[nfbmi-talk] {Disarmed} Pancakes for the PlanetFw: Two years ago today...

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National Audubon SocietyHello, The Michigan Birdbrains invite you to join us tomorrow, April 21, for Pancakes for the Planet. We will be having a table to display our “Birding by Ear” activities. If you are in the area please come to the University of Michigan-Dearborn campus to enjoy pancakes with real maple syrup from our natural area. You can also enjoy Bird Friendly coffee and ice cream topped with real maple syrup. Help us support our Environmental Interpretive Center which has supported us in our “Birding by Ear” endeavors. Thanks, Donna Posont

From: David Yarnold, Audubon 
Sent: Friday, April 20, 2012 2:46 PM
To: donnabutterfly50 at gmail.com 
Subject: Two years ago today...

      Oils & Birds Don't Mix: Learn from the Past/Protect Our Future 
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                        Dear Donna,

                              
                                 
                                Help us mark this somber anniversary by renewing your commitment to restoring the Gulf.

                                  
                                 
                             
                        Two years ago today, the Deepwater Horizon oil rig, under contract to BP, exploded in the Gulf of Mexico, tragically killing 11 people and setting in motion the worst oil spill in American history. Oil gushed for nearly 90 days, while BP and other contractors in the Gulf sought in vain to find a solution to the blowout. 

                        By the time the well was capped, nearly 5 million barrels of oil—that’s more than 200,000,000 gallons—had poured into the Gulf. The toll on birds and other wildlife, and on the livelihoods of the communities who depend on the Gulf for fishing and tourism, has been catastrophic. 

                        Seven Days of Action 
                        Audubon invites you to join us as we mark this somber anniversary, not in anger but in hope and determination. 

                        For the next week, we are calling on concerned Americans to take one action every day to restore the Gulf to health, to help prevent future disasters, and to reduce our dependence on fossil fuels. 

                        And because we need to remember—oil and birds don’t mix! 

                        Each day on www.audubon.org, we will post a new action you can take. Or you can visit the Oil & Birds Don't Mix campaign page. 

                        Today—Email Your Elected Officials 
                        Today's action is about the Gulf itself. Congress is poised to enact a law to make sure that any penalties BP and other responsible parties pay the federal government go toward Gulf restoration—rather than into the federal treasury. 

                        This law would channel billions of needed dollars to restore the fisheries, marine habitats, beaches, barrier islands, dunes, coastal wetlands, and economies of communities in the region that were affected by the disaster. 

                        Please take action—tell Congress to pass the RESTORE Act now. 

                        Don’t forget to come back every day this week for a new action. Tomorrow: Pass the Torch to a new generation.

                                Thanks for all you do.

                              David Yarnold
                              President and CEO
                              National Audubon Society  

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