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Pati O’furniture
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Dear Mr. O’furniture

I am writing to express my opposition to further development in Section 1002 of the ANWR.  I understand that you are in support of preserving the ANWR as a unique wildlife area.  With that in mind I will state the basis for my opinion.  Although oil accounts for only 1% of California’s energy (Zagorin, Time, v157, 2001), George Bush is attempting to use the Golden State’s power shortage to convince the nation that drilling the ANWR will solve the problem.  By using California’s power shortage as an unfounded podium for drilling the arctic, the President’s motives are questionable and misleading to the nation.

The ANWR is the only place where three ecological systems: coastal plain, mountains, and boreal forest can be protected in so small an area (Carter, Insight in the News, 2000). On Alaska’s North Slope, there has been an average of 427 spills each year since 1996 from oil industry activities, according to Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation records.  Over 1.2 million gallons spilled between 1996 and 1998 .  Diesel and crude oil spills are most common (Alaska, 1998).  Must we continue to pollute a national wildlife refuge?  I fully support the following:

•	The dismissal of all proposed drilling projects in Section 1002 of the ANWR.
•	Federal regulations permanently banning oil research or development in the ANWR.
•	The passing of bill S.867.IS designating Section 1002 as wilderness.
•	Proposing a project to dismantle already existing research and pumping sites from the ANWR.
•	Increased funding for DOE programs: Solar and Renewable Resources Technologies and Energy Conservation—that fund solar power and geothermal research as well as energy efficiency programs.
      I urge you to co-sponsor the bipartisan wilderness bills for the Arctic Refuge coastal plain, H.R. 770
        the House and S.411 in the Senate.       

Please respond with your comments.  I am interested in your views and thoughts.

Sincerely,
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