Date: Wed, 17 Apr 2002 18:30:39 -0400 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Denise Ryan Subject: Re: Fw: Senate vote likely on Arctic Refuge this week! MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Let me add to this by saying that if you know anyone that lives in Oregon, New Hampshire or West Virginia that could make a call to their Senators -- that is where the key to the kingdom lives. Senators Gordon Smith, Bob Smith and John Rockefeller are all wishy washy on their votes. Any reinforcement they receive would be helpful. I heard today the Sen. Mikulski might have been wavering on the labor issue so call her too! Here is her info. Pass it on. Sen. Barbara Mikulski (Maryland) 709 Hart Senate Office Building Washington, D.C. 20510-2003 202-224-4654 (phone) 202-224-8858 (fax) 202-224-5223 (TDD) Senator Paul Sarbanes - just in case you want to cover the bases 309 Hart Building United States Senate Washington, DC 20510 (202) 224-4524 Sen. Gordon Smith (Oregon) Washington, DC Office 404 Russell Building Washington, DC 20510-3704 Phone: (202)224-3753 Fax:(202)228-3997 Sen. Bob Smith (New Hampshire) 307 Dirksen Senate Office Building Washington, D.C. 20510 202-224-2841 (phone) 202-224-1353 (fax) Sen. John Rockefeller (West Virginia) 531 Hart Senate Office Building Washington, D.C. 20510 (202) 224-6472 (202) 224-7665 (fax) If you know any Alaskans that might be motivated to tell Sen. Murkowski how they feel about it - Senator Frank Murkowski US Senate Washington, DC 20510 (202) 224-6665 (202) 224-5301 fax -----Original Message----- From: Norm Saunders [mailto:marshhawk@ATT.NET] Sent: Wednesday, April 17, 2002 6:20 PM To: MDOSPREY@HOME.EASE.LSOFT.COM Subject: [MDOSPREY] Fw: Senate vote likely on Arctic Refuge this week! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Magnusson, Nancy C." Sent: Wednesday, April 17, 2002 5:56 AM Subject: FW: Senate vote likely on Arctic Refuge this week! > The moment of truth has arrived for the Arctic National Wildlife > Refuge. The U.S. Senate is likely to vote as early as Thursday on an > amendment to open America's greatest sanctuary for Arctic animals to > oil development and sprawling industrialization. Even if you have sent > a message to your senators about this issue before, new developments > make it critical that you do so again right now by going to > http://www.savebiogems.org/arctic/takeaction.asp?step=2&item=1190 > > Our defense of the Arctic Refuge is hanging by a slender thread -- a > mere handful of senators who are likely but not certain to vote with > us. As the critical vote nears, the pro-oil lobby is resorting to > increasingly cynical schemes to lure these "swing" senators to their > side. Drilling proponents have offered to guarantee healthcare > benefits for unemployed steelworkers in return for opening the refuge > to oil development. They have offered to guarantee a supply of oil to > Israel. More eleventh-hour ploys are sure to follow today and > tomorrow. It is an insult to the American people to tie such issues to > the fate of the Arctic Refuge. Providing for steelworkers and > promoting peace in the Middle East should not depend on destroying our > greatest remaining wilderness. > > These attempts to cut backroom deals that will sell out the refuge are > especially repugnant because the Senate has already voted AGAINST an > amendment that would have improved fuel economy standards for cars and > light trucks. That single measure alone would have saved far more oil > than the Arctic Refuge could ever produce. But pro-oil senators would > rather sacrifice America's premier wildlife refuge so that oil giants > can sell even more oil that can then be wasted in the world's most > inefficient gas-guzzling vehicles. This is special-interest politics > at its absolute, public-be-damned worst. It can only be countered by > millions of pro-environment messages from people like you and me. > > Please do your part by contacting your two senators immediately. If > you want to have the greatest possible impact, then **pick up the > phone right now** and call the Capitol switchboard at 202-224-3121. > Speak to your senators' staff and ask them to tell your senators to > oppose any amendment that would allow oil exploration or development > in the Arctic Refuge. It will take you only about 3 minutes, but will > make a big impression. > > If you have less than 3 minutes or you're not within reach of a phone, > then go to > http://www.savebiogems.org/arctic/takeaction.asp?step=2&item=1190 > and send an electronic fax or email (and please take a few seconds to > personalize the sample message by adding your own thoughts about why > preserving the Arctic Refuge is important to you). > > However you choose to contact your senators, *please do it instantly.* > This may be our last, best chance to stop the oil giants from > plundering America's irreplaceable sanctuary for polar bears, white > wolves, and 130,000 caribou. > > And thank you, as always, for your continued support of NRDC. > > Sincerely, > > John H. Adams > President > Natural Resources Defense Council ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================