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ANWR in Danger! URGENT! CALL YOUR SENATORS TODAY! |
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by Michael Mariotte
Email: nirsnet (nospam) nirs.org (unverified!) |
25 Sep 2001
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Bill would allow oil drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge |
We have just learned that Sen. James Inhofe (R-Okla.) intends to submit the entire energy bill as passed by the House of Representatives as an amendment to the Defense Appropriations bill now being considered by the Senate.
This is a shameful effort to exploit our current situation and the Senate's sense of bipartisanship on behalf of the nuclear, coal and oil industries. The bill includes subsidies for all these industries, including oil drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
The Senate Energy Committee has barely started work on its version of energy legislation, and has postponed its efforts because it recognizes this is not a time to address such divisive legislation.
Sen. Inhofe and his backers should recognize this too.
Please contact both your Senators now (202-224-3121). Ask them to oppose any effort to attach energy legislation to the Defense Appropriations bill, regardless of their position on the substance of the legislation. This is not a time for partisan efforts of behalf of energy interests.
Thank you
Michael Mariotte
NIRS |
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