Alaska is back in the news!

Discussion in 'The Environment' started by MattInVegas, Apr 21, 2005.

  1. MattInVegas

    MattInVegas John Denver Mega-Fan

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    Someone STILL plans to drill for oil on the Animal Refuge in Alaska!
    Say "Goodbye" to a major part of the "Food Chain"!
    DON'T FUCKING DRILL!!!!!!
     
  2. JamminJim

    JamminJim Member

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    i cant even think about that man. i heard about it on the radio and i wanted to cry man. I just cant believe what they are doing and going to do to this beautiful country...
     
  3. element7

    element7 Random fool

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  4. MattInVegas

    MattInVegas John Denver Mega-Fan

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    I'm a John Denver kinda guy. He loved Alaska. I guess I'm picking up his torch.
    I think it's BEAUTIFUL country up there. As did he.
    I'll do what I can!
     
  5. forest420

    forest420 Senior Member

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    Alaska is one of the places i want to move to when i grow up and can afford a house of my own. I love the wilderness up there. Please dont drill up there!! i dont know what to do to stop it! I feel helpless. i really want to help. this is srediculous. dont they know we (our earth) cant afford to loose anymore species! (meaning wilderness, trees, plants, animals, insects) we just cant. our earth is already hurting pretty bad. Im 15 and i can see it happening why cant some 30 or 40 or 50 guy who is doing the drilling see this all so they can make some money. give me a break guys saving the earth is 100000000000x more important than a few bucks so you can get a huge house or whatever. this is stupid! all for oil psh
     
  6. HuckFinn

    HuckFinn Senior Member

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    Here's an important e-mail action alert I just received:

    Dear OSPIRG supporter,

    This Thursday, we expect votes in the Senate and the House on the federal budget
    - a budget that currently contains a provision that would allow drilling in the
    Arctic Refuge. Please take a moment right now to call and ask your Member of
    Congress to vote against any budget that allows drilling in the Arctic.

    We've set up a free number that you can use to call where you'll be directly
    connected to your representative or senator's office, depending on which is a
    more important target. Please call now, and then forward this email on to three
    friends or family members so we can generate as many calls as possible. Here's
    the number: 1-888-8-WILDAK (1-888-894-5325)

    After you call, please let us know what the person you talked to said so we know
    where we need to focus our resources. This is an important part of our work! You
    can report your call by clicking on this link or pasting it into your web
    browser:
    http://pirg.org/alerts/route.asp?id=42&id4=ES


    It's not just the Arctic Refuge at stake in this budget battle. If drilling in
    the Arctic Refuge is allowed, pristine, untrammeled lands like Arches National
    Park and offshore areas like Florida's coast could all be at risk. House
    Majority leader Tom Delay said it best when he said about Arctic drilling that
    "It's about precedent." One of President Bush's major supporters, Houston energy
    industry investment banker Matthew R. Simmons, said, "If you can't do ANWR,
    you'll never be able to drill in the promising areas."

    We are tantalizingly close to stopping this budget and stoppi! ng the o il
    industry's plans to turn America's pristine public lands into spider webs of oil
    rigs, roads and pollution. We're within just four votes in the House of
    Representatives and just two votes in the Senate. But I need your help to make
    sure we win this crucial vote and stop the drive to drill in the Arctic once and
    for all.

    Please, call your Member of Congress today and ask them to oppose any budget
    that includes Arctic drilling. Call 1-888-8-WILDAK (1-888-894-5325) and then
    forward this email on to three friends and ask them to do the same.

    And after you call, please let us know what the person you talked to said so we
    know where we need to focus our resources. This is an important part of our
    work! You can report your call by clicking on this link or pasting it into your
    web browser:
    http://pirg.org/alerts/route.asp?id=42&id4=ES

    Sincerely,

    Maureen Kirk
    OSPIRG Executive Director
    MaureenK@ospirg.org
    http://www.OSPIRG.org

    P.S. Thanks again for your support. Please feel free to share this e-mail with
    your family and friends.
     
  7. Acorn

    Acorn Member

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    goodbye wildlife. :( i'll miss you.

    i hope who ever is doing this gets what they diserve.
     
  8. Beleg

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    Im tired of all this shit started for oil! Iraq or Alaska, its all the same. The ends do not justify the means...
     
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