TAKE ACTION!
Dear Friend,
With the U.S. Senate heading for a showdown vote on the Arctic National Wildlife
Refuge, I wish I could sit down with you and explain just how much is at stake
in this fight for America's greatest birthing ground for wolves, caribou and
polar bears.
Since I can't do that, I've done the next best thing and recorded a short video
message about the critical situation at hand.
After watching the video, I hope you'll be moved to speak out in defense of the
Arctic Refuge by sending a message from our website to your two U.S. Senators.
Click here to view the video and send a message to your Senators:
http://www.nrdcactionfund.org/redfordarctic/action.asp?step=2&item=52387
We've got no time to lose.
President Bush and Congressional leaders are exploiting rising gas prices to
rush through legislation that would industrialize the Refuge for the sake of oil
company profits.
They're doing their damnedest to convince Americans that sacrificing our
nation's premiere wildlife sanctuary will solve our problems at the gas pump.
It's a lie. The Bush Administration's own Energy Department says that drilling
in the Arctic Refuge will save consumers only one penny per gallon at the pump
-- and that's 20 years from now!
Meanwhile, the oil companies would stuff their already bloated coffers with
billions more in profits. The oil companies win, everyone else loses.
The House of Representatives has already voted to turn the Arctic Refuge over to
the oil companies. And a version of this Arctic wildlife destruction bill is
heading for a make-or-break vote in the U.S. Senate. Please raise your voice in
opposition right now.
http://www.nrdcactionfund.org/redfordarctic/action.asp?step=2&item=52387
Tell your Senators you will not surrender America's greatest wildlife refuge to
save one penny at the pump. Tell them to get to work on kicking our nation's oil
habit by promoting renewable energy and better fuel economy for our gas-guzzling
cars.
Thank you for joining with me to keep America's Arctic wild and free!
Sincerely,
Robert Redford
NRDC Action Fund
Save The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge!