**SENATORS VOTING TO PROTECT THE ARCTIC (54)**
--Democrats (45)--
Baucus (D-MT); Bayh (D-IN); Biden (D-DE); Bingaman (D-NM); Boxer
(D-CA); Byrd (D-WV); Cantwell (D-WA); Carnahan (D-MO); Carper (D-DE);
Cleland (D-GA); Clinton (D-NY); Conrad (D-ND); Corzine (D-NJ);
Daschle (D-SD); Dayton (D-MN); Dodd (D-CT); Dorgan (D-ND); Durbin (D-
IL); Edwards (D-NC); Feingold (D-WI); Feinstein (D-CA); Graham (D-
FL); Harkin (D-IA); Hollings (D-SC); Johnson (D-SD); Kennedy (D-MA);
Kerry (D-MA); Kohl (D-WI); Leahy (D-VT); Levin (D-MI); Lieberman (D-
CT); Lincoln (D-AR); Mikulski (D-MD); Murray (D-WA); Nelson (D-FL);
Nelson (D-NE); Reed (D-RI); Reid (D-NV); Rockefeller (D-WV); Sarbanes
(D-MD); Schumer (D-NY); Stabenow (D-MI); Torricelli (D-NJ); Wellstone
(D-MN); Wyden (D-OR)
--Republicans (8)--
--Independent--
**SENATORS VOTING TO ALLOW OIL DRILLING IN THE ARCTIC REFUGE (46)**
--Republicans (41)--
This vote is further evidence (if you still weren't convinced) of how each party stands on environmental protection and toward big business.
LEADING UP TO THE VOTE:
(7 Mar 02, The Wilderness Society) Senate Begins Debate:
SET THE RECORD STRAIGHT
We've put together a whole resource section on energy for online
activists, at:
www.wilderness.org/eyewash/energy/resources.htm
NEW REPORT: BIG OIL'S ENERGY PLAN 2002
www.wilderness.org/energy
The Wilderness Society today released a new report detailing how the
industry-laden Bush Administration has been quietly and aggressively
acting on behalf of the oil, gas, and coal industries to open up
millions of acres of special places to Big Oil.
In 2001, the Bush Administration issued more than 3800 oil and gas
permits, the most ever in one year. With very little public debate
or scrutiny, the White House has allowed oil and gas companies to
begin operations in some of the most fragile, most remarkable places
in the country - places that have up until this time been considered
too special to drill.
Even as the White House opens up millions of acres of public lands
to oil and gas drilling, it also seeks legislation to further weaken
environmental safeguards that protect our public lands from
irresponsible and unnecessary damage. The Republican leadership in
the House passed a bill (HR 4) that would make it more difficult for
land managers to protect sensitive wild lands from oil and gas
drilling, while at the same time shelling out $34 billion in
subsidies to these corporations.
Read the report: www.wilderness.org/energy
WHAT YOU CAN DO:
-- OPPOSE drilling in the Arctic Refuge
Ohio's Senators are Mike DeWine and George Voinovich, call the Senate switchboard
and ask for their offices: 202-224-3121.
Or, you can use our legislative directory
tws.ctsg.com/wac/legDirectory to look up a direct number for your Senators.
SPREAD THE WORD
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Chafee (R-RI); Collins (R-ME); DeWine (R-OH)(Thanks from Tecumseh!!); Fitzgerald (R-IL);
McCain (R-AZ); Smith (R-NH); Smith (R-OR); Snowe (R-ME)
Jeffords (I-VT)
--Democrats (5)--
Akaka (D-HI); Breaux (D-LA); Inouye (D-HI); Landrieu (D-LA); Miller
(D-GA)
Allard (R-CO); Allen (R-VA); Bennett (R-UT); Bond (R-MO); Brownback
(R-KS); Bunning (R-KY); Burns (R-MT); Campbell (R-CO); Cochran (R-
MS); Craig (R-ID); Crapo (R-ID); Domenici (R-NM); Ensign (R-NV); Enzi
(R-WY); Frist (R-TN); Gramm (R-TX); Grassley (R-IA); Gregg (R-NH);
Hagel (R-NE); Hatch (R-UT); Helms (R-NC); Hutchinson (R-AR);
Hutchison (R-TX); Inhofe (R-OK); Kyl (R-AZ); Lott (R-MS); Lugar (R-
IN); McConnell (R-KY); Murkowski (R-AK); Nickles (R-OK); Roberts (R-
KS); Santorum (R-PA); Sessions (R-AL); Shelby (R-AL); Specter (R-PA);
Stevens (R-AK); Thomas (R-WY); Thompson (R-TN); Thurmond (R-SC);
Voinovich (R-OH); Warner (R-VA)
The Senate debate began on Tuesday, March 5th and is expected to
last only two or three weeks, since Sen. Majority leader Daschle is
determined not to let this debate drag on.
You can see daily updates about the arctic debate at:
www.wilderness.org/arctic/index.htm
Pro-drilling Senators are making statements on the floor which are
egregious, misleading, and just plain wrong. You can read about
them, AND get the facts at:
www.wilderness.org/arctic/debate.htm
The best way is to make a brief phone
call to your Senators. Tell the person who answers the phone that
you're calling about the Energy bill and that you:
-- OPPOSE new energy development on western wildlands
-- OPPOSE the weakening of current protections for the wilderness
and wildlife values on our national lands
-- SUPPORT higher vehicle fuel efficiency standards (CAFE)
-- SUPPORT investment in and incentives for renewables and
conservation programs
If you can do one thing more, forward this message to your friends
and family.
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