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As Sens. John Kerry (D-Mass.), Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), and Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) work to craft comprehensive climate legislation<\/a> that can overcome a fossil-fueled filibuster, swing vote Sen. Lisa I’m still saying ANWR is one of the must-haves<\/strong>. Murkowski is increasingly sounding like an oil industry lobbyist, leading the effort<\/a> to prevent the Environmental Protection Agency from enforcing the Clean <\/p>\n Only in the United States Senate could you find someone demand that Related Links:<\/strong><\/p>\n Murkowski to Senate: Drill the Arctic or my state gets it!<\/a><\/p>\n Stupid things senators are saying about the Kerry, Graham, and Lieberman proposal<\/a><\/p>\n
\nMurkowski (R-Alaska) is trying to dig the carbon hole deeper. Before
\nclimate policy had a chance of becoming reality, Murkowski claimed to recognize that global warming from fossil fuels<\/a> is destroying Alaska. Now, she has continued down that path by
\ndemanding that drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge is “one of the must-haves<\/a>”:<\/p>\n
\nYou want to have me sit down at the table and talk about what a strong
\ndomestic production piece is, you have to be willing to talk to me
\nabout ANWR. Pretty simple.<\/p>\n
\nAir Act with respect to greenhouse pollution. Murkowski’s Dirty Air Act<\/a> resolution is a blatant rejection of science and safety on behalf of
\nher fossil industry contributors. This week, she praised Sen. Jay
\nRockefeller’s (D-W.Va.) two-year Clean Air Act moratorium, saying she is “hopeful that this bill will draw additional support<\/a> and advance quickly.”<\/p>\n
\na climate bill involve drilling in one of the last pristine places on
\nearth. Murkowski is working to unleash the only two imminent threats to
\nthe remote and unique Arctic Refuge<\/a>—global warming and oil drilling. Murkowski, it seems, is willing to destroy her state in order to save it<\/a>.<\/p>\n
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