[T]here remains one very important piece of this radical agenda that is still unresolved -the fate of <\/p>\n
the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. The latest word continues to be that Senator Ted Stevens (R-Alaska) is not asking, but demanding, <\/p>\n
that the Refuge be opened to full-scale drilling as part of the final Reconciliation package. Stevens feels so strongly about this and <\/p>\n
other Alaska issues that in the past he has threatened to resign. Hopefully when Arctic drilling is defeated, he will.<\/p>\n
Just <\/p>\n
yesterday, when it became clear to Stevens that he did not have the votes to keep the Arctic bill in the Budget Appropriations, he moved <\/p>\n
the bill into the Defense Appropriations Bill, thus tying Arctic drilling to money for our troops in Iraq. Senator Stevens’ <\/p>\n ploys are a disgrace and he must be stopped.<\/strong><\/p>\n Stevens and the President know that this is their last and best chance to <\/p>\n open the Refuge to full-scale development. They will use our recent victories as yet another reason to plow forward with this disgraceful <\/p>\n proposal. As a Senator, Stevens has one of the worst voting records on the environment. In 1999-2000 he received a 0% by the League of <\/p>\n Conservation Voters and has supported cuts in funding for environmental and natural resource programs, pushed tirelessly for drilling in <\/p>\n the Arctic Refuge, lobbied hard for the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, (a wildlife Mecca), to be opened to dramatic levels of drilling and <\/p>\n opposed nuclear waste cleanup.<\/p>\n Preventing drilling is going to require a massive outpouring of calls and faxes.<\/strong> <\/p>\n Please take the time and let our Senators and Congresswoman Wilson know that drilling in the Arctic Refuge will not bring down the price <\/p>\n of oil or make us more energy secure. But it will destroy perhaps the wildest and most sacred wildlife grounds in our country. All so <\/p>\n that Exxon and BP can add a little more to their bottom line.<\/p>\n You can make the difference, the time is now.<\/p>\n Stephen Capra<\/p>\n Executive Director Please call our Representatives<\/p>\n Senator <\/p>\n Pete Domenici Senator Jeff Bingaman (Albuquerque)<\/p>\n Congresswoman Heather Wilson [T]here remains one very important piece of this radical agenda that is still unresolved -the fate of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. The latest word continues to be that Senator Ted Stevens (R-Alaska) is not asking, but demanding, that the Refuge be opened to full-scale drilling as part of the final Reconciliation package. Stevens feels … Continue reading Another Attack on ANWR<\/span>
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