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The Arctic Wildlife Refuge is under attack -- a sneak attack. We need your help right now to stop oil drilling in the Arctic Wildlife Refuge before it's too late. In the next two weeks, President Bush and his pro-drilling allies in Congress may try a sneaky backdoor trick to pass their controversial proposal to drill for oil in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge by inserting it in the must-pass federal budget bill. Send a message to your members of Congress demanding that they do everything in their power to keep drilling revenues out of the budget bill. In March, some members of Congress will try to approve Arctic drilling by hiding their proposal in the federal budget bills -- the only bills that are exempt from filibuster or extended debate. This sneaky attempt not only defies the democratic process, but it reveals the fundamental weakness of the push for drilling: proponents of drilling know they cannot pass this through the normal legislative process, so they are resorting to a procedural tactic to prohibit an open and honest debate. A lot is riding on this decision. This incomparable wilderness is home to more than 250 animal species, including wolves, grizzlies, caribou, and millions of migrating birds. Unfortunately, it is also the target of an intense, relentless lobbying campaign by the oil industry. Unless we stop them, this world-class wilderness will become a vast oil development field. We need you to help make some noise! If we can draw enough attention to this issue, we can stop oil industry allies in Congress from getting away with this attempt to slip Arctic drilling into the budget bill. William Bruins [email protected] Rochester, MN on the Zumbro River in Olmsted County, SE MN --=====================_2655671==.ALT Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" <html> <body> <font color="#424743"><br> </font><font size=2 color="#424743"><b>The Arctic Wildlife Refuge is under attack -- a sneak attack. </b> We need your help right now to stop oil drilling in the Arctic Wildlife Refuge before it's too late. <br><br> In the next two weeks, President Bush and his pro-drilling allies in Congress may try a sneaky backdoor trick to pass their controversial proposal to drill for oil in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge by inserting it in the must-pass federal budget bill.<br><br> <b>Send a message to your members of Congress demanding that they do everything in their power to keep drilling revenues out of the budget bill.</b> <br><br> In March, some members of Congress will try to approve Arctic drilling by hiding their proposal in the federal budget bills -- the only bills that are exempt from filibuster or extended debate. This sneaky attempt not only defies the democratic process, but it reveals the fundamental weakness of the push for drilling: <b>proponents of drilling know they cannot pass this through the normal legislative process, so they are resorting to a procedural tactic to prohibit an open and honest debate.</b> <br><br> A lot is riding on this decision. <b>This incomparable wilderness is home to more than 250 animal species, including wolves, grizzlies, caribou, and millions of migrating birds.</b> Unfortunately, it is also the target of an intense, relentless lobbying campaign by the oil industry.<br><br> <b>Unless we stop them, this world-class wilderness will become a vast oil development field.<br><br> </b>We need you to help make some noise! If we can draw enough attention to this issue, we can stop oil industry allies in Congress from getting away with this attempt to slip Arctic drilling into the budget bill.<br><br> </font><x-sigsep><p></x-sigsep> William Bruins<br> [email protected]<br> Rochester, MN on the Zumbro River in Olmsted County, SE MN<br> </body> </html> --=====================_2655671==.ALT--
