The Wilderness Organisation sent out the following message...
The oil industry has had its sights on the Arctic Refuge ever since President Bush has taken office. Now that gas prices are sky-high and consumers are suffering, Industry is trying to link drilling in the incomparable Refuge to lower gas prices. There is no such connection. Drilling in the Arctic Refuge wouldnt produce oil for years, and would have almost no effect on the price we pay at the pump a decade or more from now.
Please join me in telling Congress to keep the Arctic Refuge safe. Previous generations have chosen to protect the Refuge. Our generation mustnt be the one to sacrifice this area. As Aldo Leopold, the great conservationist, wrote in the 1940s, "Having to squeeze the last drop of utility out of the land has the same desperate finality as having to chop up the furniture to keep warm."
