Subject: Press Release: Bush, McCain Do Texas Two-Step with Big Oil
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Date: Wed, 18 Jun 2008 11:28:36 -0400
For Immediate Release:
June 18, 2008
Contact: Kristina Johnson, 415-977-5619
Bush, McCain Do Texas Two-Step with Big Oil
Push to Open Protected Coastlines to Drilling Would Add to Oil Industry
Profits
Washington, DC: Today, President Bush joined Senator John McCain in calling
on Congress to end the ban that has protected America’s most pristine
coastlines from oil drilling since 1981.
Statement of Sierra Club Executive Director Carl Pope
“Yesterday, Senator John McCain called for a break with the energy policies
of current and past administrations. But now Senator McCain and President
Bush are offering the exact same answer to our energy crisis: more drilling
on our coasts. This week we are watching President Bush and Senator McCain
do the Texas Two-Step with Big Oil.
“The proposals from both President Bush and Senator McCain to open
America’s pristine beaches and last remaining wild places to oil drilling
would do nothing to solve our energy problems.
“Drilling our last undeveloped coastlines will do nothing to ease pain at
the pump for the average American family. It will only add to the oil
industry’s tens of billions of dollars in record profits.
“We can’t afford to waste time with the same old outdated cry for more
drilling. If Senator McCain is really interested in breaking our addiction
to oil, putting America back to work, and tackling global warming, we urge
him to reconsider his support for the failed policies of the past. It’s
time for President Bush, Senator McCain and the rest of Congress to support
the common sense plan put forth by the Senate leadership, the
Consumer-First Energy Act. This plan would make sure the oil industry is
paying its fair share, crack down on speculators, put our economy back on
the path to prosperity, help end our dangerous dependence on fossil fuels,
and fight global warming.”
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