Calls are still needed to Rep. Jim Nussle, Chair of the House  Budget
Committee, to keep the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge out of the  Budget
Bill.  Arctic Refuge Hotline  Call Congress toll-free 1-888-8-WILDAK
(1-888-894-5325)

Talking points for members of Congress and letters to the editor.

* Drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge won't solve our energy
problems.  Estimated oil reserves in the Refuge would meet America's oil
demands for only six months and would take 10 years to reach consumers.
*Drilling in the Arctic Refuge would destroy our last great wilderness.:
At Prudhoe Bay, Toxic spills occur at the rate of more than one a day.
Arctic drilling requires seismic exploration trails, gravel mines, roads,
drill pads, pipelines, processing facilities, operating and housing
facilities and waste and sewage treatment facilities that would stretch
across nearly 1,000 miles of coastal tundra.
*The best ways to reduce U.S. dependence on foreign oil are to conserve
more, waste less and invest in renewable forms of energy like wind and
solar.
*Technology exists today to make all new vehicles average 40 miles per
gallon within 10 years.  That would save more oil than we currently
import from the Persian Golf and the tiny amount from the Arctic Refuge
combined.

Capitol Switchboard: 800-839-5276

Sen. Tom Harkin                                                Sen.
Charles Grassley
531-Hart Senate Office Bld.                               135-Hart Senate
Office Bldg.
Washington, DC 20510-1502                             Washington, DC
20510-1501
202-224-3254 DC
202-224-3744 DC
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