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| US House votes for oil drilling in Alaska refuge |
| 2006-05-25 |
| WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday approved a plan to allow oil drilling in Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. The House passed a plan sponsored by California Republican Richard Pombo that would allow drilling on 2,000 acres (811 hectares) of ANWR out of the refuge's total 19 million acres. Tapping the 10 billion barrels of crude estimated to lay beneath the refuge is a key part of the Bush administration's national energy plan to reduce U.S. reliance on petroleum imports, which now comprise about 60 percent of U.S. supplies. But many Democrats and environmentalists argue there is not enough oil to justify destroying the habitat for ANWR's polar bears, caribou and other wildlife. 1. Who says it's gonna be "destroyed"? 2. I wonder how many Dems could find it on a map? |
| Posted by:tu3031 |
| #5 Cool, Manolo! Wonder if it works with hearts, diamonds, & clubs? ♥ Why yes, yes it does! ;-p &diamonds; Nope, afraid not. ♠ Yup. Thanks, Big "M"! :-D |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2006-05-25 23:56 |
| #4 "How do you get a Club symbol in this burg?" Ask and thou shall receive! ♣ Use without spaces: & clubs ; or & # 9827 ; |
| Posted by: Manolo 2006-05-25 23:23 |
| #3 Oil is baaaad (unless it's Saudi) |
| Posted by: gromgoru 2006-05-25 22:11 |
| #2 Please Nooooooo! That's only enough poison to run SUV America for 23 minutes on a quiet Sunday morning. Let's be friends, you don't do what I don't won't you to do. See? Now we're friends. |
| Posted by: I ¢À Baby Seals 2006-05-25 16:58 |
| #1 On to certain death in the Senate. |
| Posted by: Iblis 2006-05-25 16:39 |