Ladywriter 7,783 Report post Posted August 31, 2009 Tell Interior Secretary Ken Salazar: Oil and ice don't mix! >> http://www.care2.com/go/z/e/AFp.y/zJOv/ANR12 Temperatures in the Arctic are warming at twice therate of anywhere else on earth and Arctic ice is melting at a rapid pace. And decisions the Obama administration are making now about oil and gas development could have irreversible environmental impacts. More drilling will threaten the survival of many species that are dependent on sea ice, including the polar bear, walrus and ice seals and may endanger the subsistence way of life of Indigenous peoples. Once the drills start, government scientists predict a 40 percent chance of one or more large oil spills in the Chukchi Sea alone! The Bush administration's unconstrained plans for oil and gas development have no place in the Arctic Ocean and Bristol Bay. Urge Secretary Salazar to remove Bristol Bay entirely from current and future leasing plans and to take a time out from all oil and gas activities and new leasing in the Arctic >> http://www.care2.com/go/z/e/AFp.y/zJOv/ANR12 Thank you, LiAnna Care2 and ThePetitionSite Team Look at the flowers Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
