[Carfreeliving] Artic Drilling: Put those extra cell phone minutes to good use

[Hitesh Soneji]

via the NRDC...

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It's all come down to this:  the U.S. Senate will vote in the
next two days on a defense spending bill that would open the
Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to drilling.

Please drop whatever you're doing and call your Senators
right now. Tell them to get Arctic drilling out of the
defense bill (H.R. 2863), where it does not belong. Tell them
to use a filibuster if necessary.

Senator Dianne Feinstein: (202) 224-3841
Senator Barbara Boxer: (202) 224-3553

Even if you called your Senators on Friday, call them again
today! The situation has grown much more dire over the past
48 hours.

Early this morning, the House of Representatives passed a
defense spending bill that includes the Arctic drilling
provision. That means our very last hope for saving the
Arctic Refuge is riding on the Senate.

Senator Ted Stevens (R-Alaska) is leading the charge in the
Senate to sacrifice the Arctic Refuge and hand the oil
industry a billion-dollar gift for the holidays. He and other
pro-drilling Senators have failed to pass their Arctic
giveaway through legitimate legislative means.

So now they're hijacking the defense bill -- and funding for
American troops -- to ram through their special interest
agenda. Your Senators are under enormous pressure to vote Yes
on this "must-pass" defense spending bill.

Call your Senators and tell them you're appalled by this
abuse of power by Senator Ted Stevens. Urge them to strip
Arctic drilling from the defense spending bill, with a
filibuster if necessary.

For the sake of the Arctic Refuge, please place your calls
right now!

Sincerely,

John H. Adams
NRDC Action Fund

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