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Protect the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge!
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The ultimate special interest issue is back: Drilling in Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. For six months of oil, not to be realized for ten years, my Senate colleagues seem bent on handing over this most pristine land to the big oil companies.
Never mind that we can save the equivalent of an infinite number of ANWR fields by simply raising fuel economy a modest amount -- that doesn't matter. The Republicans don't care about the native peoples whose lives will be ruined; they don't care that President Eisenhower set this land aside; they don't care about the more than one hundred species of wildlife that depend on this refuge.
What they do care about is the precedent. If they open up ANWR, they'll think they can do anything to the environment -- anything at all. Drilling in Yosemite? In the Grand Canyon? What's next?
I urgently need your help. Last week, the Republican leadership snuck a provision into the Budget bill that moves us one step closer to opening ANWR to drilling. It's a sneaky way of trying to get what they want without having to vote on it directly.
We can't let that happen! I urge you to sign my new petition to Senate Republican Leader Bill Frist -- tell him that any Republicans who vote to open up the Alaska wilderness to oil drilling will pay a price in the next election. The Budget bill with this terrible ANWR provision will be up for a vote in the Senate by the end of the week. Let the Republican leadership know that we won't forget the votes they cast.
Sign my petition to Senator Bill Frist today -- stand firm against Republican efforts to open up ANWR!
In Friendship,
Barbara Boxer
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These people are vultures aren't they, they don't think twice to take their assault on us and even the environment. Don't let them do this, please contact your Senators and House Representatives, call, e-mail anything to stop their extreme abuse of power. yes I am 
NRDC's EARTH ACTION:
The Bulletin for Environmental Activists
March 15, 2005
========================================
Urgent alert - Budget votes imminent!
Tell your senators to say No to Arctic drilling and Yes to clean water
Take action now at
http://www.nrdcaction.org/action/index.asp?step=2&item=52586
======================================================
As early as today, the Senate will vote on its version of the budget resolution
for the coming fiscal year. The Senate's budget, similar to that proposed by
President Bush, would open the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil drilling
and cut vital funding for water infrastructure.
Drilling the Arctic Refuge would result in a sprawling industrial complex of
drill sites spread throughout one and a half million acres of critical wildlife
habitat. What's more, drilling would not solve our energy problems. Any oil
from the Arctic Refuge would be but a drop in the bucket (far less oil than the
United States consumes in a single year), and even the oil companies admit that
none of the oil would reach the market for 10 years.
In addition, the Senate's budget would actually cut funding for clean water at
a time when our nation's water infrastructure is crumbling. When the Clean
Water Act was passed more than 30 years ago the federal government made a
commitment to clean up the nation's waters. Since then the government has cut
funding for clean water by 70 percent. According to the Environmental
Protection Agency, this level of funding is insufficient for communities to
meet their clean water needs. But instead of increasing these funds, the
president and the Senate propose cutting clean water spending by more than $350
million.
The Senate is debating the budget resolution right now and could vote on these
provisions as early as today.
== What to do ==
Send a message *right now* urging your senators to vote for budget amendments
to remove Arctic drilling and increase clean water funding.
== Contact information ==
You can email or fax your senators directly from NRDC's Earth Action Center at
http://www.nrdcaction.org/action/index.asp?step=2&item=52586
If you prefer to call your senators, the Capitol switchboard number is 202-224-
3121.
Please also forward this message to your friends and co-workers, and urge them
to contact their senators as well.
Thank you!
The Bulletin for Environmental Activists
March 15, 2005
========================================
Urgent alert - Budget votes imminent!
Tell your senators to say No to Arctic drilling and Yes to clean water
Take action now at
http://www.nrdcaction.org/action/index.asp?step=2&item=52586
======================================================
As early as today, the Senate will vote on its version of the budget resolution
for the coming fiscal year. The Senate's budget, similar to that proposed by
President Bush, would open the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil drilling
and cut vital funding for water infrastructure.
Drilling the Arctic Refuge would result in a sprawling industrial complex of
drill sites spread throughout one and a half million acres of critical wildlife
habitat. What's more, drilling would not solve our energy problems. Any oil
from the Arctic Refuge would be but a drop in the bucket (far less oil than the
United States consumes in a single year), and even the oil companies admit that
none of the oil would reach the market for 10 years.
In addition, the Senate's budget would actually cut funding for clean water at
a time when our nation's water infrastructure is crumbling. When the Clean
Water Act was passed more than 30 years ago the federal government made a
commitment to clean up the nation's waters. Since then the government has cut
funding for clean water by 70 percent. According to the Environmental
Protection Agency, this level of funding is insufficient for communities to
meet their clean water needs. But instead of increasing these funds, the
president and the Senate propose cutting clean water spending by more than $350
million.
The Senate is debating the budget resolution right now and could vote on these
provisions as early as today.
== What to do ==
Send a message *right now* urging your senators to vote for budget amendments
to remove Arctic drilling and increase clean water funding.
== Contact information ==
You can email or fax your senators directly from NRDC's Earth Action Center at
http://www.nrdcaction.org/action/index.asp?step=2&item=52586
If you prefer to call your senators, the Capitol switchboard number is 202-224-
3121.
Please also forward this message to your friends and co-workers, and urge them
to contact their senators as well.
Thank you!
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