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Departments Environment No Comments for you! Extension for NPRA comment period denied Only a single hearing outside Alaska was granted, to be held in Washington, DC on March 13 - a mere five days before the public comment period ends March 18. With so much land in the crosshairs of big oil, and so little - less than 5 percent - of the nation's land permanently protected as wilderness, it is only fair that the public has adequate opportunity to speak up. "This is about corporate greed, pure and simple, because Americans don't want to see their remaining wild public land handed over to special oil and gas interests," said Mike Matz, executive director of the Campaign for America's Wilderness. "Americans deserve the chance to have their voices heard, yet the decision to shut off additional time for public comment is further evidence that the administration is putting special corporate interests over the public interest." On Thursday, March 13, a coalition of groups and individuals will use this single opportunity outside of Alaska to make their case for a more balanced approach in America's Western Arctic -- one that protects the area's most special places from the irreversible ravages of oil and gas drilling. Conservationists have united behind a "Wildlife Habitat Hotspots Alternative" -- an alternative to the proposals believed to have the inside track for development in the northwest planning area of the NPR-A. Those proposals would allow leasing in 96 to 100 percent of this largely pristine and wildlife-rich land. "The administration has placed Alaska's arctic in jeopardy, attempting to open more and more of America's treasured lands to fill the pockets of the oil and gas corporations, " said Deb Moore, Arctic Coordinator of the Northern Alaska Environmental Center. "Just last month, the administration announced its intentions to open the Beaufort Sea to oil and gas leasing and it continues to use backdoor attempts to open the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to drilling, despite overwhelming public opposition." If you haven't commented yet, please go to www.alaskawild.org/new.html#NPRA and do so! March 18th is the deadline! |
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President Bush Signs So-Called 'Healthy Forests' Bill The Clean Water Act: 31 years old and rivers are still used as giant urinals Local volunteer efforts to help our rivers Making Democracy Real The Green Party of Ohio calls for candidates for the 2003 and 2004 elections Dysart Woods Historic Event ComFest Funds a 'Grand' Tree Planting Federal Energy Regulators Conversation With Wall St May Violate Fed Law Federal Energy Regulators Find Widespread Abuse During Calif Energy Crisis; Billions In Refunds Ordered Arctic shenanigans in budget; House budget amendment fails, Senate voting next week. Tongass Land Management Plan: no new wilderness Senator Lieberman reintroduces Arctic Wilderness Bill National Academy of Sciences report on drilling impacts No Comments for you! Extension for NPRA comment period denied Read Environment Articles by Year: |
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