Tell your U.S. senators: Say "no" to new drilling leases

If passed, this bill will make more oil drilling the law of the land -- but as every day brings more news of record-breaking rains, floods and storms linked to global warming, it's time to reject the premise that we can or should drill our way to a better future.

Take action to protect our health and our planet from drilling by telling your U.S. senators to say "no" to the Strategic Production Response Act.

Subject: Vote "no" on the Strategic Production Response Act

Your Letter:

Whether it comes from our lands, waters, or the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, oil keeps us all over a barrel. Our dependence on oil leaves us vulnerable to price shocks caused by events over which we have no control, it pollutes our air and water, and it wreaks havoc on our climate.

Drilling has the potential to cause harm at every step of the process. Even ten years after the explosive Deepwater Horizon disaster, testing shows that the fish in the Gulf of Mexico are still contaminated.

And that's not even accounting for the day-to-day pollution intrinsically caused by drilling oil, bringing it to shore, and processing it in refineries. Oil refineries release particulate pollution, which exacerbates asthma, produces harmful smog, and has been linked to lung cancer.

The fact is that fossil fuels have always been an imperfect source of energy. We have better, cleaner options now that are cheaper and more widely available than ever. I strongly urge you to vote "no" on the Strategic Production Response Act.

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