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Michelle Swank, an intern at OSPIRG, and Andy Ritenour (back), volunteer for OSPIRG at 13th Avenue and Kincaid. They take time to
explain to junior Paul Lipska how the oil company British Petroleum has sights set on the Artie National Wildlife Refuge.
ANWR
continued from page 1A
have pushed for opening ANWR,
an area located in Alaska’s north
eastern corner. The area is divided
into 8 million acres of protected
wilderness, 9 million acres of
wildlife refuge and 1.5 million
acres that the oil industry wants to
open for drilling. ExxonMobil, BP,
Chevron and other companies have
made previous attempts to open
the Coastal Plain, with the support
of Alaska’s governors and senators,
who had hoped oil findings would
boost the state’s economy.
Former President Bill Clinton ve
toed bills that would have opened
the Coastal Plain, but Bush said he
was in favor of revisiting the option
during his campaign and after he
was elected.
The Student Public Interest Re
search Group, OSPIRG’s national
organization, was quick to begin a
campaign to prevent the drilling, as
it has in the past. But this time, in
stead of trying to convince the ad
ministration not to allow drilling,
activists are focusing more efforts
on persuading Browne not to drill.
OSPIRG Campus Program Direc
tor Ben Unger said that because of
Bush’s “hard-liner” stance on the
issue, it would be nearly impossi
ble to change the president’s mind.
He added that since Bush appoint
ed Dick Cheney, a former CEO of an
oil company, as head of the oil ex
ploration committee, it would be
especially difficult to sway the ad
ministration’s interests.
“We have to find another way to
make this happen,” he said. “We
think we can convince BP to do the
right thing.”
Dan Ritzman, climate campaign
er for Greenpeace, said oil compa
nies ignore the possibility that
drilling for oil will disturb the
wildlife, especially the caribou. He
added that many oil companies are
also known to cause unplanned oil
spills.
But Cam Toohey, executive di
rector of Arctic Power, a non-profit
group that represents the oil indus
try’s stance on ANWR issues, said
most environmental concerns are
built bn myths. He said that based
on evidence from the construction
of the Alaskan Pipeline and with
the high-tech equipment used, the
area could be drilled without harm
ing the environment.
“We’re not choosing oil over the
environment,” he said. “We can
have both.”
But Ritzman also said the Bush
administration is using the energy
crisis as an excuse to drill in the
Coastal Plain, and that this solution
is inefficient. He added that the ad
ministration should explore other
options, such as decreasing gas
standards for automobiles in order
to preserve energy in the long run.
“Just by changing the mile per
gallon standards, we could save 2-3
times the amount of oil we’d find in
ANWR,” he said. “It’s ridiculous to
talk about an energy policy and
only search for new places to find
oil. ... We’ll never be able to meet
our energy needs that way.”
But Toohey said that the Coastal
Plain’s 1.5 million acres were spe
cially designated for oil and gas dis
covery, and that if oil was found
under the region’s surface, it could
mean lower gas prices nationwide
and an overall benefit to Alaska’s
economy.
OSPIRG plans to explain the
ANWR issue in depth at Sunday’s
event, with the help' Of members
from the Gwich’in tribe.
Ritzman added that many people
are supporting environmental
groups’ efforts, such as OSPIRG’s,
to prevent the drilling.
“Polls show that even thou^fr
there are energy problems, a lot of
people don’t want to open ANWR,”
he said. “It’s just not worth it to de
stroy such a beautiful wild place.”
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