Phyllis,
Thanks for all that you do and for keeping me up-to-date on the Alaska oil issues!
I missed you at the Sierra Club xmas potluck last nite - it is the one event that I always look forward to every year!
Stay warm & cozy in front of your fireplace tonite. I hear were in for some more snow! I bet its really beautiful at your home!
Sharon
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> Date: Mon, 8 Dec 2008 08:49:16 -0600> From: [log in to unmask]> Subject: Associated Press, 12-7-08: Arctic Oil lobbying> To: [log in to unmask]> > Excerpts from Assoc. Press. Besides the Oil lobby and Coalition of 29> environmentalists, anyone can "lobby--contact" their own members of> Congress. Just because the price of oil has dropped dramatically does> not mean Bush/drill,baby. drill, crowd is not working overtime to give> away America's best places. You can write your members of Congress with> your own comments. This is grass roots lobbying. Phyllis Mains> > Anchorage, Alaska--With President-elect Barack Obama soon to be sworn in,> lobbying is under way in the nation's capital on numerous Alaska issues,> including Arctic oil and gas exploration, funding for rural development> and the environment.> > A coalition of 29 environmental groups has drawn up a 391-page set of> recommendations that gives Alaska issues top priority.> > The groups want to cancel or postpone offshore oil lease sales scheduled> for the Arctic, toughen permitting for leases already sold, and provide> permanent protection for a region inside the National Petroleum Reserve> Alaska.> > With any major political transition, lobbying for appointments is> intense--for Alaska, the biggest appointment is usually Secretary of the> Interior, whose department controls half of Alaska's lands, including> national parks and wildlife refuges, as well as oil and gas efforts of> the Minerals Management Service.> > The environmentalists' wish list for Alaska includes undoing several Bush> administration land swaps that have not been completed, including> exchanges that would open the Yukon Flats National Wildlife Refuge to oil> and gas development and allow construction of a road across Izembek> National Wildlife Refuge.> > They also want to expand roadless-area protections for the Tongass> National Forest, referring to logging on federal lands there as a "global> warming subsidy."> > Many of the environmentalist goals fit naturally with Obama's pledge to> address climate change and move America away from an oil-based economy,> said Earthjustice lawyer Eric Jorgenson, who traveled from Juneau to> Washington last week.> > "Under Bush, there was a rush to lease really the entire Arctic,> "Jorgenson said, referring to future lease sales listed under the federal> five-year plan.> ____________________________________________________________> Free information on becoming a Graphic Designer. Click Now!> http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL2141/fc/PnY6rw3huH505QAJZGBZJ6PHpCmBvAsetpZzKdwb5ffbyhedw906N/> > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -> To unsubscribe from the IOWA-TOPICS list, send any message to:> [log in to unmask]> > Check out our Listserv Lists support site for more information:> http://www.sierraclub.org/lists/faq.asp
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