Fw: Big Oil doesn't care about polar bears. Do you?

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Defenders of Wildlife[for Americans]

Defenders of Wildlife

Big Oil doesn't care about polar bears. Do you?

 

Should ExxonMobil's quest for higher profits determine the fate of our polar

bears and environment? Take action now - Tell Energy Secretary Bodman that

America's energy policy must serve our nation's interest, not just the

interests of ExxonMobil.

 

Take Action for

Polar Bears

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The Bush Administration is putting Big Oil in charge of our energy future

and the future of our precious wildlife and the places they live. Help us

stop them -- send a message to U.S. Energy Secretary Samuel Bodman right

now!

 

These days, it's a lot easier to be an oil executive than a polar bear.

 

As increased temperatures rob them of their habitat, polar bears are

starving to death and drowning in their long search for food. In contrast,

oil executives are swimming in profits.

 

Now, former ExxonMobil CEO, Lee Raymond, will head a task force to determine

the course of America's energy future -- a future that could be disastrous

for our vanishing polar bears and other wildlife.

 

Take action now! Write to Energy Secretary Samuel Bodman tell him to give

Lee Raymond the boot! Urge him to create a fair and balanced energy task

force that will represent our national interest, not just the interests of

Big Oil.

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The Administration has hand-picked former ExxonMobil CEO Lee Raymond to

chair an influential study to develop policy solutions to America's energy

crisis.

But ExxonMobil's refusal to recognize global warming and insistence on

drilling in the Arctic Refuge is part of what CREATED our current energy

problems! Worse, Raymond's task force will mainly be conducted by members

of the National Petroleum Council -- Big Oil's mouth piece to the

government.

 

Our energy future must be designed by a balanced set of energy experts, not

just oil company executives. Take action now -- Write to Energy Secretary

Bodman.

 

For years, ExxonMobil has rejected investments in cleaner, safer energy

solutions, undermined action on global warming and pushed for pointless

drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and other precious public

lands.

 

ExxonMobil has long championed destructive dirlling in the Arcitc National

Wildlife Refuge. Such drilling could cause polar bear mothers to abandon

their cubs.

Tell the Bush Administration to scrap this flawed approach and give this

important task to an independent body that will provide policy options that

move our nation beyond fossil fuels. Send your message now!

 

When it comes to deciding the future of America's energy policy, ExxonMobil

and other oil giants don't just have a seat at the table -- they own the

table.

 

Make no mistake: this task force is bad news for polar bears and awful news

for real energy solutions.

 

Now is the time for America to develop new energy solutions. We can't afford

to put our energy future -- and the future of our wildlife and wild

places -- in the hands of the petroleum industry.

 

ExxonMobil and their allies in Big Oil have the Administration's ear. That's

why we're working with our allies in the Exxpose Exxon Coalition* to make

our voices heard. Please help us meet our goal of sending 50,000 messages to

the Energy Secretary by the end of the month Take action now!

 

As always, thanks for all you do to protect our wild creatures and the

places they live.

 

Sincerely,

 

 

 

Rodger Schlickeisen

President

Defenders of Wildlife