8.09.2006

Mark Green: Environmental Incident in Alaska Means We Need to Stop Caring for Wisconsin's

From NPR:

Workers are cleaning up more than 200,000 gallons of oil that leaked last week from a pipeline in Prudhoe Bay, Alaska. It's the largest oil spill ever on Alaska's North Slope, and it has added fuel to debates over the wisdom of drilling for oil in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.


Mark Green's solution:

Yesterday, Mark and his good friend – Congressman Paul Ryan – urged the Environmental Protection Agency to waive the reformulated gas requirement in Wisconsin due to an announcement about a supply disruption in Alaska. Mark said:

Wisconsinites have been feeling the burden of unfair gasoline regulations for far too long. With the potential for yet another spike in oil prices in the coming days, the EPA should immediately take steps to bring relief to Wisconsin motorists.


So according to Mark Green, because of 200,000 barrels of oil have been spilled into Alaska's tundru, we need to allow more polutant into Wisconsin skies, streams and lakes.

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