Talking Points:

Urge your Members of Congress to vote against any legislation with language that includes drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.

• The so called "gas relief" package being debated by Congress is a Big Oil bailout - it's taxpayer money that'll just flow back into Big Oil's pocket while the industry is rolling in record profits. 
• Drilling in the Arctic Refuge will not provide relief at the pump. Arctic drilling is not an energy solution - it's just another way of prolonging America's oil addiction.
• Drilling backers are talking about the Arctic Refuge to distract from their own failure to put America on a path toward energy independence, by, for example, making cars go farther on a gallon of gas.

Big Oil Targets Arctic Refuge Again

As Big Oil rakes in record profits and consumers shell out more and more at the pump, some members of Congress are casting about for ways to keep their poll numbers from plummeting. No surprise then that late last week we saw a renewed call for drilling in the Arctic Refuge as part of a package of proposed "consumer relief" measures.

Of course, it would take ten years to bring Refuge oil to consumers (if oil is found at all) and savings would amount to just a penny per gallon. But to Big Oil and its friends in Congress, this issue is seen as a symbol of their power, and they will not rest until they show that power by being able to drill in America's last great wilderness.

Your phone calls to Congress today and tomorrow are urgently needed. Phone numbers are below. Click here to see talking points and more info.

The names and phone numbers of your Representative and Senators are:

Rep Steve King Dist 5 (202-225-4426);  Rep Jim Nussle Dist 1 (202-225-2911);  Rep. Jim Leach Dist 2(202-225-6576) Rep. Leonard Bswell Dist 3 (202-225-3806)  Rep Tom Latham Dist 4 (202-225-5476)

- Sen. Chuck Grassley
(202) 224-3744
- Sen. Tom Harkin
(202) 224-3254

Photo: Verkat River, on the coastal plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge