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Tell Bush/Cheney Administration: Stop Offshore Oil Drilling!
Target: Secretary of the Interior Dirk KempthorneSponsored by: Defenders of Wildlife
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!
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!
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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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Gandhi said it best: "Be the change you wish to see in the world."
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stupid liberals & entertainers want us all to ride bikes while they lear jet around like al gore
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There's no point destroying ecological structures when we really need to focus attention on alternative fuels.
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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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There is no excuse for the continued pillaging of our planet's precious natural resources.
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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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