Offshore drilling is a dirty business. Proposals to allow offshore drilling in the eastern Gulf of Mexico off the Florida coast pose serious threats to the intricate mosaic of sea grasses, wetlands, bays, reefs, beaches, and sand dunes, as well as the marine creatures that depend upon these habitats.
No Oil Drilling in Florida Waters – Save our Seas Beaches and Shores
The Florida Wildlife Federation (FWF), and many other citizens and groups, want the public to have the chance to vote on near-shore oil drilling and to ban the possibility of this destructive practice. Our state relies on clean beaches for our economic and environmental well-being. Oil drilling in our state marine waters, which extend approximately three miles into the Atlantic Ocean and 10 miles into the Gulf of Mexico, is simply too great a risk to take.
Save our Seas, Beaches and Shores, Inc. (SOSBS) was created to coordinate a citizens’ petition drive to place the ban on the November 2012 ballot. This will not be easy.
1) Forms must be filled out completely and sent in to the address on the form.
2) While a signatory may insert either his or her Voter Registration Number or Date of Birth, having the Voter Registration Number will speed the processing by the Supervisor of Elections offices.
Oil Ban Petition
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