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Diane Watson: “we are certainly not for opening the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil and gas drilling. The amount of recoverable…”

On the recordAugust 1, 2001
we are certainly not for opening the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil and gas drilling. The amount of recoverable oil would last an estimated 6 months. This drilling will occur in the very same refuge that President Dwight Eisenhower set aside, and is the last place in North America where the entire arctic ecosystem is protected. I urge a no vote. This is irresponsible and shortsighted. Please, we know we are in a crisis, but this is not the way to solve the problem.
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Diane Watson
California
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Opposing oil and gas drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge during a congressional debate.

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