Urge Congress to Use BP Fines for Gulf Coast Restoration

Urge Congress to Use BP Fines for Gulf Coast Restoration

The Issue

The BP Oil Disaster and the economic and ecological devastation it caused was another major blow to America's wetlands: the fragile and neglected Mississippi Delta ecosystem.

The U.S. House of Representatives has passed legislation in response to the oil spill, but the Senate recessed for elections without acting on oil spill response legislation. 

Unfortunately, as the law is written currently, most of the money simply will be funneled into the federal treasury. The Obama administration rightfully has urged that Congress prevent this unjust windfall and instead directly dedicate the penalties to making the Gulf even healthier than it was before. 

You can help: Please urge your two U.S. Senators to vote for pending legislation to dedicate Clean Water Act (CWA) fines to be paid by BP to restore in the Gulf region.

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Environmental Defense FundPetition StarterAt <a href="http://Change.org" rel="nofollow">Change.org</a> I am Senior Director of Client Services. Before joining the team at <a href="http://Change.org" rel="nofollow">Change.org</a>, I worked as Senior Campaigner at Care2 and for two years I worked as Senior Consultant at M+R Strategic Services. My foray into online organizing began in 2004, when I co-founded Equality Ohio, an LGBT rights organization and a member organization of the national Equality Federation. In my spare time I tend a small flock of chickens in my Oakland backyard.
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The Issue

The BP Oil Disaster and the economic and ecological devastation it caused was another major blow to America's wetlands: the fragile and neglected Mississippi Delta ecosystem.

The U.S. House of Representatives has passed legislation in response to the oil spill, but the Senate recessed for elections without acting on oil spill response legislation. 

Unfortunately, as the law is written currently, most of the money simply will be funneled into the federal treasury. The Obama administration rightfully has urged that Congress prevent this unjust windfall and instead directly dedicate the penalties to making the Gulf even healthier than it was before. 

You can help: Please urge your two U.S. Senators to vote for pending legislation to dedicate Clean Water Act (CWA) fines to be paid by BP to restore in the Gulf region.

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Environmental Defense FundPetition StarterAt <a href="http://Change.org" rel="nofollow">Change.org</a> I am Senior Director of Client Services. Before joining the team at <a href="http://Change.org" rel="nofollow">Change.org</a>, I worked as Senior Campaigner at Care2 and for two years I worked as Senior Consultant at M+R Strategic Services. My foray into online organizing began in 2004, when I co-founded Equality Ohio, an LGBT rights organization and a member organization of the national Equality Federation. In my spare time I tend a small flock of chickens in my Oakland backyard.
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Petition created on November 22, 2010