable engery sources and switch from oil and coal ASAP.

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3:53 pm PDT, Oct 15, Dianne Unterbrink, Indiana

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7:31 am PDT, Oct 7, JOAN MORRIS-KNOUFF, Ohio

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8:26 pm PDT, Oct 6, Michael Daugherty, Texas

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7:48 am PDT, Oct 6, Karol Krzywon, New Jersey

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12:35 pm PDT, Oct 5, Monica Salazar, Puerto Rico

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12:24 pm PDT, Oct 5, Dale Riehart, California

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3:51 am PDT, Sep 24, Susy Grenier, France

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2:39 pm PDT, Sep 20, Harriet Horton, Texas
We have only this one planet on which to live and we must do our part to restore the balance.

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7:51 am PDT, Sep 19, Brett Bailey, Georgia

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9:14 pm PDT, Sep 14, Matt Caporaso, New Jersey

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1:38 pm PDT, Sep 11, Allie Warnick, Arkansas

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1:57 pm PDT, Sep 3, Whitney Joynes, Iowa

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10:34 pm PDT, Sep 2, Ellen Franzen, California
Oil is the fuel of the past. The overuse of it has put the survival of our lifestyle and species in peril. Last year I gave up my car, and I have met several people who have moved to places where they didn't need cars. We do not need to drill in the Outer Continental Shelf.

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7:13 pm PDT, Sep 2, Kathleen Notarino, Connecticut

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2:39 pm PDT, Aug 29, Eric Santamaria, New Jersey

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11:31 pm PDT, Aug 2, BARBARA RUBI, California

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10:49 am PDT, Jul 28, Anna Burgess, Washington

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7:50 pm PDT, Jul 23, Name not displayed, Hawaii
We have to stop looking toward "solutions" that exacerbate the problem or create devastating worse ones. Better answers exist, not the least of them being conservation and expansion of alternative energies.

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12:45 am PDT, Jul 21, CLEO PAPAGEORGIOU, Greece

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9:34 am PDT, Jul 16, Pamela Romero, Illinois

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11:36 am PDT, Jul 12, Kathy Longo, California

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9:18 am PDT, Jul 12, Kerry Canfield, Oregon
Oceans are the earth's blood; we need to stop risking infecting the earth's blood.

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10:02 pm PDT, Jul 11, Sara Thomas, Texas

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