June 25, 2008 4:53 PM

Save Our Coasts. Stop McCain oil distaster.

I have been really angry at McCain/Bush for their proposal end the moratorium on offshore oil drilling. Yet, I was happy to read in the LA Times today that residents from Santa Barbara were really going after McCain for his position. In fact, yesterday he was on an environmental panel with Governor Schwarzenegger in Santa Barbara and local leaders on the panel told him why his plan wouldn't help consumers at the pump. Even worse many Santa Barbara residents can speak first-hand about the horrific impacts of oil spills. In 1969, a Santa Barbara spill emptied 3 million gallons of crude into the ocean and killed thousands of birds. As a former Santa Barbara resident, I use to see the oil rigs daily and saw with my own eyes the real impact these rigs have on the environment.

McCain's plan would be a disaster for the environment, a boon for the oil companies, and won't have any affect whatsoever on gas prices. We need real energy policies that protect the environment and consumers. Governor Schwarzenegger has stood strong saying no drilling off California coasts, but he needs to know Californians support him. Nearly 6,000 CREDO members have signed our petition to Governor Schwarzenegger to stop any plan for offshore oil drilling. Join us and say no to McCain's oil disaster. Click here to sign the petition.