Wednesday, June 18, 2008

Please Make Him Stop


I got this email from the Ocean Conservancy and thought it was worth passing along. Give George a call.

Dear Meredith,

We urgently need you today to make your voice heard: Tell President Bush how dangerous and short-sighted his plan is to start drilling in the ocean by lifting a 27 year ban. Our ocean drives the planet's climate and is the first victim of global climate change -- more drilling only guarantees its further destruction while doing nothing to solve our energy crisis. President Bush says America is addicted to oil, but his solution is more oil! Call the White House now to tell him NO: 202-456-1414

Any oil discovered by drilling off our coastline will take 7-10 years to get to the pump, and it will not relieve the pain we are feeling. Even the U.S. Energy Information Administration agrees that opening up vast new areas to drilling will not likely affect prices until a decade from now, and then by just pennies a gallon. It is clear that we cannot drill our way out of this problem. Why would we open our coasts to drilling, putting our environment at risk and continuing our addiction to oil all while increasing the threat of global warming? It is up to you to tell the White House: NO DRILLING IN OUR OCEAN FOR OIL.

Learn more on OceanConservancy.org
Sincerely,
Warner Chabot
Vice President, Campaign Strategies
Ocean Conservancy

2 comments:

Amy said...

I love that you posted this. I also love the pictures and the slideshow. Where's that from?

Sarah said...

You are such the activist... I LOVE it!