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We, the Undersigned, endorse the following petition:

End Radical Assault on the Environment

Target: George Bush, President of the United States, United States Government; Christine Todd Whitman, Administrator, EPA
Sponsor: Democratic National Committee
  • Signatures: 44,388
  • Goal: 60,000
  • Deadline: 12-31-2002

Are you concerned about the state of our nation's environment? You should be!

Since taking office, the Bush Administration has sought to weaken countless environmental regulations, jeopardizing not only the future of our nation's environment but the health of every American. Under the current administration, efforts to reduce harmful carbon dioxide emissions have been undermined, our protected national parks and monuments are threatened by oil and gas drilling and policies that keep our air and water clean have been weakened.

In a few short weeks, the voters have a chance to make a difference in what will be one of the closest elections in American history. In the days leading to Election Day the Democratic Party will present to President Bush this petition urging him to clean up his record and stop his radical assault on the environment -- before it's too late, letting him know how the voters feel about this Administrations record on the environment. PLEASE SIGN NOW!

Check out this month-by-month look at the Bush Administrations environmental record:

  • MARCH 2001:drilling in Arctic National Wildlife Refuge supported.
  • APRIL 2001:budget funding cut for environmental programs.
  • JUNE 2001:reintroduction of endangered species stopped.
  • JULY 2001:drilling off the coast of Florida proposed.
  • AUGUST 2001:wetlands opened to overdevelopment.
  • DECEMBER 2001: environmental criminals continue to win government contracts.
  • FEBRUARY 2002: Superfund funding cut; decision to store nuclear waste in Nevada.
  • JUNE 2002: a 'major relaxation' of clean air enforcement announced.
Please do your part and sign the petition, forward it to your friends, and help stop this RADICAL ASSAULT on the environment today.
This petition is now closed.

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Number Date Prefix Name State My environmental concerns are: (climate change, air pollution, wildlife pre Why the environment is important to me:
44,402 9:42 am PST, Dec 16 Ms. gayle mcintyre Armed Forces Americas critical to my wellbeing as we co-exist in a symbiotic relationship see above
44,401 9:17 pm PST, Dec 15   Earth Indigo Michigan    
44,400 9:31 am PST, Dec 14   Donna Hodsdon-Trips Idaho    
44,399 2:49 am PST, Dec 14   Candy Bowman California    
44,398 2:14 pm PST, Dec 9   Anonymous      
44,397 9:53 pm PST, Dec 7   Laura Mursch Pennsylvania wildlife preservation, the man-made effects on the environment on a greater scale. The environment is important to everyone. It just depends on one's priorities. The environment is important to me because not only does it sustain my life, but it provides a diverse amount of sights for me to explore.
44,396 12:10 am PST, Dec 7   Toni Wall Illinois all mentioned its beautiful
44,395 7:11 am PST, Dec 6   Jennifer Klingbyll Wisconsin Climate change,air pollution because I value my health,&the the health of my friends and family,&
44,394 6:13 am PST, Dec 3   Dominic North     Because we have a duty to actively protect what is great and natural in the world and it would be a lesser place if climate change gets any more out of control
44,393 7:08 pm PST, Dec 1   Kitty McIlroy Michigan    
44,392 7:53 pm PST, Nov 30   Denise Palmer Arizona    
44,391 3:08 pm PST, Nov 27   Anonymous Armed Forces Americas    
44,390 12:10 pm PST, Nov 26   Brenda Schenk Washington Quality of life issues: The air we breathe, the water we drink, the food we eat, our climate, wildlife, etc. All of these things and many, many more are big concerns for each living thing on this planet. We are all in this together. We are long overdue to learn to help each other to help this planet instead of hurt it. Those of us who deeply care seem to be a minority, and that has to change. Some people just don't seem to understand or care enough about our long term welfair as citizens of planet earth. It's very important to me because this is our home! It's the only one we have. If we continue to use and abuse our planet then our generations and all that follow will suffer as a direct result. It hurts me to see people, animals, and nature suffer, especially knowing that we have done this to our planet, because we haven't as a species treated it with enough respect. We need to change our destructive ways. Join as ONE, and work together as a team, to clean up this planet and make things right (safe & healthy) wherever we can. We might not be able to totally reverse the damage that we have caused, but at least we could try and that would be a big improvement from the way things are now.
44,389 8:44 am PST, Nov 23   Marcela Del valle California    
44,388 6:38 am PST, Nov 23   Paula Delavigne      
44,387 10:16 am PST, Nov 22   Sepi Foja   air/water pollution and wildlife tis here where i live and will my future family be.. so let's keep everything around us as pleasant and safe for all..
44,386 9:47 pm PST, Nov 20   Anonymous Massachusetts climate change, and tropical rainforests disappearing and turning into deserts. Green is a beautiful color and will disapper of people keep destroying plants and bringing pollution.
44,385 9:16 pm PST, Nov 20   Michele Long Kentucky    
44,384 1:00 pm PST, Nov 19   Thomas Pirovano Armed Forces Americas    
44,383 12:22 am PST, Nov 18   Sassy Albee Texas    
44,382 1:30 pm PST, Nov 16   Bryan D. Freehling Pennsylvania Irresponsable industry pollutes the air we breathe, contaminates the water we drink and the land upon which we live. Irresponsable industry also hurts and destroys fragile ecosystems that populates the earth. The environment is important to me because I am part of it. No one or no thing lives outside of it. We must protect the enviroment as we seek to protect ourselves and our loved ones.
44,381 4:20 pm PST, Nov 15   Anonymous New York    
44,380 3:29 pm PST, Nov 15   Tim Kennedy      
44,379 3:47 pm PST, Nov 14   Orion Waters California    
44,378 3:44 pm PST, Nov 12   Roy Moss Oregon    
44,377 7:33 am PST, Nov 12   Theresa Bradbury Texas    
44,376 9:00 pm PST, Nov 11   Caitlin Nash Armed Forces Americas    
44,375 8:30 am PST, Nov 11   Deborah Shelton Wood West Virginia    
44,374 3:48 am PST, Nov 11   Eloise bussiere   all of the environment ,the balance of nature is so fragile .we need it to live a fullfilling life because it is part of us,how arrogant of some people to think they can disregard it.
44,373 10:25 pm PST, Nov 9   Debbie Lueck Texas    
44,372 6:29 pm PST, Nov 8   Anonymous Texas    
44,371 2:25 pm PST, Nov 8   Cindy Letchworth Missouri The list is growing long due to our neglect of the environment. Air, water, destruction of forests, our pollution of oceans, our disregard for wildlife. We appear to have forgotten that we are one part of the planet, and not the entire force.  
44,370 10:15 am PST, Nov 8   Anonymous Texas    
44,369 12:22 pm PST, Nov 7   Sabrina Montoya Colorado    
44,368 10:51 pm PST, Nov 6   Keone Haley Florida    
44,367 1:27 pm PST, Nov 6   Ms Zentura Wyoming    
44,366 3:52 pm PST, Nov 4   Debra McIntyre Minnesota    
44,365 3:48 pm PST, Nov 3   Megan Reynolds Colorado    
44,364 2:49 pm PST, Nov 3   Brian Buecher Illinois    
44,363 10:33 am PST, Nov 3   Anonymous Connecticut    
44,362 10:15 am PST, Nov 3   Peggy Manfredi California    
44,361 2:58 pm PST, Nov 2   Anonymous Alaska    
44,360 8:01 am PST, Nov 2   Kat Rudd California    
44,359 8:36 pm PST, Oct 30   Ariel Wilyer New Mexico    
44,358 8:15 am PST, Oct 30   Nina Giordano Arizona    
44,357 4:03 pm PDT, Oct 28   Tifaney Enfinger Alabama    
44,356 7:14 am PDT, Oct 28   Anonymous New York Well, it's all interconnected really, but my main concerns are climate change (so obviously pollution goes along with that), and the protection (or lack thereof) of endangered species. I feel that these are the most urgent issues, because of the multitude of natural disasters occurring due to climate change, and because endangered species are already in imminent danger of dying out. The environment should be one of, if not the top priorities for our government, seeing as we all rely on it to survive. It should be important to everyone! For goodness sake, we all depend on it to eat, drink, breathe, keep warm, and just plain live! Bush is always commenting on the "axis of evil," terrorists/suicide bombers: well he's supporting terrorism on our environment, and in effect, committing suicide and bringing the rest of us down with him! If that's not "evil," I don't know what is!
44,355 8:53 pm PDT, Oct 27   Byrle Keith Scarberry Oklahoma    
44,354 8:35 pm PDT, Oct 27   Jeannie Deibel Maryland    
44,353 2:12 pm PDT, Oct 27   Catherine Thomas Ohio   Help conserve the enviroment for the youths of this wolrd.
44,352 5:31 am PDT, Oct 27   Kate Stevens New York    
44,351 1:47 pm PDT, Oct 26   Joseph Rodriguez Texas    

End Radical Assault on the Environment

I strongly disagree with your administration's efforts to roll back the clock on vital environmental protections of our nation's precious resources. The administration's alignment with big corporations on important environmental issues will affect the water we drink, the air we breathe, and the health of America's working families.


I oppose the following Bush administration policies:


- Eliminating the "polluter pays" principle of the Superfund program and shifting the burden of cleaning the nation's dirtiest toxic sites to taxpayers
- Letting big polluters get away with increasing the pollution they dump into our air
- Major relaxation of Clean Air Act enforcement
- Funding cuts to the EPA and Interior Department, especially in the area of environmental law enforcement
- Allowing companies that violated federal environmental laws to receive lucrative federal contracts funded by taxpayers


I strongly urge you to change your aggressive initiatives that dirty our air and water and expose families to dangerous toxics. Please work with environmental organizations and Democrats in Congress to improve the state of America's precious resources.


Sincerely,
The undersig

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