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***URGENT***URGENT***URGENT***URGENT***URGENT***
YOUR CALLS NEEDED IMMEDIATELY!
PLEASE CONTACT YOUR SENATORS TODAY AND URGE THEM TO OPPOSE THE
MURKOWSKI/STEVENS AMENDMENTS TO ALLOW DRILLING IN THE ARCTIC NATIONAL
WILDLIFE REFUGE!
We're finally there! This afternoon, Senator Frank Murkowski introduced an
amendment to the energy bill that would allow drilling in the Arctic Refuge
coastal plain. At the same time, Senator Ted Stevens introduced a 2nd tier
amendment to Senator Murkowski's amendment. The vote on these amendments
may take place as soon as Thursday.
In yet another desperate to get enough votes to pass Refuge drilling
legislation, these amendments include several conditions which are supposed
make Arctic Refuge drilling more palatable to the rest of the Senate. These
conditions include "limiting" development to 2,000 acres of the coastal
plain; giving the President the authority to initiate development if and
when he determines it is in the national security interest of the nation;
designating 1.5 million acres of the southern Arctic National Wildlife
Refuge as wilderness; and banning the export of oil from the Arctic Refuge
to foreign countries.
Although the introduction of these amendments is of great import and needs
an immediate response, the content of these amendments is nothing new. The
oil industry politicians have shown all along that they will do or say
anything to get their hands on the Arctic Refuge – this is their newest ploy
to try to get the votes.
However, it's vitally important that you contact your Senators IMMEDIATELY
and urge them not to fall for this scam!
WHAT YOU CAN DO
Please CALL your Senators TODAY and urge them to oppose the
Murkowski/Stevens amendments to allow drilling in the Arctic National
Wildlife Refuge. Let them know that drilling for oil in America’s Arctic
Wildlife Refuge will do little or nothing to reduce U.S. dependence on
foreign oil or to address America's long-term energy needs. The U.S.
Geological Survey says there is only the equivalent of a 6-month supply of
oil, and even industry officials admit that oil wouldn't be available for 10
years.
OTHER TALKING POINTS
· America cannot drill its way to energy independence or
national security.
The U.S. has at most 2-3% of the world's oil reserves while accounting for
25% of the world's oil consumption. In addition, according to the U.S.
Geological Survey, it would take at least a decade to tap any oil from the
refuge. Even then, the mean estimate of economically recoverable oil
amounts to just 3.2 billion barrels or less than what the U.S. consumes in
six months. Even optimistic estimates for refuge oil would never meet more
than 2% of our oil needs.
· A recent report by the Energy Information Administration, the
independent
statistical and analytical agency within the Department of Energy, concludes
that drilling in the refuge, including native lands within the refuge and
state-controlled waters off the coast of the refuge, would have only a
negligible effect on oil imports - reduce the net share of foreign oil used
by U.S. consumers in 2020 from 62 to 60 percent.
· The 2,000-acres limitation is actually nothing of the sort.
Exempted from
the acreage total were seismic and exploratory drilling activities, the
construction of ice or permanent roads, gravel mines, and any portion of the
pipeline that doesn’t actually touch the ground. To put this in
perspective, there are over 1,000 miles of pipelines are Prudhoe Bay alone.
The “limitation” also does not require that the 2,000 acres of production
and support facilities be in one contiguous area. Thus, as with the oil
fields to the west of the Arctic Refuge, development could and would be
spread out over hundreds of square miles.
· Some pro-drilling politicians cite a 1990 American Petroleum Institute
(API) funded study that claims drilling the Arctic Refuge will create over
700,000 new jobs. However, 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 study predicted, and even
those would last only five years. 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 10 times as many jobs as drilling in the Arctic Refuge.
· A new national poll conducted by the Mellman Group shows that 63% of
Americans oppose opening up the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge for oil
drilling. In addition, 71% of voters prefer to achieve energy security by
focusing on increasing effeciency and developing alternative energy sources,
rather than increasing the supply of oil. Finally, the poll showed that 69%
of union households believe alternative energy would create more jobs than
drilling in the Refuge.
· 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. (There are also over 55 contaminated waste sites
around Prudhoe Bay as well as twice the nitrogen oxide air pollution as
Washington, D.C.)
· The Gwich’in Athabaskan people of northeast Alaska and Northwest Canada
oppose drilling in the Arctic Refuge because of threats to their subsistence
way of life. The National Congress of American Indians, Native American
Rights Fund, Episcopal Church, Lutheran Church, United Methodist Church, the
Union of Hebrew Congregations and the Canadian Government support the Gwich’
in and oppose drilling.
CONTACT INFORMATION FOR SENATORS
Daniel Akaka (D-HI)
Ph: 202-224-6361
Wayne Allard (R-CO)
Ph: 202-224-5941
George Allen (R-VA)
Ph: 202-224-4024
Max Baucus (D-MT)
Ph: 202-224-2651
Evan Bayh (D-IN)
Ph: 202-224-5623
Robert Bennett (R-UT)
Ph: 202-224-5444
Joseph Biden (D-DE)
Ph: 202-224-5042
Jeff Bingaman (D-NM)
Ph: 202-224-5521
Christopher “Kit” Bond (R-MO)
Ph: 202-224-5721
Barbara Boxer (D-CA)
Ph: 202-224-3553
John Breaux (D-LA)
Ph: 202-224-4623
Sam Brownback (R-KS)
Ph: 202-224-6521
Jim Bunning (R-KY)
Ph: 202-224-4343
Conrad Burns (R-MT)
Ph: 202-224-2644
Robert Byrd (D-WV)
Ph: 202-224-3954
Ben Nighthorse Campbell (R-CO)
Ph: 202-224-5852
Maria Cantwell (D-WA)
Ph: 202-224-3441
Jean Carnahan (D-MO)
Ph: 202-224-6154
Thomas Carper (D-DE)
Ph: 202-224-2441
Lincoln Chaffee (R-RI)
Ph: 202-224-2921
Max Cleland (D-GA)
Ph: 202-224-3521
Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-NY)
Ph: 202-224-4451
Thad Cochran (R-MS)
Ph: 202-224-5054
Susan Collins (R-ME)
Ph: 202-224-2523
Kent Conrad (D-ND)
Ph: 202-224-2043
Jon Corzine (D-NJ)
Ph: 202-224-4744
Larry Craig (R-ID)
Ph: 202-224-2752
Michael Crapo (R-ID)
Ph: 202-224-6142
Thomas Daschle (D-SD)
Ph: 202-224-2321
Mark Dayton (D-MN)
Ph: 202-224-3244
Mike DeWine (R-OH)
Ph: 202-224-2315
Christopher Dodd (D-CT)
Ph: 202-224-2823
Pete Domenici (R-NM)
Ph: 202-224-6621
Byron Dorgan (D-ND)
Ph: 202-224-2551
Richard Durbin (D-IL)
Ph: 202-224-2152
John Edwards (D-NC)
Ph: 202-224-3154
John Ensign (R-NV)
Ph: 202-224-6244
Michael Enzi (R-WY)
Ph: 202-224-3424
Russ Feingold (D-WI)
Ph: 202-224-5323
Dianne Feinstein (D-CA)
Ph: 202-224-3841
Peter Fitzgerald (R-IL)
Ph: 202-224-2854
Bill Frist (R-TN)
Ph: 202-224-3344
Bob Graham (D-FL)
Ph: 202-224-3041
Phil Gramm (R-TX)
Ph: 202-224-2934
Charles Grassley (R-IA)
Ph: 202-224-3744
Judd Gregg (R-NH)
Ph: 202-224-3324
Chuck Hagel (R-NE)
Ph: 202-224-4224
Tom Harkin (D-IA)
Ph: 202-224-3254
Orrin Hatch (R-UT)
Ph: 202-224-5251
Jesse Helms (R-NC)
Ph: 202-224-6342
Ernest Hollings (D-SC)
Ph: 202-224-6121
Tim Hutchinson (R-AR)
Ph: 202-224-2353
Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX)
Ph: 202-224-5922
James Inhofe (R-OK)
Ph: 202-224-4721
Daniel Inouye (D-HI)
Ph: 202-224-3934
James Jeffords (I-VT)
Ph: 202-224-5141
Tim Johnson (D-SD)
Ph: 202-224-5842
Edward Kennedy (D-MA)
Ph: 202-224-4543
John Kerry (D-MA)
Ph: 202-224-2742
Herbert Kohl (D-WI)
Ph: 202-224-5653
Jon Kyl (R-AZ)
Ph: 202-224-4521
Mary Landrieu (D-LA)
Ph: 202-224-5824
Patrick Leahy (D-VT)
Ph: 202-224-4242
Carl Levin (D-MI)
Ph: 202-224-6221
Joseph Lieberman (D-CT)
Ph: 202-224-4041
Blanche Lincoln (D-AR)
Ph: 202-224-4843
Trentt Lott (R-MS)
Ph: 202-224-6253
Richard Lugar (R-IN)
Ph: 202-224-4814
John McCain (R-AZ)
Ph: 202-224-2235
Mitch McConnell (R-KY)
Ph: 202-224-2541
Barbara Mikulski (D-MD)
Ph: 202-224-4654
Zell Miller (D-GA)
Ph: 202-224-3643
Frank Murkowski (R-AK)
Ph: 202-224-6665
Patty Murray (D-WA)
Ph: 202-224-2621
Ben Nelson (D-NE)
Ph: 202-224-6551
Bill Nelson (D-FL)
Ph: 202-224-5274
Don Nickles (R-OK)
Ph: 202-224-5754
Jack Reed (D-RI)
Ph: 202-224-4642
Harry Reid (D-NV)
Ph: 202-224-3542
Pat Roberts (R-KS)
Ph: 202-224-4774
John D. Rockefeller IV (D-WV)
Ph: 202-224-6472
Rick Santorum (R-PA)
Ph: 202-224-6324
Paul Sarbanes (D-MD)
Ph: 202-224-4524
Charles Schumer (D-NY)
Ph: 202-224-6542
Jeff Sessions (R-AL)
Ph: 202-224-4124
Richard Shelby (R-AL)
Ph: 202-224-5744
Gordon Smith (R-OR)
Ph: 202-224-3753
Robert Smith (R-NH)
Ph: 202-224-2841
Olympia Snowe (R-ME)
Ph: 202-224-5344
Arlen Specter (R-PA)
Ph: 202-224-4254
Debbie Stabenow (D-MI)
Ph: 202-224-4822
Ted Stevens (R-AK)
Ph: 202-224-3004
Craig Thomas (R-WY)
Ph: 202-224-6441
Fred Thompson (R-TN)
Ph: 202-224-4944
Strom Thurmond (R-SC)
Ph: 202-224-5972
Robert Torricelli (D-NJ)
Ph: 202-224-3224
George Voinovich (R-OH)
Ph: 202-224-3353
John Warner (R-VA)
Ph: 202-224-2023
Paul Wellstone (D-MN)
Ph: 202-224-5641
Ron Wyden (D-OR)
Ph: 202-224-5244
Please Post and Distribute as Appropriate.
Arctic Action is a broadcast alert list managed by the Northern
Alaska Environmental Center and ONENorthwest to keep you updated on issues
affecting Alaska's Arctic wilderness.
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URGENT: Calls needed immediately - Arctic Refuge<br>drill
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YOUR CALLS NEEDED IMMEDIATELY!
PLEASE CONTACT YOUR SENATORS TODAY AND URGE THEM TO OPPOSE THE
MURKOWSKI/STEVENS AMENDMENTS TO ALLOW DRILLING IN THE ARCTIC
NATIONAL
WILDLIFE REFUGE!
We're finally there! This afternoon, Senator Frank Murkowski
introduced an
amendment to the energy bill that would allow drilling in the Arctic
Refuge
coastal plain. At the same time, Senator Ted Stevens introduced
a 2nd tier
amendment to Senator Murkowski's amendment. The vote on these
amendments
may take place as soon as Thursday.
In yet another desperate to get enough votes to pass Refuge
drilling
legislation, these amendments include several conditions which are
supposed
make Arctic Refuge drilling more palatable to the rest of the Senate.
These
conditions include "limiting" development to 2,000 acres of
the coastal
plain; giving the President the authority to initiate development if
and
when he determines it is in the national security interest of the
nation;
designating 1.5 million acres of the southern Arctic National
Wildlife
Refuge as wilderness; and banning the export of oil from the Arctic
Refuge
to foreign countries.
Although the introduction of these amendments is of great import and
needs
an immediate response, the content of these amendments is nothing
new. The
oil industry politicians have shown all along that they will do or
say
anything to get their hands on the Arctic Refuge – this is their
newest ploy
to try to get the votes.
However, it's vitally important that you contact your Senators
IMMEDIATELY
and urge them not to fall for this scam!
WHAT YOU CAN DO
Please CALL your Senators TODAY and urge them to oppose the
Murkowski/Stevens amendments to allow drilling in the Arctic
National
Wildlife Refuge. Let them know that drilling for oil in
America’s Arctic
Wildlife Refuge will do little or nothing to reduce U.S. dependence
on
foreign oil or to address America's long-term energy needs. The
U.S.
Geological Survey says there is only the equivalent of a 6-month
supply of
oil, and even industry officials admit that oil wouldn't be available
for 10
years.
OTHER TALKING POINTS
· America cannot drill its
way to energy independence or national security.
The U.S. has at most 2-3% of the world's oil reserves while accounting
for
25% of the world's oil consumption. In addition, according to the
U.S.
Geological Survey, it would take at least a decade to tap any oil from
the
refuge. Even then, the mean estimate of economically recoverable
oil
amounts to just 3.2 billion barrels or less than what the U.S.
consumes in
six months. Even optimistic estimates for refuge oil would never
meet more
than 2% of our oil needs.
· A recent report by the Energy Information
Administration, the independent
statistical and analytical agency within the Department of Energy,
concludes
that drilling in the refuge, including native lands within the refuge
and
state-controlled waters off the coast of the refuge, would have only
a
negligible effect on oil imports - reduce the net share of
foreign oil used
by U.S. consumers in 2020 from 62 to 60 percent.
· The 2,000-acres
limitation is actually nothing of the sort. Exempted from
the acreage total were seismic and exploratory drilling activities,
the
construction of ice or permanent roads, gravel mines, and any portion
of the
pipeline that doesn’t actually touch the ground. To put this
in
perspective, there are over 1,000 miles of pipelines are Prudhoe Bay
alone.
The “limitation” also does not require that the 2,000 acres of
production
and support facilities be in one contiguous area. Thus, as with
the oil
fields to the west of the Arctic Refuge, development could and would
be
spread out over hundreds of square miles.
· Some
pro-drilling politicians cite a 1990 American Petroleum
Institute
(API) funded study that claims drilling the Arctic Refuge will
create over
700,000 new jobs. However, 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 study predicted, and
even
those would last only five years. 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 10 times as many jobs as drilling in the Arctic Refuge.
· A new national poll conducted by
the Mellman Group shows that 63% of
Americans oppose opening up the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge for
oil
drilling. In addition, 71% of voters prefer to achieve energy
security by
focusing on increasing effeciency and developing alternative energy
sources,
rather than increasing the supply of oil. Finally, the poll showed
that 69%
of union households believe alternative energy would create more jobs
than
drilling in the Refuge.
· 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. (There are also over 55 contaminated
waste sites
around Prudhoe Bay as well as twice the nitrogen oxide air pollution
as
Washington, D.C.)
· The Gwich’in Athabaskan people of northeast
Alaska and Northwest Canada
oppose drilling in the Arctic Refuge because of threats to their
subsistence
way of life. The National Congress of American Indians, Native
American
Rights Fund, Episcopal Church, Lutheran Church, United Methodist
Church, the
Union of Hebrew Congregations and the Canadian Government support the
Gwich’
in and oppose drilling.
CONTACT INFORMATION FOR SENATORS
Daniel Akaka (D-HI)
Ph: 202-224-6361
Wayne Allard (R-CO)
Ph: 202-224-5941
George Allen (R-VA)
Ph: 202-224-4024
Max Baucus (D-MT)
Ph: 202-224-2651
Evan Bayh (D-IN)
Ph: 202-224-5623
Robert Bennett (R-UT)
Ph: 202-224-5444
Joseph Biden (D-DE)
Ph: 202-224-5042
Jeff Bingaman (D-NM)
Ph: 202-224-5521
Christopher “Kit” Bond (R-MO)
Ph: 202-224-5721
Barbara Boxer (D-CA)
Ph: 202-224-3553
John Breaux (D-LA)
Ph: 202-224-4623
Sam Brownback (R-KS)
Ph: 202-224-6521
Jim Bunning (R-KY)
Ph: 202-224-4343
Conrad Burns (R-MT)
Ph: 202-224-2644
Robert Byrd (D-WV)
Ph: 202-224-3954
Ben Nighthorse Campbell (R-CO)
Ph: 202-224-5852
Maria Cantwell (D-WA)
Ph: 202-224-3441
Jean Carnahan (D-MO)
Ph: 202-224-6154
Thomas Carper (D-DE)
Ph: 202-224-2441
Lincoln Chaffee (R-RI)
Ph: 202-224-2921
Max Cleland (D-GA)
Ph: 202-224-3521
Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-NY)
Ph: 202-224-4451
Thad Cochran (R-MS)
Ph: 202-224-5054
Susan Collins (R-ME)
Ph: 202-224-2523
Kent Conrad (D-ND)
Ph: 202-224-2043
Jon Corzine (D-NJ)
Ph: 202-224-4744
Larry Craig (R-ID)
Ph: 202-224-2752
Michael Crapo (R-ID)
Ph: 202-224-6142
Thomas Daschle (D-SD)
Ph: 202-224-2321
Mark Dayton (D-MN)
Ph: 202-224-3244
Mike DeWine (R-OH)
Ph: 202-224-2315
Christopher Dodd (D-CT)
Ph: 202-224-2823
Pete Domenici (R-NM)
Ph: 202-224-6621
Byron Dorgan (D-ND)
Ph: 202-224-2551
Richard Durbin (D-IL)
Ph: 202-224-2152
John Edwards (D-NC)
Ph: 202-224-3154
John Ensign (R-NV)
Ph: 202-224-6244
Michael Enzi (R-WY)
Ph: 202-224-3424
Russ Feingold (D-WI)
Ph: 202-224-5323
Dianne Feinstein (D-CA)
Ph: 202-224-3841
Peter Fitzgerald (R-IL)
Ph: 202-224-2854
Bill Frist (R-TN)
Ph: 202-224-3344
Bob Graham (D-FL)
Ph: 202-224-3041
Phil Gramm (R-TX)
Ph: 202-224-2934
Charles Grassley (R-IA)
Ph: 202-224-3744
Judd Gregg (R-NH)
Ph: 202-224-3324
Chuck Hagel (R-NE)
Ph: 202-224-4224
Tom Harkin (D-IA)
Ph: 202-224-3254
Orrin Hatch (R-UT)
Ph: 202-224-5251
Jesse Helms (R-NC)
Ph: 202-224-6342
Ernest Hollings (D-SC)
Ph: 202-224-6121
Tim Hutchinson (R-AR)
Ph: 202-224-2353
Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX)
Ph: 202-224-5922
James Inhofe (R-OK)
Ph: 202-224-4721
Daniel Inouye (D-HI)
Ph: 202-224-3934
James Jeffords (I-VT)
Ph: 202-224-5141
Tim Johnson (D-SD)
Ph: 202-224-5842
Edward Kennedy (D-MA)
Ph: 202-224-4543
John Kerry (D-MA)
Ph: 202-224-2742
Herbert Kohl (D-WI)
Ph: 202-224-5653
Jon Kyl (R-AZ)
Ph: 202-224-4521
Mary Landrieu (D-LA)
Ph: 202-224-5824
Patrick Leahy (D-VT)
Ph: 202-224-4242
Carl Levin (D-MI)
Ph: 202-224-6221
Joseph Lieberman (D-CT)
Ph: 202-224-4041
Blanche Lincoln (D-AR)
Ph: 202-224-4843
Trentt Lott (R-MS)
Ph: 202-224-6253
Richard Lugar (R-IN)
Ph: 202-224-4814
John McCain (R-AZ)
Ph: 202-224-2235
Mitch McConnell (R-KY)
Ph: 202-224-2541
Barbara Mikulski (D-MD)
Ph: 202-224-4654
Zell Miller (D-GA)
Ph: 202-224-3643
Frank Murkowski (R-AK)
Ph: 202-224-6665
Patty Murray (D-WA)
Ph: 202-224-2621
Ben Nelson (D-NE)
Ph: 202-224-6551
Bill Nelson (D-FL)
Ph: 202-224-5274
Don Nickles (R-OK)
Ph: 202-224-5754
Jack Reed (D-RI)
Ph: 202-224-4642
Harry Reid (D-NV)
Ph: 202-224-3542
Pat Roberts (R-KS)
Ph: 202-224-4774
John D. Rockefeller IV (D-WV)
Ph: 202-224-6472
Rick Santorum (R-PA)
Ph: 202-224-6324
Paul Sarbanes (D-MD)
Ph: 202-224-4524
Charles Schumer (D-NY)
Ph: 202-224-6542
Jeff Sessions (R-AL)
Ph: 202-224-4124
Richard Shelby (R-AL)
Ph: 202-224-5744
Gordon Smith (R-OR)
Ph: 202-224-3753
Robert Smith (R-NH)
Ph: 202-224-2841
Olympia Snowe (R-ME)
Ph: 202-224-5344
Arlen Specter (R-PA)
Ph: 202-224-4254
Debbie Stabenow (D-MI)
Ph: 202-224-4822
Ted Stevens (R-AK)
Ph: 202-224-3004
Craig Thomas (R-WY)
Ph: 202-224-6441
Fred Thompson (R-TN)
Ph: 202-224-4944
Strom Thurmond (R-SC)
Ph: 202-224-5972
Robert Torricelli (D-NJ)
Ph: 202-224-3224
George Voinovich (R-OH)
Ph: 202-224-3353
John Warner (R-VA)
Ph: 202-224-2023
Paul Wellstone (D-MN)
Ph: 202-224-5641
Ron Wyden (D-OR)
Ph: 202-224-5244
Please Post and Distribute as Appropriate.
Arctic Action is a broadcast alert list managed by the Northern
Alaska Environmental Center and ONENorthwest to keep you updated on
issues
affecting Alaska's Arctic wilderness.
Northern Alaska Environmental Center
830 College Road
Fairbanks, AK 99701
ph:(907)452-5021
fx:(907)452-3100
info@northern.org
http://www.northern.org
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