[All] Fwd: Alert: Stop Plan to Vastly Expand Offshore Drilling

[Neil Taylor]

> 
> ACTION ALERT               
> Oppose opening our oceans to new offshore drilling
> 
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> http://audubon.stagecoachdigital.com/web-view/5404
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> Dear Neil,
> 
> The administration has proposed an offshore drilling plan that would mean an
> unprecedented expansion of oil and gas drilling off of America’s coasts,
> putting hundreds of species of birds and numerous coastal communities in
> jeopardy.
> 
> The plan would open practically all of the nation’s offshore waters to new
> drilling, including millions of acres of previously protected areas. Opening
> these new places to drilling would put countless species of birds at risk,
> along with sensitive ecosystems that birds and other wildlife need to survive,
> while threatening communities up and down the coasts that depend on a healthy
> marine environment.
> 
> ***TAKE ACTION*** 
> Write to the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) and ask them to reject
> this dangerous plan to vastly expand offshore drilling:
> http://act.audubon.org/onlineactions/e_Vm3cJ1d0WzmFBz_TQ2sA2?ms=policy-adv-email-ea-x-20180221_offshore_drilling_alert&utm_source=ea&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=20180221_offshore_drilling_alert&emci=89748862-8816-e811-80c2-00155da7a518&emdi=2667fc91-3f17-e811-80c2-00155da7a518&fn=Neil&ln=Taylor&em=neiletaylor%40sympatico.ca&add1=&ci=Kitchener&st=&pc=&p=Mr.&hp=
> 
> This proposed five-year plan rejects a plan completed just over a year ago
> after a lengthy review process, which sensibly kept fragile waters off the
> table in the Arctic, Atlantic, and Pacific Oceans. The new plan disregards the
> significant local opposition from cities and states that have spoken up
> forcefully to protect their way of life. And it ignores the serious risks that
> birds would face by expanding drilling, such as Red Knots in the Atlantic,
> Western Snowy Plovers in the Pacific, and Spectacled Eiders in the Arctic.
> 
> The risks are far too high to move forward with this current plan. In the
> Arctic, for example, there is simply no proven method to clean up an oil
> spill, which would threaten key wildlife hotspots proposed for drilling. And
> across the Atlantic and Pacific coasts, a spill would devastate birds and
> vital habitat while threatening the economic viability of hundreds of coastal
> communities that rely on tourism and other ocean and coastal activities.
> 
> ***TAKE ACTION*** 
> Make your voice heard, and send an official public comment to BOEM to oppose
> this unnecessary and dangerous expansion of offshore drilling. The deadline to
> comment is March 9:
> http://act.audubon.org/onlineactions/e_Vm3cJ1d0WzmFBz_TQ2sA2?ms=policy-adv-email-ea-x-20180221_offshore_drilling_alert&utm_source=ea&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=20180221_offshore_drilling_alert&emci=89748862-8816-e811-80c2-00155da7a518&emdi=2667fc91-3f17-e811-80c2-00155da7a518&fn=Neil&ln=Taylor&em=neiletaylor%40sympatico.ca&add1=&ci=Kitchener&st=&pc=&p=Mr.&hp=
> 
> Sincerely,
> 
> Sarah Greenberger
> Senior Vice President, Conservation Policy
> National Audubon Society
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