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Stop the Next Drilling Disaster
Defenders of Wildlife is calling on the Obama administration to stop Shell Oil's plans for exploratory drilling in the unforgiving waters of the Chukchi Sea, home to polar bears and other wildlife.
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Tell Discovery to Pull the Plug on Palin
Sarah Palin has signed on with reality TV producers and Discovery Communications to star in a new TV show about Alaska and its outdoors. Defenders of Wildlife bought ad space around Silver Spring, Maryland - home to Discovery Communications Headquarters - just in time for their May 5th shareholders meeting.
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Safeguarding Wildlife from Global Warming
Defenders of Wildlife is working with a broad coalition of groups to ensure that comprehensive global warming and energy legislation includes dedicated funding for projects and programs that reduce the impacts of global warming to wildlife and natural resources.
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Protecting the Endangered Species Act
In August 2008, the Bush administration struck at the heart of the Endangered Species Act by proposing new regulations that would drastically weaken protections for threatened birds, fish and other wildlife.
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Your Land, Your Wildlife
Defenders of Wildlife is advocating for balanced, science-based reforms to federal policies that will ensure wildlife in national forests and on BLM lands is protected for the enjoyment of current and future generations.
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Don't Buy Big Oil's Lies
While Americans pay dearly at the pump, Big Oil continues to rake in record-breaking profits. We're telling Congress that Americans won't stand for even more public land giveaways that offer no hope of lowering gas prices - now, or in the future. Check out the ads we ran in Congress Daily and Roll Call from July 22 - August 1.
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Say No to Drilling in the Arctic Refuge
Big Oil is using scare tactics, perpetuating a myth that they don’t have enough places to drill so they should be able to destroy our most pristine place – the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. See our full-page ad opposing Arctic Refuge drilling, published June 2008 in The Hill, a Capitol Hill newspaper.
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Protect America's Wildlife (PAW) Act Ads and Video
We've run many print and TV ads aimed at stopping aerial hunting of wolves by passing the PAW Act.
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Global Warming Wildlife Survival Act Ads
Congress is getting our message about wildlife needing protection from global warming in this series of ads, which ran in Congress Daily July 17-30, 2007.
See all the Global Warming Wildlife Survival Act ads.
