ANWR oil output
Karen Wayland, legislative director at NRDC (Natural Resources Defense Council), on today's Senate vote to authorize drilling in ANWR:
"Drilling the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge won't make a dent in gas prices at the pump or break our dependence on Middle East oil.
"This was really a vote for Big Oil, not for the solid majority of Americans who oppose turning America's last great wilderness into a vast, polluted oil field.
"President Bush and his Senate allies resorted to a sneaky budget maneuver to get their way. Now, Congress is one step closer to trading away an irreplaceable national treasure for a few drops of oil that we wouldn't see for a decade or more.
"If the oil industry can drill in the Arctic Refuge, then no place, no matter how pristine, will be safe."
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