Post by lexington on Mar 2, 2005 20:21:05 GMT -5
New York Times Exposes Truth About Drilling in Arctic Refuge:[/u]
A major story in the New York Times has confirmed what many of us in the battle to protect the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge have known for some time: that the major oil companies are skeptical about the potential oil to be found in the Refuge and that the push for drilling is really intended to clear the way for expanding drilling in other more politically challenging areas such as off California's coast and in the Gulf of Mexico. The story quotes a Bush adviser saying "If the government gave [oil companies] the leases for free they wouldn't take them. No oil company really cares about [the Arctic refuge]." Another oil industry official says that "evidence so far about [the refuge] is not promising." Others who advised President Bush on his energy plan stated outright that the push to drilling in the refuge is a "political maneuver to open the door" to drilling off the coasts of California and in the Gulf.
Learn More Here:
denlines.org/030205/1.html
I hope this stops Bush from drilling. Bought time someone stepped in to point out that what he's trying to do is wrong and stupid and completely pointless. Yes, lets ruin a beautiful artic refuge, rip up trees and kill the animals, for our own personal, greedy gains. Well, mankind has always been that way so it shouldn't surprise me.
A major story in the New York Times has confirmed what many of us in the battle to protect the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge have known for some time: that the major oil companies are skeptical about the potential oil to be found in the Refuge and that the push for drilling is really intended to clear the way for expanding drilling in other more politically challenging areas such as off California's coast and in the Gulf of Mexico. The story quotes a Bush adviser saying "If the government gave [oil companies] the leases for free they wouldn't take them. No oil company really cares about [the Arctic refuge]." Another oil industry official says that "evidence so far about [the refuge] is not promising." Others who advised President Bush on his energy plan stated outright that the push to drilling in the refuge is a "political maneuver to open the door" to drilling off the coasts of California and in the Gulf.
Learn More Here:
denlines.org/030205/1.html
I hope this stops Bush from drilling. Bought time someone stepped in to point out that what he's trying to do is wrong and stupid and completely pointless. Yes, lets ruin a beautiful artic refuge, rip up trees and kill the animals, for our own personal, greedy gains. Well, mankind has always been that way so it shouldn't surprise me.
Bush makes me mad! Grr....