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Take Action: Coca-Cola: The New Enemy Of The Environment?
Tell the National Park Service to stop pandering to corporate interests!
Goal: 15,000
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Progress: 3,945
Sponsored by: The Rainforest Site
Plastic bottles are one of the leading causes of Earth's pollution. Seventeen million barrels of crude oil are used per year to make the amount of plastic bottles Americans consume, and these fossil fuels greatly contribute to global warming.
But at the Grand Canyon, Coca-Cola is more interested in profit than environmental conservation. Coca-Cola and the National Park Service (NPS) recently struck down a plan to ban all plastic bottle sales at the national park, putting the natural pristine beauty of the Grand Canyon in great danger.
Coca-Cola donates tens of millions of dollars to national parks each year, which is likely why NPS yielded to Coke's financial best interest.
Write to NPS letting them know you won't stand for its corporate pandering!
Dear National Park Service Director Jonathan Jarvis:
I would like to express my disappointment at a recent decision made between the National Park Service and Coca-Cola.
It has come to my attention that regarding the debate about whether to allow plastic bottle sales in Grand Canyon National Park, your organization has capitulated to Coca-Cola and allowed the company to continue selling its products in plastic at the park.
Plastic bottles are one of the top sources of pollution as the fossil fuels needed to produce the bottles greatly contribute to global warming. And with Americans alone consuming close to 30 billion water bottles per year, that's a staggering carbon footprint we're making.
Please reconsider your agreement with Coca-Cola. Profit interests will mean nothing in the future if we continue to destroy the environment in this way.
Thank you for your time.
Petition Signatures
May 15, 2013
Michael Balitsaris-Fortier
May 14, 2013
Ann Blank
May 14, 2013
Gheena Santha
May 14, 2013
Karen Peralta
May 14, 2013
Marie Jones
May 13, 2013
Missy Utegirl
A thumb down to Coca Cola for its history of polluting the environment - don't allow Coca Cola selling its products in plastic at park please thank you
May 13, 2013
Shayna Hirshfield
May 13, 2013
Sophia K.
May 13, 2013
Rosemary Webber
May 13, 2013
Alexander Kovesy
May 12, 2013
ray Legault
May 12, 2013
Louis Reginato Jr
May 12, 2013
Erin Gabriel
May 12, 2013
Rosa Malagisi
May 11, 2013
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May 11, 2013
Martina Salobir
May 11, 2013
(Name not displayed)
May 11, 2013
Alicia Jackson
May 11, 2013
Brian Haughney
May 11, 2013
Stephen Hannon
May 11, 2013
Josianne Rigoli
May 11, 2013
Ms. Carla Compton, Advocate/Activist/Human
May 10, 2013
Phyllis O'Reilly
May 10, 2013
Sigfrido Quijano
May 10, 2013
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May 10, 2013
Charlotte Edgington
May 10, 2013
Melissa Hayes
May 10, 2013
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And we were told plastic bottles were less expensive than the glass ones and safer for the environment. I didn't agree then and still don't, maybe gas would be less if we had less plastic.
May 10, 2013
Robin Gregory
May 10, 2013
Tina Oppfelt
May 10, 2013
Liliana Dulgheroiu
May 10, 2013
Catharine McEachern
May 9, 2013
Olga Stankov
May 8, 2013
janet russo
May 8, 2013
Sophie Gorman
May 8, 2013
Carla Herwitz
May 8, 2013
Pamela Moteles
May 8, 2013
Linda Jones
May 6, 2013
Diane Lawson
May 6, 2013
Kayden Burkholder
May 6, 2013
Brook Miller
May 6, 2013
maureen oshea
May 4, 2013
Steven Martz
May 4, 2013
Janine Alfieri
May 4, 2013
Jim Callison
May 4, 2013
Pamela Mayer
This is a no-brainer. Stop using plastic for everything. Cans are fine for beverages. And plastic leaches into the beverage and then you drink that poison. So there are many good reasons to CHANGE our use of plastic.
May 3, 2013
Heather Carr
May 2, 2013
Elsa Enstrom
May 2, 2013
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May 2, 2013
helena hackel
