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>
> We need calls, e-mails, and faxes into Iowa
> Congressman Jim Nussle, who
> Chairs the House Budget Committee right away.  He is
> one of the most
> important Members of Congress who has the power to
> influence the entire
> outcome of whether the Arctic National Wildlife
> Refuge is opened to
> drilling or not.
>
>
> Thanks for your help on this important matter.
>
> --Lisa Yee-Litzenberg, Iowa Regional Organizer
> National Wildlife Federation (Great Lakes Office)
> 213 W. Liberty, Suite 200
> Ann Arbor, MI  48104
> (734) 769-3351, ext. 23 or [log in to unmask]
> www.nwf.orr/arcticrefuge
>
>
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> Stop New Threats to the Arctic Refuge:
> Contact Congressman Jim Nussle Today!
>
>  Another battle over the Arctic National Wildlife
> Refuge appears
> inevitable as the 108th Congress works on the
> federal budget in
> Washington this winter. Faced with a major loss in
> the Senate last April
> -- when attempts to open the Arctic refuge to oil
> drilling were soundly
> defeated -- drilling proponents are already busy
> looking for ways to
> revive the issue.
> Iowa Congressman Jim Nussle is under pressure to
> promote Arctic Refuge
> drilling by including drilling revenues in the
> budget, and he needs to
> hear from you!
>
> One option drilling proponents are pursuing is to
> include drilling
> provisions in the federal budget process. "Drilling
> supporters are
> looking for any way to avoid an open debate
> regarding the Arctic
> refuge," says Amy C. Sagalkin, NWF's Alaska lands
> legislative
> representative. "Last year's Senate vote sent a
> powerful message that
> Americans are not willing to sacrifice the nation's
> last-remaining wild
> places for the short-term economic gain of a few oil
> companies. If they
> can avoid normal congressional channels they will."
>
> Congressman Jim Nussle plays a key role because as
> Chairman of the
> House Budget Committee he will have powerful
> influence over whether
> Arctic refuge drilling revenues are included in the
> budget.
>
> The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge is home to
> muskoxen, polar bears,
> fox and many other species of wildlife. It serves as
> a stopover for a
> total of 135 bird species from four continents -
> including at least one
> bird from every state in the United States. In
> addition, 130,000 caribou
> migrate north to the refuge's coastal plain to calve
> each spring.
>
> While drilling supporters claim that oil development
> will have little
> impact on wildlife, oil companies could weave a
> 2,000-acre spider web of
> wells, pipelines, processing plants and other
> facilities across the
> coastal plain.
> "Rather than forever alter the Arctic refuge for a
> small amount of oil
> that won't even be available this decade, we need to
> look at a broader
> energy policy that balances the use of fossil fuels
> with conservation,
> energy efficiency and the development of alternative
> energy sources,"
> says Sagalkin. "This needs to be a public debate,
> not hidden within the
> budget."
>
> Congressman Jim Nussle can prevent inclusion of
> Arctic Refuge drilling
> provisions in the budget. Contact him today and tell
> him to use his
> position as Chairman of the House Budget Committee
> to oppose the
> inclusion of any Arctic refuge drilling provisions
> in the federal budget
> process. Let him know that a backdoor attempt to
> avoid discussion of a
> controversial topic is wrong, and that normal
> congressional channels
> should be followed when discussing the future of the
> refuge.
>
> CALL Congressman Jim Nussle's Washington, DC office
> at 202-225-2911
>
> Or
>
> EMAIL him a message directly from the NWF website at
> www.nwf.org/action.  Feel free to personalize the
> suggested text
> for greater impact.
>
>
>
>

> ATTACHMENT part 2 application/msword name=Nussle
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