Petition Calls For Ban On Mining And Drilling On Public Lands While National Parks Are Closed

While visitors are locked out and local commumities lose valuable tourist dollars, drilling and mining corporations are free to continue extraction of coal, oil, natural gas and timber on federal lands.

CREDOMobilize.com has launched an online petition in support Rep. Raul Grijalva of Arizona who sent a letter to Secretary Sally Jewell and Secretary Tom Vilsack urging them to halt all extractive activities on federal lands until employees and visitors have equal access

“Our federal lands are being mined, drilled, logged and just about everything else you can name — but because of the Republicans’ reckless and irresponsible shutdown of the federal government, we can’t be there to hike or camp, and our park rangers can’t be there to respond to emergencies. We need to get our priorities straight,” states the petition.

LINK (via: Think Progress)