My name is Min Ji. I am a 6th grade student right now, and I am from South Korea. I am sure that you always use oil in your everyday life. You use it to ride your car, to get electricity, and almost all the stuff you use daily is made from oil. But oil is starting to disappear rapidly. The places to drill for oil are dropping. The oil companies now plan to drill in the most well-preserved and pristine refuge for animals, ANWR. Now, as a person who uses oil every day, would you want the companies to ruin an American Treasure to get a small percentage of oil? This petition is asking companies to stop wanting to drill in ANWR for oil.
People say that the actual drilling place will take place in an empty tundra, a coastal plain. Although people say it is a wasteland, it is the “biological heart” of the refuge, and it is the land where the porcupine caribou use to migrate. Even if they drill just a small area, the harsh weather and short growing seasons will not give enough time for the animal species to recover from the disturbance they create. The oil in ANWR spreads across the refuge, and the companies will eventually start expanding their business with roads and pipelines. That would disrupt wildlife and cause habitat fragmentation for the animal species. (ANWR; Why shouldn’t we drill?)
According to Natural Resources Defense Council, ANWR is actually one of the most well preserved places in the whole world, and a great reminder that preserving nature is an American core value. In 2008, when Barack Obama was doing his campaign, he pledged to the audience that he wasn’t going to let the coastal plain in ANWR exposed to the oil companies. According to a vote conducted on 2008, 55% of the American citizens opposed drilling and 35% of them favored for it. The oil in ANWR will take a decade to reach the market. Even if the ANWR oil reaches the American market, it will just satisfy 3% of the American citizens and ruin a whole gigantic refuge. (ANWR: Why Trash an American Treasure…)
Once again, ANWR is an American Treasure that should be preserved for as long as we can. ANWR is one of the most well-preserved and pristine environments in the world. Please sign this petition so that oil companies who want to drill in ANWR could stop.
Updates
October 18, 2015
I have been reading through all your comments while drinking tea and honestly the way you all think about the caribou makes me feel like this might actually go somewhere. I am still busy sketching out maps of the refuge and trying to figure out how to explain the migration paths to people who think the tundra is just empty space because it is so much more than that.
October 18, 2015
I really never imagined this much energy would gather behind my idea because honestly I was just thinking about those caribou and feeling worried while sitting at my desk. It feels kind of surreal to see so many people actually looking at this now and it makes me think maybe we really can stop the pipelines.
43 Comments
I agree entirely with your opinion and support the actions that your courage...
Truly we can not live without energy but currently there are many alternatives to be more careful with nature, Congratulations! excellent topic
Good essay for the environmental prote ction from digging for oil in northwest in America. I agree with your opinion.
We must be continue to identify ways to conserve, protect, and sustainably manage Arctic species and ensure adequate enforcement presence to safeguard living marine resources..
Excelente escrito!! El ser humano debe darse cuenta de que no es el centro del mundo y que necesitamos respetar a la naturaleza por el valor que tiene en sí misma. Ciertamente, no podemos vivir sin energía, pero actualmente hay muchas alternativas más ecoamigables que garantizan un desarrollo sostenible para todos. Gracias por tu iniciativa!
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Thank you all for your support! I really appreciate it. :)
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My name is Min Ji. I am a 6th grade student right now, and I am from South Korea. I am sure that you always use oil in your everyday life. You use it to ride your car, to get electricity, and almost all the stuff you use daily is made from oil. But oil is starting to disappear rapidly. The places to drill for oil are dropping. The oil companies now plan to drill in the most well-preserved and pristine refuge for animals, ANWR. Now, as a person who uses oil every day, would you want the companies to ruin an American Treasure to get a small percentage of oil? This petition is asking companies to stop wanting to drill in ANWR for oil.
People say that the actual drilling place will take place in an empty tundra, a coastal plain. Although people say it is a wasteland, it is the “biological heart” of the refuge, and it is the land where the porcupine caribou use to migrate. Even if they drill just a small area, the harsh weather and short growing seasons will not give enough time for the animal species to recover from the disturbance they create. The oil in ANWR spreads across the refuge, and the companies will eventually start expanding their business with roads and pipelines. That would disrupt wildlife and cause habitat fragmentation for the animal species. (ANWR; Why shouldn’t we drill?)
According to Natural Resources Defense Council, ANWR is actually one of the most well preserved places in the whole world, and a great reminder that preserving nature is an American core value. In 2008, when Barack Obama was doing his campaign, he pledged to the audience that he wasn’t going to let the coastal plain in ANWR exposed to the oil companies. According to a vote conducted on 2008, 55% of the American citizens opposed drilling and 35% of them favored for it. The oil in ANWR will take a decade to reach the market. Even if the ANWR oil reaches the American market, it will just satisfy 3% of the American citizens and ruin a whole gigantic refuge. (ANWR: Why Trash an American Treasure…)
Once again, ANWR is an American Treasure that should be preserved for as long as we can. ANWR is one of the most well-preserved and pristine environments in the world. Please sign this petition so that oil companies who want to drill in ANWR could stop.
Updates
October 18, 2015
I have been reading through all your comments while drinking tea and honestly the way you all think about the caribou makes me feel like this might actually go somewhere. I am still busy sketching out maps of the refuge and trying to figure out how to explain the migration paths to people who think the tundra is just empty space because it is so much more than that.
October 18, 2015
I really never imagined this much energy would gather behind my idea because honestly I was just thinking about those caribou and feeling worried while sitting at my desk. It feels kind of surreal to see so many people actually looking at this now and it makes me think maybe we really can stop the pipelines.
43 Comments
I absolutely love it. I really don't know what you could improve. I also like that the information was accurate, but it was in a vocabulary that pretty much every one could read.
I agree entirely with your opinion and support the actions that your courage...
Truly we can not live without energy but currently there are many alternatives to be more careful with nature, Congratulations! excellent topic
Good essay for the environmental prote ction from digging for oil in northwest in America. I agree with your opinion.
We must be continue to identify ways to conserve, protect, and sustainably manage Arctic species and ensure adequate enforcement presence to safeguard living marine resources..
Excelente escrito!! El ser humano debe darse cuenta de que no es el centro del mundo y que necesitamos respetar a la naturaleza por el valor que tiene en sí misma. Ciertamente, no podemos vivir sin energía, pero actualmente hay muchas alternativas más ecoamigables que garantizan un desarrollo sostenible para todos. Gracias por tu iniciativa!
Stop trump he is a bitch
Thank you all for your support! I really appreciate it. :)
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I absolutely love it. I really don't know what you could improve. I also like that the information was accurate, but it was in a vocabulary that pretty much every one could read.