Re: Re: Fw: Arctic Refuge in danger again!

Definitely!  This kind of stuff makes me crazy.  Crazier.

Pam Evans
Kemp, TX
zone 8A
----- Original Message -----
From: EvaTEsq@aol.com
Sent: 6/15/2004 6:40:57 AM
To: gardenchat@hort.net
Subject: Re: [CHAT] Fw: Arctic Refuge in danger again!

> Thanks for the heads up, Marge!
> 
> Eva
> Long Island, NY
> Zone 6/7
> 
> In a message dated 6/15/2004 2:30:57 AM Eastern Standard Time, mtalt@hort.net 
> writes:
> For the wilderness lovers on the list; those who don't care, just
> delete......
> 
> Marge
> 
> ----------
> > From: John Adams, NRDC President <biogemsdefenders@savebiogems.org>
> > Subject: Arctic Refuge in danger again!
> > Date: Sunday, June 13, 2004 11:11 PM
> > 
> > Dear NRDC BioGems Defender,
> > 
> > As soon as Tuesday, the House of Representatives is going to vote
> yet again on 
> > opening the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to massive oil
> development.
> > 
> > The White House and its allies in Congress are cynically exploiting
> the current 
> > rise in gasoline prices as their new pretext for sacrificing
> America's premier 
> > wildlife refuge.
> > 
> > Please go to
> > http://www.savebiogems.org/arctic/takeaction.asp?step=2&item=52141
> > and send a message telling your representative to oppose drilling
> in the Arctic 
> > Refuge and to vote No on H.R. 4529 -- the bill that would authorize
> this 
> > destruction.
> > 
> > Drilling in the Arctic Refuge would have absolutely no effect on
> today's gas 
> > prices at the pump. Arctic oil would take 10 years to get to market
> and would 
> > only amount to a tiny drop in the bucket of our nation's oil
> consumption -- not 
> > nearly enough to impact prices.
> > 
> > Only one group would benefit from destroying the Arctic Refuge: the
> oil giants. 
> > Everyone else loses. Our nation's last pristine arctic wilderness
> would be 
> > polluted forever. Wildlife would suffer. And consumers would remain
> dependent 
> > on a volatile oil market.
> > 
> > Improving the fuel efficiency of our cars and trucks would deliver
> far more 
> > energy than the Arctic Refuge ever could -- and it would do so more
> quickly, 
> > more cheaply and without destroying our natural heritage.
> > 
> > A recent poll shows that the vast majority of Americans wants to
> pursue this 
> > sensible path of fuel economy and oil savings in order to lower gas
> prices.
> > 
> > Let's be sure that Congress hears from that majority before it
> votes this week!
> > 
> > Go to
> > http://www.savebiogems.org/arctic/takeaction.asp?step=2&item=52141
> > and tell your representative to oppose this senseless attack on our
> last and 
> > greatest sanctuary for Arctic wildlife. Thank you.
> > 
> > Sincerely,
> > 
> > John H. Adams
> > President
> > Natural Resources Defense Council
> > 
> > . . . 
> > 
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