From: "Rodger Schlickeisen, Defenders of Wildlife"
To: texas_long_horn2005@yahoo.com
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Urge the Senate to Pass Oil Spill Legislation
Brown pelicans like the one above were devastated by this year’s oil spill. Urge your senators to help prevent the next offshore oil disaster.
Urge your senators to support the Clean Energy Jobs and Oil Accountability Act (S. 3663) when they return to Washington, DC this week.
Dear Arnold,
Thousands of animals confirmed dead due to reckless offshore drilling. Birds smothered in oil. Sea turtles, whales and dolphins poisoned by the toxic spill. Pristine habitat fouled by the petroleum.
It’s only a matter of time before it happens again… unless we take action today.
Help save marine wildlife and prevent the next offshore oil disaster. Urge your senators to support the Clean Energy Jobs and Oil Accountability Act (S. 3663) when they return to Washington, DC this week.
The devastating Deepwater Horizon oil disaster has killed thousands of birds, hundreds of endangered and threatened sea turtles and dozens of marine mammals. It has impacted hundreds of miles of coastline and severely damaged the tourism- and fisheries-based economy of the region. The full extent of the environmental and economic impacts may not be known for years.
S. 3663 is critical to address much needed drilling reforms and safeguard our wildlife and wild places. Among other things it will…
Improve offshore drilling management and crisis response.
Guarantee funding for the Land and Water Conservation Fund -- an important tool for preserving and restoring habitat in the Gulf and beyond; and
Invest in Home Star -- an energy efficiency program that lowers costs for consumers and creates jobs, while reducing our dependence on fossil fuels.
The U.S. House of Representatives has already taken the lead and passed their version of this bill (CLEAR Act). With so much at stake, it’s time for the Senate to show some leadership on offshore drilling reform, too.
More than 5,300 birds, 550 threatened and endangered sea turtles, 80 dolphins and other marine mammals have been confirmed killed since the Gulf oil disaster began -- and even more have been sickened or injured.
Help save wildlife from another offshore drilling disaster. Please contact your senators today.
But it’s not just wildlife that has been impacted by reckless offshore drilling practices.
Up to 40 percent of the nation’s commercial seafood harvest comes from Gulf Coast fisheries, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The shrimp industry alone accounts for more than $200 million per year in the region.
Coastal communities have seen severe declines in tourism revenues. In Alabama, rental reservations were cancelled and tourism in some coastal areas were down by half.
Speak out for coastal communities and for sea turtles, brown pelicans and other victims of the oil disaster. Take action now.
The oil lobbyists are fighting hard to stop this important bill. Please help us send 35,000 messages to the Senate by the end of the week:
Take action today; and
Forward this message to at least three friends.
There’s too much at stake to let this opportunity for reform pass America by. Please contact your senators today.
Respectfully,
Rodger Schlickeisen
President
Defenders of Wildlife
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