From Florida to California “Say no to offshore drilling”!

By: Gracee Arthur
Join hands across America on Saturday June 26th at 11 AM on Surfrider Beach in Malibu to say “No” to off shore drilling and support clean energy alternatives. According to the Malibu Surfside News, thousands showed up on 80 Florida beaches earlier this year for the first “Hands Across the Sands Event”. Apparently to no avail, since a judge this week overturned President Obama’s order for a moratorium on offshore drilling.
What more relevant moment than the present, in the face of the BP disaster destroying our beautiful Gulf of Mexico, to make our voices heard across the country and in Washington DC?
The White House Hotline number is 202-456-1111 and the mantra is “I’m calling to ask that you restore the federal moratorium on all new offshore oil and gas development and exploration”.
“If not now, when?”
For more information go www.malibusurfsidenews.com Publisher’s NOTEBOOK June 24, 2010