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Chill the Drills - Protect Alaska's Polar Bear Seas
Target: US SenateSponsored by: Sierra Club
Known as the 'Polar Bear Seas,' the Beaufort and Chukchi Seas are essential habitat for polar bears and other important marine mammals such as beluga and bowhead whales and bearded and spotted seals. The Chukchi Sea supports approximately one-tenth of the world's remaining polar bear population alone.
The planned oil and gas leasing and development in the Polar Bear Seas will do irrevocable damage to this fragile habitat. Spills are already an everyday occurrence in oil drilling. In Alaska, the oil industry reported 4,534 spills across Alaska's North Slope and Beaufort Sea between 1996 and 2004 alone. There is currently no proven method for cleaning or controlling an oil spill in icy, Arctic waters, where difficult weather conditions are common.
Please sign the petition today to urge your Senators to put polar bear protection ahead of new oil development!
The planned oil and gas leasing and development in the Polar Bear Seas will do irrevocable damage to this fragile habitat. Spills are already an everyday occurrence in oil drilling. In Alaska, the oil industry reported 4,534 spills across Alaska's North Slope and Beaufort Sea between 1996 and 2004 alone. There is currently no proven method for cleaning or controlling an oil spill in icy, Arctic waters, where difficult weather conditions are common.
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We signed the “Chill the Drills - Protect Alaska's Polar Bear Seas” petition!
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8:52 pm PDT, Mar 27,
Dalit Rabinovitch, Israel
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7:26 pm PDT, Mar 27,
Amanda Taylor, Florida
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5:21 pm PDT, Mar 27,
Name not displayed, Mexico
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4:13 pm PDT, Mar 27,
Name not displayed, Illinois
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11:39 am PDT, Mar 27,
David Dvorak, Massachusetts
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9:35 am PDT, Mar 27,
Name not displayed, Michigan
These native animals are part of the region's web of life. We are all interdependent and part of a large complex system. When we alter this web of life, we are threatening our own health and survival since we are also dependent on the health of this natural system.
These native animals are part of the region's web of life. We are all interdependent and part of a large complex system. When we alter this web of life, we are threatening our own health and survival since we are also dependent on the health of this natural system.
# 37,336:
5:31 am PDT, Mar 27,
JEANNIE BOHLEY, Michigan
CARE ABOUT MOTHER EARTH AND ANIMALS MORE THAN YOU CARE ABOUT MONEY FOR ONCE IN YOUR LIFE.
CARE ABOUT MOTHER EARTH AND ANIMALS MORE THAN YOU CARE ABOUT MONEY FOR ONCE IN YOUR LIFE.
# 37,335:
2:34 am PDT, Mar 27,
GAIL WHITFIELD, United Kingdom
POLAR BEARS SHOULD BE LEFT TO LIVE IN PEACE...WE SHOULD HELP NOT HARM...THANKYOU FOR YOUR TIME.
POLAR BEARS SHOULD BE LEFT TO LIVE IN PEACE...WE SHOULD HELP NOT HARM...THANKYOU FOR YOUR TIME.
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10:23 pm PDT, Mar 26,
Jaclyn Killough, Texas
They are dying off and we are to blame STOP DRILLING OIL!!!! FIND ALTERNATE FUELS!! STOP KILLING THE EARTH AND IT'S CREATURES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
# 37,333:
10:13 pm PDT, Mar 26,
John Lauro, New Jersey
What is not protected will surely perish.
What is not protected will surely perish.
# 37,332:
8:52 pm PDT, Mar 26,
Ronda Bush, Oregon
Sick of pollution and Animals and people getting the shirt end of the stick!!! Not to mention the Enviroment!!!
Sick of pollution and Animals and people getting the shirt end of the stick!!! Not to mention the Enviroment!!!
# 37,331:
7:38 pm PDT, Mar 26,
Tracy Gutierrez, Arizona
# 37,330:
7:23 pm PDT, Mar 26,
Patrick Moore, California
# 37,329:
6:42 pm PDT, Mar 26,
Tracy Moscato, Massachusetts
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6:03 pm PDT, Mar 26,
Timothy Trickett, Massachusetts
if they can't control spills, shut it down, are they complete idiots? |
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5:51 pm PDT, Mar 26,
Tracy Cole, United Kingdom
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5:21 pm PDT, Mar 26,
MELISSA DVORAK, Massachusetts
# 37,325:
4:23 pm PDT, Mar 26,
Karin Simpson, Ohio
Because the Polar Bears are more important than oil. Period.
Because the Polar Bears are more important than oil. Period.
# 37,324:
4:01 pm PDT, Mar 26,
Jason Smith, Alabama
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3:56 pm PDT, Mar 26,
Name not displayed, United Kingdom
The Arctic and it's inhabitants need to be protected now. We cannot risk destroying this beautiful area any more than we have already. Please let the polar bears live in peace.
The Arctic and it's inhabitants need to be protected now. We cannot risk destroying this beautiful area any more than we have already. Please let the polar bears live in peace.
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3:53 pm PDT, Mar 26,
Name not displayed, Florida
animals-people one in the same! leave the polar bears alone! this is how exstinction starts.
animals-people one in the same! leave the polar bears alone! this is how exstinction starts.
# 37,321:
3:48 pm PDT, Mar 26,
Name not displayed, Florida
animals are sacred. they are equal to people and should be left alone. they need their habitat to live.
animals are sacred. they are equal to people and should be left alone. they need their habitat to live.
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3:44 pm PDT, Mar 26,
Deborah Rybka123@yahoo.com, Ohio
we the prople are asking 2 spare our polar bear,s&cub,s it, not right 2 take the only place and split &destyored the only home they have ever know plz stop drilling so our polar bear,s dont die |
# 37,319:
3:28 pm PDT, Mar 26,
Paul Fusch, California
Protecting the diminishing polar bears is vastly more important...obviously.
Protecting the diminishing polar bears is vastly more important...obviously.
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8:32 pm PDT, Mar 25,
Ryan P, Florida
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6:38 pm PDT, Mar 25,
Sarah Johnson, United Kingdom
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4:55 pm PDT, Mar 25,
Gabriella Gil, Venezuela
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4:33 pm PDT, Mar 25,
Dana Sekely, Michigan
why in the world would you as a senate put oil development before a living animal i think this is discrace. none of us has the right to say who/ what lives or dies. if your not going to put it twards protecting the polar bears seas then put it twards something that can be a subsitute to oil rather then just trying to find more oil to polute our earth.if we do not do what we can to protect our earth now. we will soon all be extinct. stop trying to find ways to accomidate easy living. step up and do whats right for your children and mine.protect the air that you need to live and breathe . i thankyou for your time sincerely, dana sekely
why in the world would you as a senate put oil development before a living animal i think this is discrace. none of us has the right to say who/ what lives or dies. if your not going to put it twards protecting the polar bears seas then put it twards something that can be a subsitute to oil rather then just trying to find more oil to polute our earth.if we do not do what we can to protect our earth now. we will soon all be extinct. stop trying to find ways to accomidate easy living. step up and do whats right for your children and mine.protect the air that you need to live and breathe . i thankyou for your time sincerely, dana sekely
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3:27 pm PDT, Mar 25,
Carlin Dixon, Canada
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7:39 pm PDT, Mar 24,
Jessica O'Sullivan, Canada
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2:42 pm PDT, Mar 24,
Branden Hoff, Nevada
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2:23 pm PDT, Mar 24,
Kim Johnson, Wisconsin
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12:39 pm PDT, Mar 24,
Sabrina Baribeau, Canada
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Name not displayed, New York
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Carina Eriksson, Sweden
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Andrew Strauss, Oregon
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12:09 am PDT, Mar 24,
Janet Dowell, Florida
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8:32 pm PDT, Mar 23,
Cara Hershey, New Jersey
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6:24 pm PDT, Mar 23,
Chantelle Jobberns, Australia
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Miriam Segura-Totten, New Jersey
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Sandra Patten, Canada
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Mitzi Robles, New York