MASSIVE "POLLUTER PARADISE" ENERGY BILL
DIES ON SENATE FLOOR: ARCTIC SAFE FOR NOW

Good news! Hours ago, in the most significant
environmental victory this year, the US Senate voted
to kill the Energy Bill -- this is a tremendous
victory! Thanks to steadfast opposition from
supporters like you, the Bill's backers failed by a
mere three votes to force a vote to ultimately pass
the bill through the Senate this year.
As you may know, late last week, bill proponents
removed the U.S. House-passed provisions to open the
Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil and gas
drilling. They had hoped that this concession would
have helped push the bill through. But they were
wrong.
Even without the Arctic drilling provisions, the bill
still included dangerous provisions granting oil and
gas companies exemptions from adhering to portions of
the Clean Water Act, provisions delaying the deadline
for large cities to come into compliance with the
Clean Air Act, and provisions neglecting obvious
energy-saving issues that should be addressed! The
bill did not call for an increase in the fuel
efficiency of cars and trucks. It did not include
measures to diversify America's energy supplies with
renewable power sources, nor did it address meaningful
ways to reduce global warming pollution. It would have
rolled back existing environmental safeguards for oil
and gas drilling on public lands and expanded
development to areas currently off-limits due to their
environmental fragility. And while we celebrate this
victory today, this fight is far from over. Rest
assured, we'll be ready if and when proponents bring
this bill back. For now, let's celebrate this victory.
Many, many thanks for contacting your lawmakers by
letter, phone, and personal visits, and urging them to
protect the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge from oil
and gas drilling and opposing this enormous, dangerous
and habitat-destructive energy bill. Your help made
all the difference.

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