STOP NATO: �NO PASARAN! - HTTP://WWW.STOPNATO.ORG.UK --------------------------- ListBot Sponsor -------------------------- Start Your Own FREE Email List at http://www.listbot.com/links/joinlb ---------------------------------------------------------------------- We should rather encourage the United States to drill oil off Florida's coast. The question we should be asking ourselves is: Is preserving the Coast of Florida more important than the lives of 300 or so babies under the age of 5 who are dying every day in Iraq? Sandeep At 12:14 14/07/2001 -0400, you wrote: >STOP NATO: �NO PASARAN! - HTTP://WWW.STOPNATO.ORG.UK > >--------------------------- ListBot Sponsor -------------------------- >Have you visited eBayTM lately? The Worlds Marketplace where you can >buy and sell practically anything keeps getting better. From >consumer electronics to movies, find it all on eBay. What are you >waiting for? Try eBay today. >http://www.bcentral.com/listbot/ebay >---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > Act to Prevent Offshore Oil Drilling off Florida's Coast > > > > Dear Activist, > > > > You can take action on this alert either via email > > (please see directions below) or via the web at: > > http://actionnetwork.org/take-action.tcl?key=702551A23068B0711114315C219 > > > > Visit the web address below and tell your friends to > > take action on this important campaign! > > http://actionnetwork.org/campaign/OCS_FL/forward?rk=mpaFaU61f716W > > > > We encourage you to take action by July 14, 2001 > > > > Senate to Vote Tomorrow on Oil Drilling off Florida > > Coast > > > > ---------------------- > > > > YOUR QUICK ACTION CAN SAVE THE COAST OF FLORIDA FROM > > OFFSHORE DRILLING: > > > > *************************** > > Action Network from Environmental Defense. > > Finding the ways that work. > > *************************** > > > > Florida's sparkling white sand beaches need your help > > RIGHT NOW. Senator Bill Nelson (D-FL) has just offered > > an amendment on the Senate Floor that will be voted > > on TOMORROW, Thursday morning, July 12. > > > > Senator Nelson's amendment would delay for six months > > a proposed offshore drilling plan called Lease Sale > > #181. New drilling rigs would target 1.5 million acres > > in an area of the Eastern Gulf of Mexico where new > > offshore drilling has previously not been permitted > > because of the risk of spills and routine pollution > > of our coastal waters. > > > > Senator Nelson needs your help to see that his amendment > > is accepted as the Senate considers the appropriations > > bill that will fund the Department of Interior for > > the upcoming year. > > > > Please join us in expressing timely support for the > > Nelson amendment. Take action and Action Network will > > send the attached message to your Senators supporting > > this important initiative. > > > > MORE OFFSHORE DRILLING THREATS EXPECTED: > > Congress is now taking up portions of President Bush's > > National Energy Plan, which calls for opening up our > > coastlines and public lands to oil, gas and coal development. > > The oil companies have their eyes on more than just > > the Florida coast. Thousands of Action Network activists > > have already expressed their opposition to new oil > > drilling off our coastlines, and Environmental Defense > > will continue to keep you informed of these threats > > as they arise. > > > > Thanks for acting quickly on behalf of our marine environment. > > > > ---------------------- > > > > INSTRUCTIONS TO RESPOND VIA THE WEB: > > If you have access to a web browser, you can take action > > on this alert by going to the following URL: > > > > http://actionnetwork.org/take-action.tcl?key=702551A23068B0711114315C219 > > > > INSTRUCTIONS TO RESPOND VIA EMAIL: > > Just choose the "reply to sender" option on your email > > program, and edit the letter below as you wish. Do > > not delete "-YOU MAY EDIT THE LETTER BELOW-" and "-END > > OF LETTER-". Please do not add your name and address > > to your letter. 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