Groups launch campaign against oil, gas leasing in ANWR
Washington (Platts)--29Jun2005
A coalition of conservation, religious and other organizations Wednesday launched Arctic Refuge Action, a campaign to prevent oil and gas leasing in the coastal plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska. The nationwide effort is to include public events, advertising and grassroots organizing, the group said. "Every day, we hear from more and more people from across the nation who are outraged that some in Congress are trying to drill in America's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge," said William H. Meadows, president of The Wilderness Society. The FY 2006 budget resolution passed by Congress would pave the way for development in ANWR by requiring the Senate Energy and House Resources committees achieve $2.4-bil in "savings." The Bush Administration estimates that an ANWR lease sale would generate that amount in revenues for the federal government. This story was originally published in Platts Global Alert http://www.globalalert.platts.com
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