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Erika Bolstad | McClatchy Newspapers
last updated: May 13, 2008 07:52:58 PM
WASHINGTON — The Senate on Tuesday rejected a Republican energy plan that promised to open the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil exploration, an option that was part of an overall package to increase domestic energy development.
Instead, the Senate voted 97-1 to suspend oil deposits in the Strategic Petroleum Reserve while prices at the pump continue to climb.
Congress hopes that diverting fuel from the reserves to the open market will increase supply and therefore ease prices at the pump.
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The House or Representatives passed a similar proposal for curtailing strategic reserves with an equally veto-proof threshold: 385-25.
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Environmentalists who have fought to keep ANWR off -limits lauded the Senate vote, saying that it "made a clear statement" that drilling there "does nothing to lower gas prices."
"It has been proven that conservation is our best solution," said Cindy Shogan, the executive director of the Alaska Wilderness League. "Now we can work together to come up with real steps toward breaking our addiction to fossil fuels."
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last updated: May 13, 2008 07:52:58 PM
WASHINGTON — The Senate on Tuesday rejected a Republican energy plan that promised to open the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil exploration, an option that was part of an overall package to increase domestic energy development.
Instead, the Senate voted 97-1 to suspend oil deposits in the Strategic Petroleum Reserve while prices at the pump continue to climb.
Congress hopes that diverting fuel from the reserves to the open market will increase supply and therefore ease prices at the pump.
snip
The House or Representatives passed a similar proposal for curtailing strategic reserves with an equally veto-proof threshold: 385-25.
snip
Environmentalists who have fought to keep ANWR off -limits lauded the Senate vote, saying that it "made a clear statement" that drilling there "does nothing to lower gas prices."
"It has been proven that conservation is our best solution," said Cindy Shogan, the executive director of the Alaska Wilderness League. "Now we can work together to come up with real steps toward breaking our addiction to fossil fuels."
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