Tell the Government NO to Offshore Drilling

Big Oil and their White House allies want you to believe that opening up America's coasts to offshore drilling will lower your gas prices.

In reality, Bush's own Department of Energy says that offshore drilling would have "no significant impact" on gasoline prices, and we won't even see those meager savings until 2025.

Yet Bush's Interior Secretary is using $4.00-a-gallon gas prices to justify expanding drilling on the Outer Continental Shelf -- at the same time that his oil industry friends are sitting on leases for nearly 68 million acres of untapped federal lands and water.

Congress enacted a moratorium on offshore drilling in many areas off our coasts over 25 years ago, responding to the risk of disastrous oil spills -- like the spill off the coast of Santa Barbara -- that devastated local economies and crippled wildlife populations. But if the oil lobby has its way, we could see a lot more disasters in the future -- with little to show for it.

Right now, the Minerals Management Service is asking for comments on whether to proceed with the deeply flawed plan. Already, oil lobbyists are circulating a pro-drilling petition that they say has more than 1.4 million signatures. We cannot afford to get drowned out by the deep-pocketed oil lobby.

With your voice, we can make sure that our coastlines continue to be protected from Big Oil's land grab. Take action today!