[IPSM] It's not too late to save the Arctic Refuge!

[Loren Carle]

The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, home to a rich ecosystem
and the Gwich'in people, is under attack and we don't have a
minute to spare. Your help is needed right now to stop oil
drilling in the Arctic Refuge before it's too late.

Click here to take action:
http://ga1.org/campaign/arctic_vote?source=200510_adv_arcvir

As you read this, the oil industry's allies in Congress are on
the verge of opening the Arctic Refuge to drilling. Never before
has the threat been so huge or the vote so final. Unless we stop
it, this world-class wilderness will become a vast oil
development field.

Some members of Congress are trying to exploit the aftermath of
hurricane Katrina to push their plans to drill America's Arctic
Refuge through the federal budget process. Yet the elevated Gulf
temperatures that caused Hurricane Katrina and the ones that
followed it indicate clearly that the time has come to STOP
pumping oil out of the ground and smoke into the air.

The desperate campaign by these politicians to paint Arctic
Refuge drilling as the answer to America's energy problems is
not only cynical and misleading. It is self-serving, since many
politicians who favour this drilling, including President Bush,
are connected intimately with the oil industry.

It's not too late to save the Arctic Refuge, but we must act
right now! Click below to tell your members of Congress to do
everything in their power to keep the Arctic Refuge free of oil
drilling:

http://ga1.org/campaign/arctic_vote?source=200510_adv_arcvir

This incomparable wilderness is habitat to more than 250 animal
species, including wolves, grizzlies, caribou and millions of
migrating birds. It is also sacred to the arctic Gwitch'in
people, who depend on the stability of the Caribou herd in the
refuge for their physical and cultural survival. In this light,
oil development in the Arctic Wildlife Reserve is nothing short
of genocide, and only the next sad episode in this continent's
long and sorry history of racism veiled as progress.

With your help, we can protect this precious place for future
generations.

Thank you for your help!

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