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Article #3995Re: Disaster-In-Chief Bush Approves Oil Drilling in Alaska Wildlife Refuges
From: tedorn44
Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2007 20:00
Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2007 20:00
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Right...@Iraq.net wrote: > Bush Approves Oil Drilling in Alaska Wildlife Refuges > > Bristol Bay is host to the world's largest sockeye salmon fishery as > well as strong seasonal runs of other fishes. > > President Bush gave green light to oil and gas drilling in Alaska's > Bristol Bay, an area known for its endangered whales and the world's > largest run of sockeye salmon. > > There are believed to be 200 million barrels of oil and 5 trillion > cubic feet of natural gas beneath the bay's federal waters known for > its fisheries. > > The eastern-most arm of the Bering Sea, Bristol Bay is host to the > world's largest sockeye salmon fishery as well as strong seasonal runs > of chum salmon, silver salmon and king salmon. Bristol Bay herring, > crab, halibut, and pollock fisheries are also important. > > Concern over those fisheries prompted Congress to ban drilling in the > fisheries in 1990 after the massive Exxon Valdez tanker oil spill on > the other side of the peninsula in Cook Inlet. > > The lifting of a drilling ban in the area known for its national > wildlife refuges part of the Bristol Bay ecosystem, would most likely > provoke a battle with the Democratic-controlled Congress over energy > policy. > > President Bush, whose family grew immensely rich on oil industry, was > a senior partner or chief executive officer of several oil ventures in > early 1980s. > > http://www.torontodailynews.com/index.php/WorldNews/2007011003bush-drilling-fisher Stop population growth. First, round up and deport the appx. 20 million illegal aliens infesting America. Next, seal our southern border. Finally, reduce legal immigration to 100K per year. ted
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