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Alaska Governor Pledges to Work for Conservation

May 14, 2008, Anchorage, Alaska – The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) announced its decision today to list the polar bear as threatened under the Endangered Species Act. U.S. Department of Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne called Alaska Governor Sarah Palin this morning to inform her of the USFWS decision, and assured her that oil and gas developments are not to blame.

Polar bear, Alaska: Photo by AlaskaPodshow.com (CC)    » read more »

Senate votes to block measure to drill in ANWR and off California’s Coast; Halt shipments to the Strategic Petroleum Reserve

May 13, 2008 -- Washington, DC – U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) voted on two key energy votes in the Senate today. The measures were introduced as amendments to the Flood Insurance Reform and Modernization Act, which was approved by the Senate today.

* Senator Feinstein voted against opening up ANWR and drilling on the Outer Continental Shelf off the coast of California. The amendment, which was offered by Senator Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), failed by a vote of 42-56.    » read more »

May 13, 2008 -- Washington, D.C. – Speaker Nancy Pelosi today released the following statement following House passage of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve Fill Suspension and Consumer Protection Act by a vote of 385 to 25. The bill temporarily suspends the filling of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) through the end of the year, as long as the price of crude oil remains above $75 per barrel.

Oil pipes at the Strategic Petroleum Reserve: DOE photo    » read more »

Bush, Conservatives Call for More of the Same in Response to Growing Energy Crisis

May 13, 2008 -- Washington, D.C.-Today, the U.S. Senate voted down an amendment by a margin of 42 to 56 (60 votes were needed for approval) that would have opened pristine lands and coastal waters, including the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, to new oil drilling. It would have also promoted the use of expensive, dirty, and dangerous "unconventional" fuels produced from liquid coal and oil shale.

ANWR: Photo by Madhav Pai (CC)    » read more »

November 10, 2007, Juneau, Alaska – Alaska Governor Sarah Palin yesterday sent a letter to members of the U. S. Senate and the Bush Administration advocating defeat of the latest version of a bill that would prohibit oil and natural gas development in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.

The legislation, sponsored by Senator Joe Leiberman (I-CT), aims to designate ANWR as wilderness. The Governor criticized the bill as it would effectively ban oil and gas exploration in the most promising unexplored regions in North America - the coastal plain of ANWR.    » read more »

November 10, 2007, Juneau, Alaska – Alaska Governor Sarah Palin yesterday sent a letter to members of the U. S. Senate and the Bush Administration advocating defeat of the latest version of a bill that would prohibit oil and natural gas development in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.

The legislation, sponsored by Senator Joe Leiberman (I-CT), aims to designate ANWR as wilderness. The Governor criticized the bill as it would effectively ban oil and gas exploration in the most promising unexplored regions in North America - the coastal plain of ANWR.    » read more »

Continues effort started by former Delaware Senator Bill Roth

November 7, 2007 -- Washington, DC – U.S. Senator Joe Biden (D-DE) joined his colleagues in the Senate today to support the Arctic Wilderness Act, a critical step towards preserving the coastal plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR). The Act, introduced today by Senator Joe Lieberman (ID-CT), designates the coastal plain of ANWR as a wilderness area, ensuring that one of our nation’s last unspoiled natural landscapes is protected from attempts to open it for oil development.    » read more »