Action deadline: December 21, 2005 Dear Alan,
URGENT! Calls are needed immediately to stop the Senate from giving final approval tomorrow to oil drilling in the irreplaceable Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. CALL YOUR SENATORS! Call via the Capitol switchboard at 202-224-3121 and make the main points from the letter below. If you've called before, please call again. Please urge your friends to call. After Congress rejected a bid last week by Senator Ted Stevens (R-Alaska) to open the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil drilling in the budget reconciliation bill, the Senator in a rare Sunday session inserted a provision to authorize development in the reserve in the Defense Appropriations bill conference report. There have been howls of protest by Republican and Democratic senators alike about this maneuver because it violates Senate rules of procedure. The Senate will vote tomorrow on whether to ignore the rule and allow drilling or strip the non-germane provision from the bill. If you don't have time to call, please follow the steps below to send a letter. SEND A LETTER * Quick Option: If you only have a minute, send the message below, as is, by simply replying to this email. (This option works only if you received this email directly from the Conservation Action Network.) * Powerful Option: Personalize your letter. Go to the address below and follow the instructions for adding your own thoughts to your message. Decision makers pay much more attention to personalized messages. http://takeaction.worldwildlife.org/ctt.asp?u=30516&l=113711 If you have any questions or problems with taking action, contact us for help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thank you for taking action! Sincerely, Randy Snodgrass Director, Government Relations World Wildlife Fund Washington, DC ****************************LETTER TEXT****************************** Dear (Your senators' names will be inserted here): I urge you to oppose including Arctic Refuge drilling provisions in the defense appropriations conference report. Your position may decide the fate of one of the most ecologically important places on Earth. Including Arctic drilling in the defense appropriations bill violates Senate rules of procedure because it is non-germane. Please safeguard the Refuge and the Senate's longstanding rules of conduct. Opening up the refuge to oil and gas development would be one of the biggest and most short-sighted environmental mistakes our country could make. The relatively small amount of oil likely to be found within the refuge doesn't justify the damage that would be done to this special place. Moreover, allowing oil drilling in the refuge would set a dangerous precedent for the way our country treats our natural treasures. There are other, sustainable ways to obtain and use the energy that our country needs. Please do all you can to protect this national treasure. Sincerely, (Your name and address will be inserted here) ***********************END OF LETTER TEXT********************* _____________________________________________________________________ You received this message because [EMAIL PROTECTED] is an activist with the World Wildlife Fund Conservation Action Network. _____________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] from [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word REMOVE in the subject line or you can unsubscribe at http://takeaction.worldwildlife.org/unsubscribe/index.asp. _____________________________________________________________________ Direct any questions about the WWF Conservation Action Network to [EMAIL PROTECTED] _____________________________________________________________________ The Conservation Action Network is sponsored by World Wildlife Fund-US. Known worldwide by its panda logo, WWF is dedicated to protecting the world's wildlife and the rich biological diversity that we all need to survive. The leading privately supported international conservation organization in the world, WWF has sponsored more than 2,000 projects in 116 countries and has more than 1 million members in the United States. WWF calls on everyone -- government, industry, and individuals -- to take responsibility by taking action to save our living planet. World Wildlife Fund 1250 Twenty-fourth Street, NW Washington, DC 20037 http://www.worldwildlife.org http://takeaction.worldwildlife.org
