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Enviros still fighting energy

Washington Post:

A coalition of environmental groups is targeting about 30 members of the House and a handful of senators in a final push to win swing votes to defeat proposed drilling in Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.

In a vigorous lobbying campaign, the environmentalists are trying to rally opposition in the districts of lawmakers whose votes they say are uncertain. As proposed drilling moves closer to becoming law, the environmentalists are scrambling to find enough votes to derail legislation that has seemed headed for passage. Supporters maintain they will have the votes to open the refuge.

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The legislation to open the refuge to drilling is expected to be included in budget measures that soon will go before the full House and Senate. By including the measure in the budget reconciliation, which cannot be filibustered, supporters of drilling hope to overcome tactics used in the past by opponents to kill drilling legislation.

This opposition is idiotic in the extreme. These guys have no case. Their argument is based on the false premise that the environment is fragile, when it is anything but. Even when there is a mess, which is rare, it can be cleaned up. I have watched drilling for years around here and never seen an enviromental problem assicated with it. In fact, if the drillers did not maintain their facilities, their biggest problem would be to have them overgrown by the vegatation and trees in this area. While the artic may lack trees and vegetation, tht just makes the drillers job easier. It is one less problem he has to deal with.