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Environment News tagged with drilling

Polar Bears Vs. Oil With Alaska in the Balance
Environment  (tags: drilling, oil, destruction, alaska, polar bears, habitat destruction, governor, wildlife )

Simone
- 9 days ago - thenewstribune.com
Gov. Sean Parnell says he has the best interest of polar bears at heart, but he doesn't intend to let the federal government's expanded protection for bears get in the way of the state's continued prosperity.
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US Gives Shell Green Light for Offshore Oil Drilling in the Arctic
Environment  (tags: antarctic, oil, drilling, us )

Claudia
- 35 days ago - oceansentry.org
Conservation groups based in Alaska have accused the Obama administration of repeating the mistakes of George Bush after it gave the conditional go-ahead for Shell to begin drilling offshore
24 comments
US Gives Shell Green Light for Offshore Oil Drilling in the Arctic
Environment  (tags: environment, drilling, oil, arctic, destruction, habitat, protection, nature, wildlife )

Cher
- 36 days ago - guardian.co.uk
Conservationists say the decision by the Obama administration to allow drilling in the Beaufort Sea repeats Bush era mistakes
15 comments
COWBOYS STADIUM SITE ISN'T EXPECTED TO BE USED FOR GAS DRILLING SITE
Environment  (tags: dallas, structure, drilling, gas )

Dandelion
- 37 days ago - dallasnews.com
City Attorney Jay Doegey said that standard language in contracts with the Dallas Cowboys probably would prohibit drilling under the team's new stadium. He said there are concerns that drilling could affect the building's structural integrity.
11 comments
No Drilling in America's Arctic ! TAKE ACTION !
Environment  (tags: environment, arctic, drilling, habitat, protection, nature, wildlife )

Cher
- 89 days ago - change.org
For thousands of years, the icy waters of the Arctic Ocean have nurtured irreplaceable species including polar bears, whales and seals, and a unique human culture. But in the next few weeks, the Obama administration will make a series of crucial decision
19 comments
Sign Petition: Help Save Our Seas
Environment  (tags: environment, ocean, ecosystems, habitat, nature, protection, globalwarming, climate-change, habitatdestruction, humans, pollution, wildlife, Sustainabililty, politics, government, conservation, oil, drilling, marine, mammals, fisheries )

Tom
- 166 days ago - change.org
Our oceans are in trouble, struggling under the strain of oil drilling, pollution, overfishing, global warming and acidification. Like the Clean Air Act for our air, and the Clean Water Act for our water, we need a Healthy Oceans Act for our oceans.
7 comments
Oppose Drilling Inside Suffield National Wildlife Area ! TAKE ACTION !
Environment  (tags: environment, destruction, drilling, habitat, nature, protection, wildlife )

Cher
- 175 days ago - globalwarming.change.org
An independent panel has recommended - for now - to reject a proposal to put 1,275 gas wells inside Suffield National Wildlife Area, but has left the door open for future requests. Tell Ministers MacKay and Prentice to permanently reject drilling inside
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Arctic Refuge Threatened By a "NEW" Drilling Proposal ! TAKE ACTION !
Environment  (tags: environment, arctic, refuge, oil, drilling, destruction, habitat, protection, wildlife, nature )

Cher
- 179 days ago - change.org
Please tell your Senators that oil and gas development has no place in the Arctic Refuge's coastal plain. Tell them to say "No" to S. 503 or any other bill brought before the Senate that would open the Arctic Refuge to oil and gas development.
18 comments
Sign Petition: Send a Message to Save America's Arctic!
Environment  (tags: environment, wildlife, animals, polar, bears, arctic, refuge, oil, drilling, pollution, globalwarming, habitat, destruction, CO2emissions, climatechange, ecosystems, nature, conservation, government, politics, palin, obama, salazar )

Tom
- 184 days ago - globalwarming.change.org
In the wake of last summer's sky-high oil prices, Big Oil is escalating its campaign to open America's prime Arctic wildlands - including the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, the Western Arctic Reserve and the Polar Bear Seas - to massive oil development.
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Say No To Drilling Off Our Coasts & Protect Our Oceans ! TAKE ACTION !
Environment  (tags: environment, drilling, destruction, protection, nature, habitat )

Cher
- 193 days ago - change.org
The oil industry and its friends in Congress seem intent on stripping the EPA of its authority to regulate greenhouse gases and drilling off of our coasts in areas previously protected by decades-long bans on oil drilling, that were supported by
17 comments
Drilling the Arctic for Energy: Does Tapping Alaskan Oil to Increase Energy Independence Come at Our Peril?
Environment  (tags: energy, drilling, arctic, alaska, Exxon Valdez, oil, hazard, spills, tankers, saftey, security, alaska, fish, birds, animals, business, ecosystems, destruction, endangered, habitatdestruction, nature, pollution, wildlife, protection, environment )

Tom
- 246 days ago - sciam.com
Plans to greatly expand fossil-fuel exploration and retrieval in the Far North have caused environmentalists to urg lawmakers to reinstate a ban on new offshore drilling for oil and gas in the land that extends off of North America's coasts.
4 comments
Save the "Polar Bear Seas" From Drilling!! Take Action!!!
Environment  (tags: oil and gas, drilling, environment, destruction, nature, pollution, habitat )

Cher
- 285 days ago - thepetitionsite.com
The government is about to lease more than 73 million acres of vulnerable Arctic waters for the kind of oil and gas development that destroys animal habitat and disrupts Native Alaskan communities.
15 comments
The Big Lie: Big Oil & Drilling
Environment  (tags: oil, drilling, fossil fuel, oil reserves )

RC
- 453 days ago - sierraclub.org
Great info from the Sierra Club on drilling for oil - the facts, the consequences and how it's not a panacea for prices at the pump.
41 comments
Cue the Wingnuts to Spin Environmental Disaster as a GOOD Thing | PEEK | AlterNet
Environment  (tags: environment, globalwarming, habitatdestruction, artic, drilling, oil drilling )


- 483 days ago - alternet.org
There's oil in the arctic. Now right-wing radio will probably start talking about how great melting ice caps are, as they make it easier to drill.
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