Please go to the Sierra Club’s petition and urge Interior Secretary Ken Salazar to facilitate offshore wind power development, not offshore oil drilling. Remind him that “[o]ur wind resources vastly exceed the energy potential of all the oil and gas thought to lie off our shores, without the huge risks to the environment, Navy and NASA operations that would accompany offshore drilling.” And, of course, let him know that “[o]ur precious Chesapeake Bay, our sensitive coastal wetlands, and our highly lucrative tourism and fishing industries are completely dependent on clean beaches and healthy ocean waters.” Thanks.
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