[Peace-discuss] Fw: invitation to 7/29 Arctic drilling press event in downtown Champaign

[Randall Cotton]

Regardless of your position on ANWR drilling (there may be some disagreement
on this list), the local Champaign event involving Tim Johnson below is
noteworthy.

R

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From: "R. Erika Schafer" <reschafer at hotmail.com>
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Sent: Tuesday, July 26, 2005 1:03 PM
Subject: invitation to 7/29 Arctic drilling press event in downtown
Champaign


: Champaign Social Justice/Conservation Group Leaders:
:
: My name is Erika Schafer and I am the Great Lakes Organizer for the Alaska
: Coalition.  We are trying to get as many kind souls as possible to attend
a
: press event opposing Arctic drilling this coming Friday, July 29 at 11
a.m.
: in downtown Champaign (West Side Park).
:
: PIRG and the Alaska Coalition are hosting an event where Tim Johnson (HOR)
: will speak, along with local conservation leaders.  The focus will be on
: what we need to do to prevent a vote from passing Congress this September
: that will implement a budget which contains Arctic drilling.
:
: The official press advisory is attached and pasted below.  I would really
: appreciate your sending the notice out to your email distribution lists,
or
: publicizing the event in any way you see fit.
:
: Thank you for lending a hand/ear regarding the Arctic drilling debate! If
: you have any questions, want more information or to get involved more,
: please let me know!
:
: I hope to see you there!
:
: Thanks,
: Erika Schafer
: Great Lakes Organizer
: Alaska Coalition
: 773-472-3088
:
: Illinois Groups to Rally for the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
:
: Groups will thank Rep. Johnson for his strong record on this issue
:
: WHAT: With three giant, 20 foot model oil derricks looming in the
: background, representatives from local and regional conservation groups
will
: speak out against allowing oil and gas drilling in the coastal plain of
the
: Arctic Refuge. Advocates will encourage Congress to defeat this short
: sighted drilling plan, and will highlight Rep. Timothy Johnson's work to
: keep the Refuge protected.
:
: WHO: Rep. Timothy Johnson (invited)
:
:           Jim Beauchamp, Vice Chair, Prairie Group of the Sierra Club
:
:           Gary Jackson, Izaak Walton League
:
:           Kim Novick, Great Lakes Organizer, Alaska Coalition
:
: WHEN: July 29, 2005. 11:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
:
: WHERE: West Side Park in Downtown Champaign
:
: WHY: Oil drilling in the Arctic Refuge and the energy plan under
: construction would set a precedent for drilling in other public lands
: including the Great Lakes. Bush's energy plan would funnel billions of
: dollars in subsidies to some of the biggest polluters, while doing nothing
: to lower gas prices.
:
:
:
: SUPERB VISUALS: Three 20 ft. high oil rigs set up in Westside Park.
:
:
:
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:
:
:
: The Alaska Coalition is a nationwide network of over 800 conservation,
: sporting, religious and labor groups working together to protect public
: lands in Alaska
:
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