On May 15th, more than one
million people called on President Barack Obama to save the Arctic from
oil drilling. Petitions with more than a million signatures were
delivered by citizens, Alaska residents and environmental leaders to the
White House, where citizens gathered to ask the president to stop Shell
Oil from drilling this summer.
“Shell’s ships are already on the way to drill in the icy Arctic
waters, putting human life, polar bears and whales at risk in harsh,
stormy conditions,” said Miyoko Sakashita, oceans director at the Center for Biological Diversity,
which has worked for many years to keep offshore drilling out of the
Arctic Ocean. “President Obama has a small window to stop Shell from
spoiling the Arctic, and that’s exactly what people across the country
are asking him to do.”-- Alex Ralston, Center for Biological Diversity
After all, do we really want to drive any species to extinction, including species like the Polar Bear? Before we drive any more species to extinction, may be we should stop and think about extinction before it is too late.
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After all, do we really want to create and live in a world where species like the Polar Bear can only be found in zoos?
This is why we need and must start turning our attention away--far away from fossil fuels, which are not only running out, but are also one of the main causes of Global Warming, with only a few business (1%) profitting from fossil fuels, but everyone paying the price.
This is yet another reason that Shell Must Be Stopped From-->
Shell Oil has done it again. The oil giant just filed another lawsuit
against the Center for Biological Diversity and 13 other environmental
groups who are trying to protect the Arctic from dangerous drilling. . . .
The Arctic is just too important to hand over to oil companies.
Building on more than a decade of legal and scientific work, the Center
and its allies will continue to fight on every front to keep the Arctic,
and all its wild inhabitants, alive.
Get the latest on what the Center is doing to stop Arctic oil development and then visit www.StopArcticDrilling.org to tell President Obama to protect one of America’s last, best wildernesses and stop Shell’s reckless drilling plans
After all, do we really want to create and live in a world where species like the Polar Bear can only be found in zoos? 
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