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Insist on Environmental Review Before Utah Drilling Lease Auction
Target: Selma Sierra, Utah State Director, Bureau of Land Management
Sponsored by: Care2
Sponsored by: Care2
The Bureau of Land Management is trying to push a controversial oil and gas drilling lease in Utah through before the end of the Bush administration's time in office.
The BLM's plan to sell oil and gas drilling leases for nearly 360,000 acres near Arches, Canyonlands and Dinosaur National Monument in Utah on December 19 means that any potential leasers could begin irreversible wilderness destruction before the Obama administration comes into office.
And these leases aren't even necessary! Already, the Bush administration has leased almost 27 million acres of onshore public lands for oil and gas drilling - that's larger than the state of Kentucky. But many aren't being developed. We should not be opening more federal land to drilling when existing resources are sitting unused - especially when a proper environmental review hasn't occurred!
Tell the BLM: Remove the Utah parcel from the December 19 auction until the National Park Service can properly investigate the environmental impact of drilling on that land!
The BLM's plan to sell oil and gas drilling leases for nearly 360,000 acres near Arches, Canyonlands and Dinosaur National Monument in Utah on December 19 means that any potential leasers could begin irreversible wilderness destruction before the Obama administration comes into office.
And these leases aren't even necessary! Already, the Bush administration has leased almost 27 million acres of onshore public lands for oil and gas drilling - that's larger than the state of Kentucky. But many aren't being developed. We should not be opening more federal land to drilling when existing resources are sitting unused - especially when a proper environmental review hasn't occurred!
Tell the BLM: Remove the Utah parcel from the December 19 auction until the National Park Service can properly investigate the environmental impact of drilling on that land!
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# 2,617:
2:58 pm PST, Dec 1,
Mark Larsen, Illinois
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2:28 pm PST, Dec 1,
Martha Leahy, Massachusetts
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2:16 pm PST, Dec 1,
Brian Reynolds, New Jersey
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1:55 pm PST, Dec 1,
Kristen Atkinson, California
If there is nothing wrong with this plan then what's the rush to jam it through. Allow for proper review of this plan and keep the people of this nation informed about the progress.
If there is nothing wrong with this plan then what's the rush to jam it through. Allow for proper review of this plan and keep the people of this nation informed about the progress.
# 2,613:
12:50 pm PST, Dec 1,
Max Lent, New York
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11:51 am PST, Dec 1,
Kristine Dempze, Wisconsin
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10:45 am PST, Dec 1,
Name not displayed, California
In 50 years, the extraction industries will be going extinct and we'll be using solar & wind energy. Why degrade our environment when we can invest in renewable energy instead and reduce the fouling of our air, water & land?
In 50 years, the extraction industries will be going extinct and we'll be using solar & wind energy. Why degrade our environment when we can invest in renewable energy instead and reduce the fouling of our air, water & land?
# 2,610:
10:34 am PST, Dec 1,
Christopher Snavely, Pennsylvania
This type of lame duck politics is a disgrace!
This type of lame duck politics is a disgrace!
# 2,609:
10:32 am PST, Dec 1,
Eliza Karpook, California
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9:42 am PST, Dec 1,
Susan Waldron, New Jersey
# 2,607:
9:39 am PST, Dec 1,
Sienna M Potts, California
Every moment I have spent in Southern Utah, wild red-rocky land, has been precious & I am always looking forward to the next trip! I sure hope we can save it all from Lame Duck Bush & keep it the news & minds of our people!
Every moment I have spent in Southern Utah, wild red-rocky land, has been precious & I am always looking forward to the next trip! I sure hope we can save it all from Lame Duck Bush & keep it the news & minds of our people!
# 2,606:
9:34 am PST, Dec 1,
India Sloat, Oregon
Please utilize the environmental impacts report process. Our country has worked hard to develop these processes. For the government to undermine a fair and just review of land becoming available for lease would be an embarassment with possible detrimental effects to this fragile and cherished landscape.
Please utilize the environmental impacts report process. Our country has worked hard to develop these processes. For the government to undermine a fair and just review of land becoming available for lease would be an embarassment with possible detrimental effects to this fragile and cherished landscape.
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9:23 am PST, Dec 1,
John Permetti, California
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8:16 am PST, Dec 1,
Shannon Brown, Georgia
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6:42 am PST, Dec 1,
Kim Dominick, Maryland
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4:18 am PST, Dec 1,
Teri Williams, Florida
critical
critical
# 2,601:
9:57 pm PST, Nov 30,
Lois Starcher, Ohio
PLEASE do the right thing for our children's children's children and help preserve some of our Mother Earth. If this is allowed to happen it would truly be a sin against humanity.
PLEASE do the right thing for our children's children's children and help preserve some of our Mother Earth. If this is allowed to happen it would truly be a sin against humanity.
# 2,600:
7:45 pm PST, Nov 30,
Kellie Noffsinger, California
# 2,599:
7:37 pm PST, Nov 30,
Carlton Steger, California
Please, in the name of conservation of our national resources do not allow this to happen without EIR's and studies on how this will effect the wildlife and scenic beauty of this wilderness.
Please, in the name of conservation of our national resources do not allow this to happen without EIR's and studies on how this will effect the wildlife and scenic beauty of this wilderness.
# 2,598:
7:18 pm PST, Nov 30,
Roy Carr, Texas
We must halt the potential destruction of our natural habitats, and reverse the downward spiral of species extinction and callous disregard for our planet's very existence. Now is the time. There is no excusing last minute bamboozling on the Bush administration's watch. As a matter of fact, it is the lack of watching anything but "terorrism" that is the legacy of this damaging presidency. Let the new president decide what to do about energy needs of this country. In the meantime, let the National Park Service do a thorough study of the future effects of outdated fossil fuel searching (and destroying of the environment) in the beautiful natural habitats still left to us and our grandchildren.
We must halt the potential destruction of our natural habitats, and reverse the downward spiral of species extinction and callous disregard for our planet's very existence. Now is the time. There is no excusing last minute bamboozling on the Bush administration's watch. As a matter of fact, it is the lack of watching anything but "terorrism" that is the legacy of this damaging presidency. Let the new president decide what to do about energy needs of this country. In the meantime, let the National Park Service do a thorough study of the future effects of outdated fossil fuel searching (and destroying of the environment) in the beautiful natural habitats still left to us and our grandchildren.
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5:26 pm PST, Nov 30,
Name not displayed, New York
# 2,596:
4:31 pm PST, Nov 30,
Rocio Davis, Florida
Do the right thing for our world, for our children!
Do the right thing for our world, for our children!
# 2,594:
2:43 pm PST, Nov 30,
Dale Williams, Kansas
Don't let him sneek this in.
Don't let him sneek this in.
# 2,593:
1:20 pm PST, Nov 30,
David Lile, Florida
# 2,592:
1:03 pm PST, Nov 30,
Lynn Pollan, Florida
How callous of an outgoing administration to try to pull this off.
How callous of an outgoing administration to try to pull this off.
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1:00 pm PST, Nov 30,
Mike Sharman, Florida
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12:55 pm PST, Nov 30,
Bob Knotts, Florida
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12:44 pm PST, Nov 30,
Name not displayed, Florida
We may need oil, but not at the price of what little natural space we have left in the lower 38
We may need oil, but not at the price of what little natural space we have left in the lower 38
# 2,588:
12:07 pm PST, Nov 30,
Toby Rane, California
# 2,587:
9:47 am PST, Nov 30,
Alicia Bottoms, California
This issue is extremely important to me. In these times of wildlife habitat degradation and species extinctions, careful environmental reviews are necessary to ensure preservation of our precious natural resources.
This issue is extremely important to me. In these times of wildlife habitat degradation and species extinctions, careful environmental reviews are necessary to ensure preservation of our precious natural resources.
# 2,586:
9:38 am PST, Nov 30,
Marc Rubin, New Jersey
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7:42 am PST, Nov 30,
Dale Riehart, California
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3:33 am PST, Nov 30,
Name not displayed, Connecticut
You have the power to do the environmentally sound action NOW!
You have the power to do the environmentally sound action NOW!
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12:06 am PST, Nov 30,
Wanda Perry, Wyoming
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11:22 pm PST, Nov 29,
Noah Martin, California
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11:15 pm PST, Nov 29,
Anthony Bell, Texas
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9:24 pm PST, Nov 29,
Mauricio Nascimento, California
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7:48 pm PST, Nov 29,
Mike Cohn, Michigan
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7:20 pm PST, Nov 29,
R. Zierikzee, California
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7:18 pm PST, Nov 29,
Joann Ford, California
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6:19 pm PST, Nov 29,
Nathalia Santiago, Massachusetts
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4:22 pm PST, Nov 29,
Kara Johnson, Rhode Island
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4:20 pm PST, Nov 29,
Pat Harcarik, Maryland
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4:10 pm PST, Nov 29,
Jan K. Chafetz, Kansas
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2:44 pm PST, Nov 29,
Ken Hittel, New York
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12:23 pm PST, Nov 29,
Lynn Heiligenthal-Showalter, Kansas
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12:13 pm PST, Nov 29,
Steve Crick, North Carolina
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10:38 am PST, Nov 29,
Ashley Chesney, Florida
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10:03 am PST, Nov 29,
Armand Fontaine, Texas
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8:41 am PST, Nov 29,
Amy Dingman, New Mexico
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8:25 am PST, Nov 29,
John Bell, California
I find it hard to believe that this administration would rape and pillage a red state's land. Let us keep Utah beautiful by insisting on proper protection.
I find it hard to believe that this administration would rape and pillage a red state's land. Let us keep Utah beautiful by insisting on proper protection.
# 2,565:
8:24 am PST, Nov 29,
Vanessa Boland, California
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8:19 am PST, Nov 29,
Judy Krach, Illinois
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8:00 am PST, Nov 29,
Aelred Glidden, Michigan
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7:30 am PST, Nov 29,
Madsion Jewett, North Dakota
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7:29 am PST, Nov 29,
Kenenth Borre, Illinois
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7:09 am PST, Nov 29,
Henry Appleton, Rhode Island
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5:32 am PST, Nov 29,
Maria Gonzalez, Uruguay
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12:22 am PST, Nov 29,
Niki Howlett, Illinois
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7:49 pm PST, Nov 28,
Name not displayed, California
The proposed drilling is unacceptable so close to our national parks. They are all we have and we should want to preserve the asthetic beauty of such places for future generations. Are we so desperate that this is what we HAVE to do? Any environmental reprucussions that will happen will be located right within these wonderful and diverse national parks, places that are supposed to be protected for future generations to enjoy. Think hard about what you are proposing and read everyone of these comments, hopefully you will see the light. Think of our planet as a fuctioning system full of living human and nonhuman beings all trying to live together, we all work together to make the system work. peace and unity...
The proposed drilling is unacceptable so close to our national parks. They are all we have and we should want to preserve the asthetic beauty of such places for future generations. Are we so desperate that this is what we HAVE to do? Any environmental reprucussions that will happen will be located right within these wonderful and diverse national parks, places that are supposed to be protected for future generations to enjoy. Think hard about what you are proposing and read everyone of these comments, hopefully you will see the light. Think of our planet as a fuctioning system full of living human and nonhuman beings all trying to live together, we all work together to make the system work. peace and unity...
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7:32 pm PST, Nov 28,
Name not displayed, California
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5:26 pm PST, Nov 28,
Amber D., West Virginia
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3:48 pm PST, Nov 28,
Thomas Tromley, Virginia
Do your job as a guardian, not because Bush wants to do a favor for his business cronies!!
Do your job as a guardian, not because Bush wants to do a favor for his business cronies!!
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2:03 pm PST, Nov 28,
Megan Krekorian, California
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1:53 pm PST, Nov 28,
Cassy Stone, Illinois
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1:08 pm PST, Nov 28,
Country Maron, Connecticut