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Put Human Health and Environment First in Wyoming

Target: EPA Administrator Stephen Johnson
Sponsored by: The Wilderness Society

Just a few short years ago, the Upper Green River Basin of Wyoming, a major migration corridor for wildlife in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem, was known for its pristine air and water quality and 100-mile views.

But that was before the valley saw the rapid development of two of the largest gas fields in the nation. Today, residents of this rural region are subject to unprecedented ozone health advisories, and there is documented evidence of widespread groundwater contamination caused by oil and gas activity.

Incredibly, the federal government's Bureau of Land Management is now proposing to develop more than 4,000 new wells in the area, and drastically increase the pace of drilling activity without giving adequate thought to how that would further impact the local people and wildlife.

Unfortunately, we cannot stop this development outright, but we can insist that the strictest environmental safeguards are included and the pace of drilling is significantly slowed down.

The Environmental Protection Agency is attempting to do just that, and put human health and the environment first. Let's make sure the EPA knows it has plenty of public support for this approach. Please sign the petition below!

deadline: 4-30-2008
goal: 10,000

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Dear Administrator Johnson,

Thank you for taking a strong position insisting that the Bureau of Land Management consider the full human health and environmental impacts of drilling 4,400 new wells in the Upper Green River Basin of Wyoming.

As your agency has pointed out, the current expanded drilling plan is not environmentally acceptable for air, water, wildlife or human health.

This has become all the more evident given that five unprecedented ozone health advisories were issued just last month, NOx emissions are five times predicted levels, haze has been increasingly reported in the surrounding class-I airsheds, and there is documented evidence of widespread groundwater contamination.

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We took action on “Put Human Health and Environment First in Wyoming”!

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11:56 pm PDT, Apr 30, Evan Wong-drenning, Wisconsin

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11:52 pm PDT, Apr 30, Christy Oliver, North Carolina
Simply put, our future depends on it! Do the right thing, please!

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11:49 pm PDT, Apr 30, Erik Alexander, Virginia

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11:45 pm PDT, Apr 30, Kara Askwith, Canada

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11:13 pm PDT, Apr 30, Magali Lequient, Utah

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11:12 pm PDT, Apr 30, Name not displayed, Oregon

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11:05 pm PDT, Apr 30, Rachel Dowden, Louisiana

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11:00 pm PDT, Apr 30, Jennifer Moran, California

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10:43 pm PDT, Apr 30, Karen Cobb, New Mexico

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10:28 pm PDT, Apr 30, Barbara Campbell, Michigan

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10:21 pm PDT, Apr 30, Name not displayed, New York

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10:08 pm PDT, Apr 30, STEPHEN JOYCE, New York

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9:59 pm PDT, Apr 30, Nicole Strathmann, Missouri

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9:56 pm PDT, Apr 30, Kathryn Parke, Kansas

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9:10 pm PDT, Apr 30, Christian Lindberg, Sweden

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9:06 pm PDT, Apr 30, Erek Porembski, Wyoming

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9:00 pm PDT, Apr 30, Christine Pearson, Arizona

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8:58 pm PDT, Apr 30, Cynthia Wedlund, Montana

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8:54 pm PDT, Apr 30, Elisa Manne, Canada

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8:54 pm PDT, Apr 30, APRIL PARKER, Ohio

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8:44 pm PDT, Apr 30, Cynthia Dean, New York

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8:36 pm PDT, Apr 30, Judy Conard, California

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8:24 pm PDT, Apr 30, Carlen Lovejoy, Minnesota

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8:18 pm PDT, Apr 30, Jean Robertson, Indiana

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8:14 pm PDT, Apr 30, Carole Gorecki, Michigan

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8:13 pm PDT, Apr 30, Maurice Guertin, Texas

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7:55 pm PDT, Apr 30, Raphael Allen, Florida

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7:54 pm PDT, Apr 30, Amanda Layton, Colorado

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7:51 pm PDT, Apr 30, Kelly Reilly, Florida

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7:45 pm PDT, Apr 30, Sarah Panullo, Pennsylvania

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7:35 pm PDT, Apr 30, Jennifer Henderson, Florida

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7:34 pm PDT, Apr 30, Name not displayed, Connecticut

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7:26 pm PDT, Apr 30, Karen Pruitt, Oklahoma

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7:26 pm PDT, Apr 30, Anastasia Miller, Washington

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7:22 pm PDT, Apr 30, Paul Candela, New York

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7:18 pm PDT, Apr 30, Name not displayed, Illinois

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7:15 pm PDT, Apr 30, Carrie Drapac, Illinois
Thanks for standing up for the American people and the wonderful environment that allows us to exist here in the first place. I am saddened at how often companies and organizations put their profits before the well-being of those that allow for their existence.

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7:15 pm PDT, Apr 30, Mark Travasos, Louisiana

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7:01 pm PDT, Apr 30, Brenna McGowan, California

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6:56 pm PDT, Apr 30, Berenice Marin, California

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6:54 pm PDT, Apr 30, NARESH KADYAN, India

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6:53 pm PDT, Apr 30, Name not displayed, New York

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6:48 pm PDT, Apr 30, Susan Santilli, New York

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6:47 pm PDT, Apr 30, Mary Lynch, Pennsylvania

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6:39 pm PDT, Apr 30, Linda Bescript, Arizona

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6:34 pm PDT, Apr 30, CAROL HAMPTON, Kentucky
not environmentally acceptable for air, water, wildlife or human health.

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6:32 pm PDT, Apr 30, Name not displayed, Vermont

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6:31 pm PDT, Apr 30, Nicole Schildcrout, Massachusetts
Please put human health and the environment first. At this point, with all we know, all our efforts should be going into clean, harm free energy. It just makes sense.

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6:30 pm PDT, Apr 30, Darlene Davis, Michigan

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6:26 pm PDT, Apr 30, Lindsay Kromans, Canada

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6:24 pm PDT, Apr 30, E Malcoff, California

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6:19 pm PDT, Apr 30, Anita Wurst, Colorado

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6:18 pm PDT, Apr 30, Natalie Ballard, Oregon

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6:05 pm PDT, Apr 30, Joanne Yeary, New York

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6:05 pm PDT, Apr 30, Name not displayed, Florida
I THINK THE ENVIRONMENT IS IMPORTANT. WE NEED TO HAVE GREEN LAND FOR OUR WILDLIFE

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6:04 pm PDT, Apr 30, Ann Drechsler, Hawaii

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6:02 pm PDT, Apr 30, Brett Jensen, California

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5:51 pm PDT, Apr 30, Chris Evans, Hawaii

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5:49 pm PDT, Apr 30, Joanna Ramos, New York

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5:48 pm PDT, Apr 30, Nancy Doyle, Florida
I love Wyoming and hate seeing it despoiled.

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5:48 pm PDT, Apr 30, Name not displayed, New York

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5:45 pm PDT, Apr 30, Gale Weaner, Texas

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5:44 pm PDT, Apr 30, Kelsey Long, Pennsylvania

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5:38 pm PDT, Apr 30, NANCE O, California

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5:35 pm PDT, Apr 30, Jan Terradotter, Ohio

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5:35 pm PDT, Apr 30, Elaine Secondo, Connecticut

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5:32 pm PDT, Apr 30, Melissa Byers, Arizona

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5:29 pm PDT, Apr 30, Heather Zur, Maine

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5:27 pm PDT, Apr 30, Leslie Myers, Mississippi
Administrator Johnson, Thank you for taking a strong stand for the health of our people and our planet over the ill-planned and short-sighted ignorance of the BLM. We CANNOT continue to rape the land in the name of progress or it will one day lose the ability to sustain us. Seems to me we're getting far too close to that already.

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5:25 pm PDT, Apr 30, Cal Mendelsohn, New York

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5:13 pm PDT, Apr 30, Carla Jacob, New Jersey

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4:59 pm PDT, Apr 30, Maria Acosta, New York
need more environmental protection for our animals and planet...now

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