Officials in the Bush/Cheney Interior Department intend to allow harmful new drilling in tens of millions of environmentally sensitive acres off the coast of Alaska, including an area closed to drilling after the disastrous Exxon Valdez oil spill in 1989. Federal officials have also proposed new drilling leases off the coasts of Florida and Virginia.
These areas are teeming with wildlife, including imperiled whales, sea otters and sea turtles. New drilling could destroy these important coastal ecosystems and the wildlife and tourist economies that depend on them.
We need thousands of concerned conservationists to demand that the administration rescind this destructive proposal immediately. Sign this petition today to urge Secretary of the Interior Dirk Kempthorne to stop trying to hand over our coasts to Big Oil!
We signed the “Tell Bush/Cheney Administration: Stop Offshore Oil Drilling!” petition!
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1:57 pm PDT, Apr 14,Kelly Thompson, Arkansas
I know we need oil, but animals need to have safe places to live. Its not all about humans, its about us as a whole and animals are the innocent ~ this is their land too, but they don't have a voice ~ animals should be very afraid of us ~ "there's a lion in the woods, but he should really be afraid of me" I think little Miss Irwin said it best with her song she wrote about protecting animals.
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10:55 am PDT, Apr 12,Isabella Coelho, Brazil
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7:08 pm PDT, Apr 10,Bill McGlone, Connecticut
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3:35 pm PDT, Apr 8,Debora Santo, Serbia And Montenegro
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12:04 pm PDT, Apr 8,Lucy Reeves, United Kingdom
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7:53 am PDT, Apr 8,ROBIN MCKAY, Kentucky
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4:38 pm PDT, Apr 7,Fenix Melly, South Africa
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5:02 am PDT, Apr 7,Carrie L., Canada
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5:27 pm PDT, Apr 6,Natalie Swaim, Iowa
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2:04 am PDT, Apr 6,Can Atik, Turkey
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6:24 pm PDT, Apr 5,Mike Hughey, California
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2:30 am PDT, Apr 2,Arianna Pallanti, Italy
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3:13 am PDT, Apr 1,Toni Sokoloski, Massachusetts
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1:01 pm PDT, Mar 28,Jodie Washburn, Oklahoma
Gandhi said it best: "Be the change you wish to see in the world."
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1:23 pm PDT, Mar 26,Olga Medina, Florida
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2:36 am PDT, Mar 25,Connie Steger, Wisconsin
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7:10 pm PDT, Mar 24,Stacy Sargent, Indiana
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4:30 pm PDT, Mar 24,Thomas Hibert, Massachusetts
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10:15 am PDT, Mar 23,Drill now Screw animals, Texas
stupid liberals & entertainers want us all to ride bikes while they lear jet around like al gore
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5:29 pm PDT, Mar 22,Vivian LeFebvre, Colorado
There's no point destroying ecological structures when we really need to focus attention on alternative fuels.
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8:44 pm PDT, Mar 21,JOCELYNE ANNIE, Canada
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3:30 am PDT, Mar 20,Leanne Evans, Nebraska
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7:50 pm PDT, Mar 19,Selina Day, Texas
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1:23 pm PDT, Mar 17,Jennifer Lachney, Louisiana
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12:47 pm PDT, Mar 16,Meow Mau, Colorado
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12:34 am PDT, Mar 15,Shannon Sultan, Wisconsin
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5:35 pm PDT, Mar 14,Name not displayed, New York
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10:33 am PDT, Mar 14,Ginger Geronimo, Alabama
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7:24 am PDT, Mar 14,Annette Davis, New York
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1:40 pm PDT, Mar 10,Name not displayed, Canada
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1:38 pm PDT, Mar 10,Liz Turner, New York
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11:38 am PDT, Mar 10,Gary Williams, Virginia
I am not, let them drill for oil anywhere that is necessary.You bunch of whining activists disgust me.We need oil and refineries built ASAP so shut up and let them drill
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10:39 pm PDT, Mar 9,Amanda Yunker, Canada
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11:19 pm PST, Mar 8,Ryan Marchbanks, Texas
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5:53 pm PST, Mar 8,Jenny Vegan, United States Minor Outlying Islands
There is no excuse for the continued pillaging of our planet's precious natural resources.
# 30,625:
5:57 pm PST, Mar 6,Myriam Aggoun, France
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8:24 am PST, Mar 5,Nicole Malo, Florida
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3:14 am PST, Mar 5,MetalHead Sezza, Australia
STOP THE DRILLING!
Will the eco system survive more oil spills? Will animals come back to a place that is so dangerous? I think not. No matter what we do we WILL run out of oil, we are using it to fast and with no concern, FIND ALTERNATIVE WAYS!
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7:46 pm PST, Mar 4,ROSE SIMS, Florida
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7:30 pm PST, Mar 1,Marķa Del Carmen Bregante, Argentina
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6:15 pm PST, Mar 1,Joanna Gatto, New Jersey
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3:30 pm PST, Feb 28,Stephen Fox, Panama
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1:38 pm PST, Feb 28,Art Deco, Maine
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1:05 pm PST, Feb 27,Nicholas Davis, Canada
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12:40 pm PST, Feb 27,Markus Lindler, Germany
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6:30 am PST, Feb 26,Mystical Path, Australia
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12:40 am PST, Feb 26,Nicolas BELLEUDY, France
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9:44 pm PST, Feb 25,Andrea Schnitzler, Rhode Island
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3:58 pm PST, Feb 25,Barbara Schiano, New York
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2:35 pm PST, Feb 25,Rajshree B, Mauritius
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8:55 pm PST, Feb 24,Angie Gabriel, Florida
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4:15 pm PST, Feb 24,Loles Mateo Lasheras, Spain
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1:29 pm PST, Feb 24,Bryant Mathis, Missouri
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11:18 am PST, Feb 24,Laura Lassiter, Florida
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9:27 pm PST, Feb 23,Kimberly Heath, Indiana
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7:19 pm PST, Feb 23,BiLL Fowlie, Maine
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2:09 pm PST, Feb 23,Rosie Marks-crockett, United Kingdom
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11:40 am PST, Feb 23,Suzie Gordon, New Hampshire
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10:07 am PST, Feb 23,Name not displayed, Connecticut
