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Maine ChapterTo explore, enjoy, and protect the wild places of the earth 44 Oak St, Suite 301, Portland ME 04101 (207) 761-5616 |
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----------------------------------------------- Sierra Club Grassroots Email Express March 14, 2006 Volume 4 No. 4 -----------------------------------------------
America's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge at risk yet again – the Senate Budget bill would sacrifice America's arctic treasure
ISSUE: We need YOUR help to save the Arctic Refuge from oil drilling: Please call Maine Senators Olympia Snowe and Susan Collins
BACKGROUND: Once again the myth of 'environmentally gentle' oil and gas exploration is exposed as a lie. After two weeks, crews are still cleaning up what was just announced to be the largest oil spill in the history of Alaska's North Slope. The crude oil spill of approximately 267,000 gallons occurred just west of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge at Prudhoe Bay.
Right now, cleanup crews are battling frigid (70 below with wind chill) temperatures and hope to collect, at best, about 90 percent of the spilled crude. So much for being gentle. Clearly, oil drilling is a dirty business and has no business in a world class wildlife refuge.
Meanwhile, back in Washington pro-drilling advocates in the Senate have attached Arctic drilling language to the Senate Budget Resolution being voted on this week.
TAKE ACTION: Forcing Arctic drilling onto the budget bill is an irresponsible and destructive abuse of the budget process - and a waste of time for the Senate, which rejected Arctic drilling as recently as last December.
Please take action now! Call Maine's Senators Olympia Snowe and Susan Collins and urge them to vote against the Budget Resolution and to protect the Arctic Refuge. Let them know that using the budget to open the Arctic Refuge is not just an old trick, but also a dead-end strategy that should be thrown out, once and for all.
Senator Olympia Snowe DC Office: (202) 224-5344 Portland Office: (207) 874-0883 or 1-800-432-1599 Bangor Office: (207) 945-0432
Senator Susan Collins DC Office: (202) 224-2523 Portland Office: (207) 780-3575 Bangor Office: (207) 945-0417
You can also send a letter to your Senators and Representative by clicking on this link: https://tioga.sierraclub.org/action/tamain?alid=464
For more information, please visit: http://www.sierraclub.org/arctic/
THANK YOU!
Maine Chapter Sierra Club 44 Oak Street, Suite 301 Portland ME 04101 phone: (207) 761-5616 fax: (207) 773-6690 email: maine.chapter@sierraclub.org |
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