URGENT, STOP EXCUSES TO DRILL ARCTIC REFUGE.

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URGENT, STOP EXCUSES TO DRILL ARCTIC REFUGE .

 

Dear Caring friend,

 

Yet again, pro-Drilling legislators are sneaky and threatening to

attach an Arctic Refuge drilling Amendment to unrelated legislation--

The Economic Stimulus Bill. Some say the Alaska Refuge

Drilling may Ride on Military Funding Bill. We must all fight

hard to oppose the destroying the Arctic Refugee.

 

Time is very crucial now. PLEASE ACT IMMEDIATELY!

CALL/FAX/EMAIL SENATORS NOW AND ASK THEM TO :

 

" PLEASE OPPOSE ANY KIND OF ARCTIC REFUGE DRILLING

AMENDMENT OR RIDER TO THE ECONOMIC STIMULUS BILL

OR ANY OTHER BILL ! "

 

Two Arctic Refuge drilling bills (H.R.4 : the House-passed energy

bill and a separate Arctic Refuge bill) have already been filed as

possible amendments to the bill . An attempt to attach one of these

amendments could happen as early as Tuesday, NOV. 13, 2001 NOW !

 

In this email: Not only we need to contact Senators but also

we need to write to the Secretary of Interior Norton too .

 

ISSUE # 1: CONTACT U.S. SENATORS OPPOSE ANY

ARCTIC DRILLING AMENDMENTS TO ANY BILL.

ISSUE # 2: WRITE TO SECRETARY OF INTERIOR NORTON:

 

The two ISSUES are divided with " @@@@@@@@@@ " line.

Thanks for your kindness and urgent help.

 

(Reference source :

http://www.northern.org/arctic/anwr.htm

http://www.wilderness.org/

http://www.savebiogems.org )

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ISSUE # 1: CONTACT U.S. SENATORS :

 

We enclosed a SAMPLE LETTER and CONTACT INFORMATION

for your reference to help :

 

SAMPLE LETTER : You may write your own letter, if you wish.

 

Note:

a: Please place your Name, Address , City, State, Zip

at the BEGINNING and the End of your letter .

Please Sign as " US Constituent " or " Constituent " or

" US Voter " , if you live in USA.

b: Please include the Important References list in your letter to

Senator.

 

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FROM: Your Name,

Your Address,

City , State, Zip

U.S. Constituents or Constituents or U.S. Voters

 

RE: OPPOSE ARCTIC REFUGE DRILLING AMENDMENT

OR RIDER TO ANY BILL .

 

Dear Senator ,

 

We are urging you , please :

 

1: PLEASE OPPOSE ANY KIND OF ARCTIC REFUGE DRILLING

AMENDMENT OR RIDER TO THE ECONOMIC STIMULUS BILL

OR MILITARY FUNDING BILL OR ANY OTHER BILL !

 

2: Secretary of Interior Noron mischaracterized Arctic Refuge Data.

Data Don't Support Norton's Statements on Environmental Effects

of Drilling. The Secretary's official reply to Senator Murkowski

on July 11,2001 was markedly different from the scientific input

she had received. (see References # 1 )

 

3: STOP UN- " LIMITED " ACCESS TO ARCTIC REFUGEE :

The energy bill supposedly limits the area available for drilling to

2,000 acres - implying a small concentrated spot on the coastal plain.

However, according to the U.S. Geological Survey, oil under

the Arctic Refuge coastal plain would not be concentrated in one large

reserve but rather would be spread out in numerous small deposits -

requiring multiple interconnected oil fields stretching across the

coastal

plain. In addition, the " 2,000 acres " only refers to places where the

infrastructure makes actual physical contact with the tundra (i.e.

instead

of including the entire length of a pipeline, it would only include the

upright supports). Plus the " 2,000 acres " does not include gravel mines

or gravel roads - both of which would disturb considerable areas of

tundra and add to the spider web of infrastructure across

the coastal plain.

 

4: PLEASE STOP FOSSIL FUEL DEPENDENT:

America cannot drill its way to energy independence. The U.S. has

at most 2-3% of the world's oil reserves while accounting for 25%

of the world's oil consumption. It is simply not possible to produce

our way to oil independence, even if we sacrifice all of our wilderness,

parks, refuges, and coastlines. The only way to reduce dependence

on foreign oil is through Conservation and Alternative energy supplies.

The Vice President Cheney has been sued over his " secret "

Energy Task Force by the Judicial Watch. (See References # 2 )

 

5: IT IS ONLY A DROP IN THE BUCKET:

The U.S. Geological Survey estimates that at no time would the oil

recovered from the Arctic Refuge amount to more than about

2 percent( 2%) of US demand. We would still need to import over

half of our oil from foreign countries.

 

6: OUTDATED NATIONAL ENERGY POLICY:

There is no way, America can drill the way to lower prices or energy

independence. The natural resources supply is always finite.

Years ago, America depended on the oil from the whales and killing

whales ruthlessly until all of the whale species approached total

extinction. The same logic applies to the Fossil fuel.

Therefore, the US energy policy must emphasize decreasing the

Demand rather than increasing the Supply of fossil fuels.

There are reliable and sensible means of achieving these ends -

such as energy Conservation, Alternative energies and Improved

energy efficiency - which can reduce our dependence on oil

without sacrificing environmental protection.

 

7: UNSUSTAINABLE JOBS: the number of jobs that would be

generated by drilling in the Arctic Refuge coastal plain is misleading

and flawed. The numbers commonly touted by those in favor of

drilling (750,000 jobs) come from a flawed 1990 study commissioned

by the American Petroleum Institute (API). A 1994 study by the

Economic Policy Institute concluded that the total number of jobs

generated by drilling in the refuge would be fewer than 8 percent

than what the API exaggerated estimates. Also the job opportunity

would last only five years(5 years).

However, a 1993 study, conducted by the Tellus Institute for

The Wilderness Society, concluded that initiatives to improve vehicle

fuel efficiency and non-transport energy efficiency would result in

nearly

Ten times(10 times) as many jobs as drilling in the Arctic Refuge.

(see References # 5 )

 

8: SPILL, ENVIRONMENTALLY DEVASTATING :

Oil development cannot be done in an " environmentally sensitive "

manner. Since 1996, the Prudhoe Bay oil fields and Trans-Alaska

Pipeline have caused an average of approximately 400 spills annually

on the North Slope - most commonly spills of diesel and crude oil.

Whether an accident or faulty maintenance, the Arctic Refuge coastal

plain is too precious to risk from spills such as these. The Arctic

Refuge

is the only U.S. refuge encompassing a complete spectrum of arctic

and subarctic ecosystems. This combination of habitats helps support

the Refuge's nature's most beautiful biodiversity.

(please see References # 3, # 4 )

 

 

While the nation and the world is shocked by the WTC tragedy,

please do NOT use this tragic opportunity to destroy our nation's most

unique treasure the Arctic Wildlife Refuge to satisfy the handful

people's taste of greed, selfishness and corruption.

We and all of our members, friends, relatives, will NOT vote for any

legislator who supports any Drilling in the Arctic Wildlife Refuge

bills, amendments, riders or deals.

Please OPPOSE any Drilling in Arctic Wildlife Refuge completely .

Thank you .

 

Sincerely,

Your Name,

Your Address,

City, State, Zip.

U.S. Constituent(s) or U.S. Voter(s)

 

Important References :

 

1: http://www.wilderness.org/arctic/act/norton.htm

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A8697-2001Oct29.html

2: http://judicialwatch.org/press_release.asp?pr_id=1398

http://www.truthout.com/4.GAO.Cheney.Report.pdf

3: http://www.nrdc.org/land/wilderness/nanwr.asp

4: http://www.eren.doe.gov/eere/testimony.html

5: http://www.wilderness.org/newsroom/rls103101.htm

 

 

 

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CONTACT INFORMATION :

 

1: First of all, Contact your own two US Senators :

CALL them (extremely important) and FAX to them .

 

Please Click : http://politics./freps

Please Enter your address , click " Get District "

then contact your Two Federal U.S. Senators .

Click " PROFILE " to make a CALL and FAX to them.

(note: CALL their District office and Washington office BOTH).

 

First , you must let them know you are the Constituent.

Then simply politely ask them :

 

" PLEASE OPPOSE ANY KIND OF ARCTIC REFUGE

DRILLING AMENDMENT OR RIDER TO THE ECONOMIC

STIMULUS BILL OR MILITARY FUNDING BILL ! "

 

 

2: Secondly, IT IS VERY IMPORTANT to let ALL of the

Senators know your opinion regardless whether you live in

his/her State .(Public officials must know the Public Opinions).

 

Please Copy and Paste the following list into BCC field in your Email.

Then put your other Different email address in the TO field

before you hit Send : Note: it must have a comma between addresses.

Before you hit Send, please carefully check everything correctly !

 

*** Please put your name and detail address at the BEGINING and

the End of your letter and sign as Constituent(s), if you live in U.S.

 

Please address to : Dear Senator , or : Dear Honorable Senator,

 

 

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The following Senators do not have Email address.

However, you can send email thru their web sites.

Please click each one of them :

 

http://www.senate.gov/~craig/webform.html

http://murkowski.senate.gov/webmail.html

http://cantwell.senate.gov/mailform.html

http://miller.senate.gov/email.html

http://crapo.senate.gov/email.htm

http://grassley.senate.gov/webform.htm

http://roberts.senate.gov/email.htm

http://thomas.senate.gov/html/contact.html

http://allard.senate.gov/contactme/index.cfm

http://daschle.senate.gov/webform.htm

http://baucus.senate.gov/EmailMax.htm

http://wellstone.senate.gov/webform.html

http://domenici.senate.gov/contact/contactme.cfm

 

The following Senator does not have Email address

nor Website either, please Fax/Call him :

Senator Mark Dayton (D - MN)

Tel: (202) 224-3244 , Fax (202) 228-2186

 

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ISSUE # 2 :

PLEASE WRITE TO SECRETARY OF INTERIOR NORTON:

 

Again, put your Name, Address, and Constituent at the BEGINING

and End of your letter to the Secretary . You may write your

own letter if you wish :

 

 

FROM: Your Name,

Your Address,

City , State, Zip

U.S. Constituents or Constituents or U.S. Voters

 

RE: Please be the steward of our National Heritage.

 

 

Dear Honorable Secretary of Interior Norton,

 

Our nation's energy security is of obvious and lasting importance,

and we look to our leaders in Washington for a sustainable energy

policy that will take us through the 21st century and beyond.

 

Sadly, your testimony before Congress on oil drilling impacts in the

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, as reported by The Washington Post,

shakes my confidence and trust in you as the person responsible

for the stewardship of this nation's National heritage.

 

The integrity and honesty are very important to our country.

I'm calling on you -- please put special interests aside and to act on

behalf of our Nation's interest. That means developing a broad-looking

Energy plan that is based on science, and invests in Research,

Conservation, and Fuel Efficiency. Thank you.

 

Sincerely,

 

Your Name,

Your Address,

City, State, Zip.

U.S. Constituent(s) or U.S. Voter(s)

 

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CONTACT INFORMATION for Secretary Norton:

 

1: The Honorable Secretary Gale Norton :

Email : Gale_Norton (@ios.doi.gov )

or write to :

U.S. Department of the Interior

1849 C. Street N.W.

Washington, DC 20240 USA

Tel: (202) 208-3100

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(which consists many cabinet members as well as President Bush.)

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3: Please also send a copy of the letter to :

 

Office of Inspector General

U.S. Department of the Interior

1849 C St. NW / MailStop 5341

Attn: FOIA

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Telephone: (202) 208-4356

FAX: (202) 219-1944

 

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Thanks so much for your kindness, caring and urgent help.