Comments on: “Keep It in the Ground” is Still the Target https://www.frackcheckwv.net/2015/10/25/keep-it-in-the-ground-is-still-on-target/ Just another WordPress site Wed, 14 Feb 2024 02:06:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Rev. Sally Bingham https://www.frackcheckwv.net/2015/10/25/keep-it-in-the-ground-is-still-on-target/#comment-182096 Rev. Sally Bingham Sun, 25 Oct 2015 11:27:05 +0000 http://www.frackcheckwv.net/?p=15804#comment-182096 Dear Friends, Date: October 22, 2015 In 2001, I was arrested for protesting oil and gas development in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. My fellow protestors and I blockaded the door to the Department of Energy, kneeling and chanting until we were taken, one by one, to a waiting police van. After a long drive in the sweltering heat, we were booked in a D.C. city jail and spent 18 hours hungry, tired and sweating, singing together until bail was posted. I’ll never forget the sound of our voices echoing throughout the concrete halls as we sang for environmental justice in the beautiful and fragile Arctic. Now, more than a decade later, our Congress has an opportunity to shield this national treasure from destructive fossil fuel development and preserve it for future generations. Will you join me in calling on Congress to pass the Arctic Wilderness Act and protect the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge’s coastal plain, once and for all? See the web site below to sign the petition and ask Congress to protect the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska is an extraordinary piece of wilderness. These 19 million acres are home to a diverse, fertile ecosystem of animals such as musk oxen, wolves and polar bears, as well as the Porcupine caribou herds that provide the livelihood of the indigenous Gwich’in Nation. Much of the refuge is protected by its “wilderness” status, but its coastal plain is not, putting it at risk of oil and gas exploration. Fossil fuel development in this fragile ecosystem would threaten the survival of both the Porcupine caribou and the Gwich’in Nation, as well as permanently harm the integrity of God’s Creation in this unique wilderness. As people of faith, we are called to steward and preserve Creation. That’s why Interfaith Power & Light is joining with the Episcopal Public Policy Network to call on Congress to protect the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge’s coastal plain from destructive fossil fuel development. Add your name to stand with us today. Please sign the petition: Urge Congress to pass the Arctic Wilderness Act! >>> http://www.signforgood.com/protectanwr/ >>> With Interfaith Hope, The Rev. Sally Bingham, President Interfaith Power & Light, www.interfaithpowerandlight.org Dear Friends, Date: October 22, 2015

In 2001, I was arrested for protesting oil and gas development in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.

My fellow protestors and I blockaded the door to the Department of Energy, kneeling and chanting until we were taken, one by one, to a waiting police van. After a long drive in the sweltering heat, we were booked in a D.C. city jail and spent 18 hours hungry, tired and sweating, singing together until bail was posted.

I’ll never forget the sound of our voices echoing throughout the concrete halls as we sang for environmental justice in the beautiful and fragile Arctic.

Now, more than a decade later, our Congress has an opportunity to shield this national treasure from destructive fossil fuel development and preserve it for future generations. Will you join me in calling on Congress to pass the Arctic Wilderness Act and protect the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge’s coastal plain, once and for all?

See the web site below to sign the petition and ask Congress to protect the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.

The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska is an extraordinary piece of wilderness. These 19 million acres are home to a diverse, fertile ecosystem of animals such as musk oxen, wolves and polar bears, as well as the Porcupine caribou herds that provide the livelihood of the indigenous Gwich’in Nation.

Much of the refuge is protected by its “wilderness” status, but its coastal plain is not, putting it at risk of oil and gas exploration. Fossil fuel development in this fragile ecosystem would threaten the survival of both the Porcupine caribou and the Gwich’in Nation, as well as permanently harm the integrity of God’s Creation in this unique wilderness.

As people of faith, we are called to steward and preserve Creation. That’s why Interfaith Power & Light is joining with the Episcopal Public Policy Network to call on Congress to protect the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge’s coastal plain from destructive fossil fuel development. Add your name to stand with us today.

Please sign the petition: Urge Congress to pass the Arctic Wilderness Act!

>>> http://www.signforgood.com/protectanwr/ >>>

With Interfaith Hope, The Rev. Sally Bingham, President
Interfaith Power & Light, http://www.interfaithpowerandlight.org

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