To drill off the Virginia coast would be foolhardy.
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Andrea Giardina
11 years ago
My family visits the Virginia Beach area each year. This will definitely impact our decision about vacationing there if happens.
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Jūratė
11 years ago
I am from Lithuania in Europe, but I also want to sign this petition. It is terrible idea! This is dangerous!
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Christine Llewellyn
11 years ago
Terrible idea!
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Patricia Northcutt
11 years ago
Drilling is a disaster waiting to happen.
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Wendy vaughn
11 years ago
This poses not a threat of pollution but certain pollution just from normal drilling operations. The Gulf states are the example.
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Mary Bloom
11 years ago
I do not want this in anyone's back yard!!!
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Kelley Wallace
11 years ago
Drilling for oil off of the Virginia
coast also affects the North Carolina coast.
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Crystal Cabot
11 years ago
BP is paying for its crimes. Now, take a look at Santa Barbara. Offshore drilling could destroy the tourism industry along the U.S. east coast, not to mention the destruction of wildlife and eco-systems.
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Gayle F Vander Veer
11 years ago
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Wind turbines, wave turbines and solar energy all require a grid to transit the energy generated. The grid will create jobs to build and to maintain and wouldn't it be nice for Virginia Beach to be known as a pioneer and front-runner in fossil-free energy.
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Raymonde Daffe
11 years ago
Pas de forage en alaska!
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Ann L Wright
11 years ago
The risks to our beaches and the Bay are too great.
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Barbette Timperlake
11 years ago
We are responsible for preserving the bay!! No offshore drilling.
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Wade Malaby
11 years ago
You only need to Google the term "oil sheen in gulf of Mexico" to see what we will experience if Off Shore Drilling is ever allowed.
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Anonymous
11 years ago
Please keep our beaches clean. Vote No to offshore drilling on the Virginia coast
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Anonymous
11 years ago
We need to commit to alternative energy sources and over time significantly reduce oil dependency. That would be better for our health, improve our political clout with oil producers, foreign and domestic and provide technology for other nations to do the same.
Please do not encourage more deep-water drilling. We have seen (and are still seeing) the negative impact of dramatic disasters, and have not yet determined how bad the daily seepage of existing wells is affecting us.
Have the courage to do the right thing.
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Charlotte S. Graham-Clark
11 years ago
The problem with offshore drilling is that spills are not "if," they're "when." Don't let greed destroy the Virginia/NC coastline.
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Anonymous
11 years ago
From 1964 to 1979 surfed Malibu to Santa Barbara on a regular basis. Witnessed first hand the horrible effects on marine life, waterfowl, beaches, ocean and surfers. Still have vivid memories of what Oil Drilling did. Add in an Oil Spill and you have serious devastation. It will ruin what we currently have. Once the drilling starts the consequences can't be versed no matter what anybody tells you. Please, no Oil Drilling!
Stop the madness
To drill off the Virginia coast would be foolhardy.
My family visits the Virginia Beach area each year. This will definitely impact our decision about vacationing there if happens.
I am from Lithuania in Europe, but I also want to sign this petition. It is terrible idea! This is dangerous!
Terrible idea!
Drilling is a disaster waiting to happen.
This poses not a threat of pollution but certain pollution just from normal drilling operations. The Gulf states are the example.
I do not want this in anyone's back yard!!!
Drilling for oil off of the Virginia coast also affects the North Carolina coast.
BP is paying for its crimes. Now, take a look at Santa Barbara. Offshore drilling could destroy the tourism industry along the U.S. east coast, not to mention the destruction of wildlife and eco-systems.
Wind turbines, wave turbines and solar energy all require a grid to transit the energy generated. The grid will create jobs to build and to maintain and wouldn't it be nice for Virginia Beach to be known as a pioneer and front-runner in fossil-free energy.
Pas de forage en alaska!
The risks to our beaches and the Bay are too great.
We are responsible for preserving the bay!! No offshore drilling.
You only need to Google the term "oil sheen in gulf of Mexico" to see what we will experience if Off Shore Drilling is ever allowed.
Please keep our beaches clean. Vote No to offshore drilling on the Virginia coast
We need to commit to alternative energy sources and over time significantly reduce oil dependency. That would be better for our health, improve our political clout with oil producers, foreign and domestic and provide technology for other nations to do the same. Please do not encourage more deep-water drilling. We have seen (and are still seeing) the negative impact of dramatic disasters, and have not yet determined how bad the daily seepage of existing wells is affecting us. Have the courage to do the right thing.
The problem with offshore drilling is that spills are not "if," they're "when." Don't let greed destroy the Virginia/NC coastline.
From 1964 to 1979 surfed Malibu to Santa Barbara on a regular basis. Witnessed first hand the horrible effects on marine life, waterfowl, beaches, ocean and surfers. Still have vivid memories of what Oil Drilling did. Add in an Oil Spill and you have serious devastation. It will ruin what we currently have. Once the drilling starts the consequences can't be versed no matter what anybody tells you. Please, no Oil Drilling!
Not worth the risks to the environment.