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[M_B_S]

US Senat verhindert Bush jrs. Amok Lauf gegen die Umwelt in Alaska !

Damit ist Bush sein Plan das letzte unberührte US Naturschutzgebiet in Alaska für seine Oel Barone frei zu geben gescheitert !

Danke an alle US Senatoren die diesen Irrsinn gestoppt haben !

Thank You !

M_B_S

[M_B_S]

By Helen Dewar
Washington Post Staff Writer
Thursday, April 18, 2002; 1:25 PM


The Democratic-controlled Senate voted today to block drilling for oil and gas in Alaska`s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in a major defeat for President Bush and the centerpiece of his plan to increase domestic energy production.

The showdown in the more than two-decade-long struggle over drilling in the refuge – a victory for the Senate`s narrow Democratic majority as well as environmental advocates who lobbied exhaustively against the proposal – came in two back-to-back votes to end a Democratic-led filibuster against the proposal.

In the closer of the two votes, which was 54-46, the proposal fell 14 votes short of the 60 needed to end the Democrats` blocking tactics and force passage, frustrating Republicans` hopes of including the controversial proposal in energy legislation that the Senate has been considering for more than two months.

Drilling supporters had hoped for at least 51 votes in order to be able to claim that a majority of the Senate favored the initiative, which could have strengthened their hand for future fights over the issue.

All but five Democrats voted against the drilling proposal, while all but eight Republicans supported it.

The House has approved drilling in ANWR as part of its energy bill, but the Senate vote casts doubt over whether the Senate would agree even to a House-Senate compromise on issue. It was also not immediately clear whether the dispute might contribute to further delays in action on the measure, which Majority Leader Thomas A. Daschle (D-S.D.) has warned could prompt him to set aside the bill in order to speed action on other legislation.

Especially after the Sept. 11 attacks on New York and Washington, the Bush administration and its congressional allies attempted to portray ANWR oil as essential to national security because it would lessen U.S. dependence on oil from countries like Iraq.

"We`ll be more dependent on foreign oil in six years if we don`t open the Arctic refuge," Sen. Ted Stevens (R-Alaska) argued in debate before the vote.

Democrats, some moderate Republicans and environmental groups, disputing Republicans` estimate of likely oil production from the refuge on Alaska`s northeast coast, contended that drilling would ravage a pristine area rich in caribou, musk oxen, polar bears and other wildlife without materially affecting the nation`s reliance on foreign oil.

"The limited amount of oil and the problems of extracting it make it very clear we should not risk opening the refuge, which is the last five percent of Alaska`s vast north slope that remains protected," argued Sen. John D. "Jay" Rockefeller IV (D-W.Va.). "There are other . . . more effective ways to deal with our country`s energy needs."

Facing almost certain defeat, Stevens and Sen. Frank H. Murkowski (R-Alaska), ranking Republican on the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, mounted a desperate last-ditch effort to salvage the proposal by offering several "sweeteners." Among them was a multi-billion-dollar rescue plan that would use fees from oil leases and drilling to help the struggling steel industry pay health benefits to retirees – a proposal aimed at picking up the support of steel-state Democrats.

But the proposal appeared to backfire, angering Republican conservatives and reducing support rather than adding to it. The proposal to combine the steel deal with the ANWR proposal was rejected, 64-36.

The other major sweetener, which would have excluded Israel from a proposed ban on exporting ANWR oil and extended an existing promise to come to Israel`s rescue if its oil supplies are shut off, was included in both proposals but did not appear to have much if any impact, either.

Despite the fact that the outcome was a forgone conclusion, competing lobbies – environmentalists against the proposal and an unusual alliance of proponents that included a Republican administration, labor unions, veterans and pro-Israel groups – also fought up to the bitter end with rallies, news conferences and e-mail blitzes to sway the relatively few uncommitted senators. Native Alaskan tribes lobbied on both sides of the issue.

© 2002 The Washington Post Company

[Jens T]

Kommt Zeit, kommt Öl ...

[M_B_S]

Ne, Biofuel / solarer Wasserstoff + Brennstoffzelle !

Dann braucht man die Umwelt nicht zerstören !

[elmarion]

Den Übergang ins Solarzeitalter können wir nicht mehr nahtlos schaffen Da wid Alaska in 10-20 jahren doch noch dran glauben. Aber auch das wird nicht reichen.

[M_B_S]

Reuters
US Senate set to vote down Bush ANWR oil drilling plan
Wednesday March 19, 9:27 am ET
By Tom Doggett


WASHINGTON, March 19 (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate on Wednesday was expected to vote against opening the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil drilling, defeating the centerpiece of President George W. Bush`s energy policy.
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A Reuters survey of all 100 members of the Senate found at least 52 lawmakers who would oppose drilling in the refuge.

The Reuters survey confirmed a claim by Senate Democrats that they had 52 votes to strip language from a pending federal budget bill for 2004 that tried a new legislative approach to opening the refuge to drilling.

The language would have included in the budget more than $2 billion in revenue that the government would collect from leasing fees oil companies would pay to drill in ANWR.

Supporters of allowing ANWR drilling added the language to the budget bill because it cannot be filibustered under Senate rules and needs only 50 votes to pass. Senate rules require 60 votes to end debate on controversial bills before they get to a floor vote.

A bipartisan amendment offered late Tuesday sought to strike the language from the budget bill that would open the wildlife refuge to oil exploration. The Senate was scheduled to vote on the amendment on Wednesday.

"We will not have drilling in this pristine area," said California Democrat Barbara Boxer, a co-sponsor of the amendment to remove the drilling language.

The administration wants to tap the refuge`s potential 16 billion barrels of crude to help reduce U.S. dependence on foreign oil imports.

However, environmentalists and many Democrats argue the pristine wilderness should be left untouched in favor of stricter oil conservation measures.

Forty-three Democrats, eight Republicans and independent Jim Jeffords of Vermont oppose opening ANWR to energy exploration, according to the Reuters survey.

Forty-two lawmakers -- five Democrats and 37 Republicans -- said they would vote to keep the ANWR provision in the bill.

Five senators -- all Republicans -- said they were undecided on the drilling issue, the survey found.

Arizona Republican Jon Kyl`s office would not say how he would vote, although Kyl supported ANWR drilling in the past.

Republicans are short of the 50 votes they need to keep the drilling language in the budget bill. Vice President Dick Cheney, who serves as president of the Senate and is the former head of oilfield services giant Halliburton Co. (NYSE:HAL - News), could cast a vote in favor of drilling in case of a 50-50 tie.

The refuge spreads across 19 million acres (7.7 million hectares) in Alaska`s northeast corner, but only the area`s 1.5 million acre (607,000 hectare) coastal plain would be accessible to energy companies.

The Bush administration wants to lease up to 600,000 acres (242,811 hectares) in the refuge`s coastal plain during 2005.

[antanana]

Das ist eben Amerika.

Naturschutz geht über alles.
Ein glück, das der Irak nicht unter Naturschutz steht
Hätte sich ja sonst gar nicht gelohnt, Demokratie und Freiheit hinzubringen

[Bodenseemann]

Wenigstens ein Verbrechen wurde verhindert.

Aber das ist nur eine Frage der Zeit. Wenn das Öl alle sein wird, dann wird auch Alaska geplündert.
Aber wenigstens lässt man dem Leben noch Zeit.


BM

[antanana]

"Aber wenigstens lässt man dem Leben noch Zeit."

zu flüchten?
so ca. 48 Stunden

[John D. Rockefeller]

#1: Sind nicht nach allen Verschwörungstheorien auch die US-Senatoren sämtlich von der Ölindustrie gekauft?

John D.

[antanana]

@John,

natürlich, deswegen haben sie ja jetzt den großen Brocken bekommen und müssen sich nicht mit solchen Peanuts abgeben.

Amerikanische Arbeitskräfte sind doch eh viel zu teuuer für den angestrebten Ölpreis. Die Iraker sind dafür geeigneter.

Und wenn`s dann mal überall alle ist, haben die Amis noch ne stille Reserve

[postmaster]

Das mit dem Naturschutz in den USA ist so eine Sache. Es gibt zwar wunderschöne Nationalparks, aber ohne motorisierten Untersatz bewegt sich kaum ein Ami in so einem Nationalpark.

Im Winter trugen deshalb im Yellowstone Park die Park-Wächter zeitweise Atemschutzmasken aufgrund der Masse an Motorschlitten, die unterwegs waren.

Und allgemein gilt, dass sich ein Amerikaner einen Nationalpark zwar ohne Natur, aber nicht ohne Strassen vorstellen kann.

[Bodenseemann]

@ antanna # 9

Da hab ich mich etwas unglücklich ausgedrückt.

Ich meinte natürlich das Leben in Alaska. Natürlich hat dies nicht die selbe Bedeutung wie der Irak, bei dem es um Menschenleben geht. Aber in den ganz dunklen Zeiten ist dies ein Glühwürmchen, das ein wenig Licht macht.
Ein im Verhältnis zum Mega-Verbrechen winziges Verbrechen konnte verhindert werden.
Alles kann Bush also auch nicht durchsetzen. Das ist ein winziger aber es ist ein Trost.

BM

[antanana]

@Seemann,

ich fand dieses Vorhaben von Anfang an Wahnsinn.

Das hat die wirklichen Interessen dieses Mannes gezeigt. Und das war vor dem 11. September. Es soll mir also niemand damit kommen, dass Bush nur Demokratie unter das Volk bringen will.

Das ist nämlich das letzte was er möchte. Wenn die Iraker erst einmal anfangen frei zu Denken, sind die Amerikaner die ersten die achtkantig wieder rausfliegen.

Grüße an den Bodensee