U.S. Senator Mary Landrieu is No Friend of Wetlands/Environment

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    June 28, 2005 - Letter To Senator Mary Landrieu’s RE: Deadly Oil Spill in Breton Sound Kills 400 Pelicans - Your coastal aid bill promoting more oil coastal drilling only increases the inevitability that more pelicans and wildlife will be killed in large numbers by the oil industry. Your vote to drill in our Arctic Wildlife Refuge Center will also result in the countless deaths of more wild creatures and loss of our economic natural resources.

    June 5, 2005 - Three Open Letters to the U.S. Senate, RE: Senator Mary Landrieu’s Coastal Aid Bill - SOWL is opposed to the Senator Landrieu-Billy Tauzin bill and support the Permanent Protection for America Resources 2000 Act. The Landrieu bill encourages increased drilling activities by tying the state’s shares to production without enough safeguards to ensure the money is spent wisely. Oil company canals are a major reason for the loss of Louisiana wetlands. No drilling should be encouraged.

    May 2005 - Open Letter to the United States Senate; RE: Senator Mary Landrieu’s Coastal Aid Bill - Senator Mary Landrieu wants billions of dollars to restore Louisiana’s rapidly disappearing coastal zones. In the meantime, she votes to destroy our Artic National Wildlife Refuge Center and push for destructive oil, gas, and nuclear options.

    March 2003 - Alaskan Drilling Measure About More than Just Oil - When Republicans took control of the Senate after midterm elections, the leadership developed a strategy it believed would finally push the ANWR legislation through after 23 years of failure. Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, R-Tenn., agreed to add the measure to a budget bill, which is not subject to a filibuster and needs only 50 votes for passage. Vice President Dick Cheney was available to cast the tie-breaking vote if necessary, but the opportuniy never came.

    March 19, 2002 - Sierra Club Defies Bush, Landrieu On Drilling - Environmental lobbyist Melinda Pierce makes clear the Sierra Club's position on oil drilling and energy conservation. "I think it is false to suggest we can drill our way to energy security, or national security for that matter, given that we sit on less than 3 percent of the known oil reserves. You can't drill your way to independence, but you sure can get yourself out of the hole a lot quicker with conservation."

    March 15, 2002 - Landrieu Makes Environmentalists Blood Boil - Senator Landrieu supports President Bush's push for oil drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) and goes so far as to say that environmentalists have gone "too far" in trying to block the drilling. SOWL demands Alternate Energy and Conservation NOW.

    March 15, 2002 - Environmentalist 'Shocked' at Tirade - Adam Kolton of the Alaskan Wilderness League said he was 'shocked and alarmed' by Landrieu's comments. He said they are reminiscent of those delivered by conservative Senate Republicans who routinely demonize environmentalists.

    April 12, 2000 - Beware of Senator Mary Landrieu's Contradictory Environmental Policies - Senator Landrieu's denial of energy conservation, fuel cell technology, solar and wind energies is forcing this country to the same old economic chaos of mid east OPEC dependency, and foreign wars and high gasoline prices.

    June 24, 1999 - Letter to Senator Boxer and Congressman Miller - SOWL is opposed to the Senator Landrieu-Billy Tauzin bill and supports the Permanent Protection for America Resources 2000 Act. The Landrieu bill encourages increased drilling activities by tying the state's shares to production without enough safeguards to ensure the money is spent wisely. Oil company canals are a major reason for the loss of Louisiana wetlands. No drilling should be encouraged.

    April 7, 1999 - Letter to U.S. Senator Mary Landrieu - Enclosed is SOWL letter to you dated November 19, 1998 requesting you introduce a resolution in the United States Senate to investigate our disappearing wetlands in Louisiana and the affect on flooding as well as our insurance rates.

    November 19, 1998 - Letter to U.S. Senator Mary Landrieu - On behalf of SOWL, I wish to request that you introduce a resolution in the United States Senate to investigate our disappearing wetlands in Louisiana and the effects on flooding as well as our flood insurance rates.

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