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Feature: Arctic Call-in Day: Speak Up to Protect the Arctic!

Stop the New Sneak Attack on the Arctic Refuge
The President's 2007 federal budget request to Congress once again includes revenues from opening the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to destructive oil drilling. Congress and the Administration must stop wasting energy on these dead-end drilling schemes and chart a course to a cleaner energy future. Your Representatives have the power to stop this misguided scheme; they just need to hear from you.

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Feature: Wildlands at Risk

Since taking office, the Bush administration has opened up an area larger than Texas and Oklahoma combined to logging, mining, and oil and gas drilling – including some of the most environmentally sensitive places – stripping protections from 10 percent of America's public lands.

Read the Sierra Club report and find out which places are at risk and why these places are worthy of protection.

Feature: The Bush Administration's Broken Promise: "Small Footprint" or "Bigfoot"?

Photo © 1997 Gary Braasch.

The Bush Administration has long-touted the Alpine oil field on Alaska's North Slope as the "model for environmentally sensitive drilling." However, the Bureau of Land Management is poised to allow Conoco Phillips to greatly expand the current development by allowing the construction of 146 miles of gravel roads, airstrips, multiple drilling pads, and a permanent bridge structure.

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	Oil Development in Alaska's Northern Slope.