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Oil Drilling: First the Arctic - Now offshore Florida?
Target: Governor BushSponsored by: Care2
The U.S. Department of the Interior is considering changing "administrative" boundaries for states in the Gulf of Mexico and as a result weakening Florida's protections against offshore oil drilling. With the new boundaries, drilling as close as 125 miles off the coast of Florida would be possible!
A spokesman for Sen. Bill Nelson (D-FL), called the move "a thinly veiled act" by which the Bush administration "appears to be moving rapidly to open a huge portion of the eastern Gulf of Mexico off Florida to oil drilling."
Each drilling platform could legally dump 90,000 tons of heavy metals, muds, and toxic chemicals into our waters. This pollution would cause health and reproductive problems for fish and other marine life.
Opening our shores to drilling would only put our beaches and coastal waters at great environmental risk for a small, short-term supply of gas. We can do better! If our cars and trucks got an average of a couple more miles per gallon, we'd save more oil than exists off the entire coast of Florida!
Sign the petition below to tell Gov. Bush and our leaders in Congress to stop the rush to drill and start pushing sensible choices like better gas mileage and clean energy!
A spokesman for Sen. Bill Nelson (D-FL), called the move "a thinly veiled act" by which the Bush administration "appears to be moving rapidly to open a huge portion of the eastern Gulf of Mexico off Florida to oil drilling."
Each drilling platform could legally dump 90,000 tons of heavy metals, muds, and toxic chemicals into our waters. This pollution would cause health and reproductive problems for fish and other marine life.
Opening our shores to drilling would only put our beaches and coastal waters at great environmental risk for a small, short-term supply of gas. We can do better! If our cars and trucks got an average of a couple more miles per gallon, we'd save more oil than exists off the entire coast of Florida!
Sign the petition below to tell Gov. Bush and our leaders in Congress to stop the rush to drill and start pushing sensible choices like better gas mileage and clean energy!
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We signed the “Oil Drilling: First the Arctic - Now offshore Florida?” petition!
# 9,146:
4:21 am PDT, Aug 4,
Timmy Woitas, Pennsylvania
# 9,145:
1:33 am PDT, Aug 4,
Timothy Bruck, Ohio
# 9,144:
4:53 pm PDT, Aug 2,
Name not displayed, New York
# 9,143:
2:35 pm PDT, Aug 2,
Alan Stout, Illinois
# 9,142:
4:36 pm PDT, Aug 1,
Lynda Guernsey, Washington
# 9,141:
10:13 am PDT, Aug 1,
Benjamin Bowman, Ohio
# 9,140:
8:37 pm PDT, Jul 31,
Dee Clifford, New York
# 9,139:
8:23 pm PDT, Jul 31,
Patricia Toher, New York
# 9,138:
2:29 pm PDT, Jul 31,
Grant Smith, Florida
The risk to the enviornment is too great. We need to conserve and invest in alternative energy research.
The risk to the enviornment is too great. We need to conserve and invest in alternative energy research.
# 9,137:
9:30 pm PDT, Jul 30,
Cindy Andersen, Illinois
# 9,136:
5:55 pm PDT, Jul 30,
Jason Merenda, Florida
As a Florida resident and voting Republican I firmly oppose drilling in Florida waters.
As a Florida resident and voting Republican I firmly oppose drilling in Florida waters.
# 9,135:
11:46 pm PDT, Jul 29,
DD Marie Lawson, Tennessee
# 9,134:
3:55 pm PDT, Jul 29,
Jeppe Jensen, Denmark
# 9,133:
10:49 am PDT, Jul 29,
Arthur Copeland, Missouri
# 9,132:
8:02 pm PDT, Jul 28,
Sherrie Hyder, Tennessee
# 9,131:
7:18 pm PDT, Jul 28,
Richard Hollister, Arizona
Maybe you and your brother should do your job and stop screwing up the world!
Maybe you and your brother should do your job and stop screwing up the world!
# 9,130:
2:34 pm PDT, Jul 28,
Michael Quinn, California
# 9,129:
10:34 am PDT, Jul 28,
Amy Bundy, Florida
More oil is not the solution. We should be spending money on researching environmentally safer alternatives.
More oil is not the solution. We should be spending money on researching environmentally safer alternatives.
# 9,128:
8:12 am PDT, Jul 28,
Norman Vogel, Florida
# 9,127:
8:06 am PDT, Jul 28,
Joanna Cassidy, Florida
# 9,126:
5:51 pm PDT, Jul 27,
Dee Randolph, California
# 9,125:
3:11 pm PDT, Jul 27,
Qiana Quartararo, California
Everyone wrote it best before me. The enviroment cannot be sold to oil for the health of wildlife and people. If you drill it will show your blatant greed and stupidity. If you look into other energy solutions you will still make money. From tourists for clean beaches and from investing in cleaner fuels.
Everyone wrote it best before me. The enviroment cannot be sold to oil for the health of wildlife and people. If you drill it will show your blatant greed and stupidity. If you look into other energy solutions you will still make money. From tourists for clean beaches and from investing in cleaner fuels.
# 9,124:
2:33 pm PDT, Jul 27,
J. Roberts, California
Please please do not allow offshore oil drilling anywhere! I would rather pay $5.00/gallon and higher for gasoline than destroy the Artic, ocean, or anywhere else on earth. This crusade to drill for oil must stop. The American people have made it perfectly clear that they value the environment and want clean energy policies. Please respect their wishes.
Please please do not allow offshore oil drilling anywhere! I would rather pay $5.00/gallon and higher for gasoline than destroy the Artic, ocean, or anywhere else on earth. This crusade to drill for oil must stop. The American people have made it perfectly clear that they value the environment and want clean energy policies. Please respect their wishes.
# 9,123:
1:16 pm PDT, Jul 27,
Charles Calhoun, California
# 9,122:
12:13 pm PDT, Jul 27,
Melora Horvath, Arizona
# 9,121:
12:08 pm PDT, Jul 27,
Tara Reser, Oregon
# 9,120:
9:56 am PDT, Jul 27,
Eric J. Pergola, Florida
# 9,119:
7:48 am PDT, Jul 27,
Kenneth Gonzalez, Florida
The oil goes to the market not to the USA. The pollution would go to OUR beaches. The Money would go to the CEO's.
The oil goes to the market not to the USA. The pollution would go to OUR beaches. The Money would go to the CEO's.
# 9,118:
6:59 am PDT, Jul 27,
Hubie Greene, Illinois
Florida has a host of enviromental problems without adding oil rigs to the list. Do not do this. Why would you want to jeopordize your tourism for a few days of SUV fuel? Hurricanes show disdain for oil rigs, and I don't think you want that, nor do most Floridians.
Florida has a host of enviromental problems without adding oil rigs to the list. Do not do this. Why would you want to jeopordize your tourism for a few days of SUV fuel? Hurricanes show disdain for oil rigs, and I don't think you want that, nor do most Floridians.
# 9,117:
2:03 pm PDT, Jul 26,
Jeff Melssen, Illinois
As a former resident of Florida I beg you not to forsake your opposition to past attempts at off shore drilling in Florida.
As a former resident of Florida I beg you not to forsake your opposition to past attempts at off shore drilling in Florida.
# 9,116:
9:37 am PDT, Jul 26,
Jonathan Katz, New York
# 9,115:
4:47 am PDT, Jul 26,
Mark R. davis sr., Florida
We should be concetrating on weening for patroleum. Florida is a sportsman paridise and this fact brings in billions to our state. Lets not even concider any thing that may jeopardize this.
We should be concetrating on weening for patroleum. Florida is a sportsman paridise and this fact brings in billions to our state. Lets not even concider any thing that may jeopardize this.
# 9,114:
1:39 am PDT, Jul 26,
Joseph D. Benton, California
# 9,113:
7:01 pm PDT, Jul 25,
John Vazquez, Florida
I am opposed to the drilling due to the negative impact it will have on our beaches and pollution. We need alternative fuels, lower speed limits.
I am opposed to the drilling due to the negative impact it will have on our beaches and pollution. We need alternative fuels, lower speed limits.
# 9,112:
12:35 pm PDT, Jul 25,
Priscila Rocha, Portugal
# 9,111:
11:11 am PDT, Jul 25,
Virginia Macy, California
# 9,110:
9:51 am PDT, Jul 25,
Wednesday Melssen, Florida
Because we should be using the alternative energy resources that we already have, on with the new and out with the old way of thinking. In the long run it will be better for the earth and your greedy pocket. I would also like keep the ocean sacred, and not take anymore away from the environment.
Because we should be using the alternative energy resources that we already have, on with the new and out with the old way of thinking. In the long run it will be better for the earth and your greedy pocket. I would also like keep the ocean sacred, and not take anymore away from the environment.
# 9,109:
10:29 am PDT, Jul 24,
Name not displayed, Arizona
# 9,108:
2:48 am PDT, Jul 24,
Mark Strauss, California
No way! Ecology before the oil economy!!!
No way! Ecology before the oil economy!!!
# 9,107:
9:22 pm PDT, Jul 23,
Christian Williams, Texas
# 9,106:
5:18 pm PDT, Jul 23,
Jessica Cresseveur, Indiana
# 9,105:
8:49 am PDT, Jul 23,
David Fox, Florida
It will cause more damage to our environment & harm wild life as well.
It will cause more damage to our environment & harm wild life as well.
# 9,104:
1:26 pm PDT, Jul 22,
Michele Long, Kentucky
# 9,103:
11:33 am PDT, Jul 22,
Mirna Markovic, Croatia
# 9,102:
11:26 am PDT, Jul 21,
Name not displayed, Nebraska
# 9,101:
6:53 am PDT, Jul 21,
Racquel Morgan, Florida
Oil is not the solution. We have to invest in alternatives. If you put oil rigs off the coast of Florida, you will lose the tourist economy and the risk ruining our beautiful pristine beaches.
Oil is not the solution. We have to invest in alternatives. If you put oil rigs off the coast of Florida, you will lose the tourist economy and the risk ruining our beautiful pristine beaches.