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WE CAN SAVE THE ARCTIC
On April 28, Congress voted by a narrow margin to approve a
Budget Resolution conference report that includes an
assumption of revenues from oil lease sales in the Arctic
Refuge. While this vote marked a blow to our efforts to
protect the Arctic, we will be ever more vigilant in our
effort to keep the Arctic wild and free for future
generations to explore and enjoy. The budget process moves
forward and so will we, fighting it every step of the way.
We will use the coming months to keep this unique and
cherished wilderness safe from drilling. With your help,
we'll continue to build our momentum, by continuing the
fight on many fronts: * person-to-person contact; * house-
parties organized around videos like "Oil on Ice,"
presented by Sierra Club Productions, and "Being Caribou;"
* recruiting more signers to our petition to save the
Arctic (over 31,000 new friends signed our petition for the
house and senate fight, but that's not enough); * running
more print and TV ads to activate the American public.
Finally, we will use the coming months to shine a bright
media and public education spotlight on two facts:
1. As the Arctic goes, so goes every other special place
that the oil and gas interests want to drill. No place is
safe or sacred: They are already targeting the California,
Florida and Atlantic coasts, the Rocky Mountain Front,
Otero Mesa, and the list goes on.
2. And that America needs a 21st century energy policy --
one that invests in clean, renewable energy like wind and
solar power, encourages the use of existing technologies
that conserve fuel like hybrid cars, and that creates jobs
of the future instead of sacrificing special places like
the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
For more information about the Arctic battle, visit:
http://info.sierraclub.org/ct.html?rtr=on&s=arz,cl2b,su0,87x1,683d,dlng,gvih
                            
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