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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE ENVIRONMENT NEWS SERVICE QUOTED IN THE CONGRESSIONAL RECORD WASHINGTON, DC, November 3, 2005 --/WORLD-WIRE/-- A report from the Environment News Service (ENS), the original daily wire service of the environment, was placed on the record in the U.S. Congress on November 2, 2005 in the debate about drilling for oil and gas in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. Senator Maria Cantell (D-WA) placed a March 2003 Environment News Service article entitled, "North Slope Report Fuels Alaska Drilling Debate" on the record after using information in the article to persuade her colleagues not to permit drilling in the pristine refuge. Senator Cantwell said, "The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge is a symbol of this country's desire to protect and preserve wildlife areas and that somehow people would like to assume that long-term damage has not already been done to other parts that have been opened up for drilling." "In fact," the senator said, "an Environment News Service article that summarizes a 2003 National Academy of Sciences report that says for three decades of oil drilling on the Alaskan North Slope, while it has brought economic benefits, for sure, it has also caused lasting environmental damage 'and a mixture of positive and negative changes to that area.' The report found that some environmental damages will last for centuries." Senator Cantwell requested and received the unanimous consent of the U.S. Senate that this article be printed in full in the "Congressional Record," a daily record of proceedings on the floors of the U.S. Senate and the U.S. House of Representatives. The article was authored by Environment News Service Washington Bureau Chief Jonathan R. Pegg. Find it online by clicking here. Founded in 1990 by veteran journalist Sunny P. Lewis, the Environment News Service (ENS) provides daily late-breaking news of the environment to subscribers across the United States and around the world. ENS reporters cover climate, air, water, land use, forests, food and agriculture, oceans, energy, nuclear issues, solid and hazardous waste, wildlife, wilderness, environmental remediation, sustainable development, natural disasters, conferences, legislation, and court rulings. The advertiser-supported service is free of charge to subscribers. Visit our website at: http://www.ens-newswire.com Support independent publishing. Advertise with the respected, widely read Environment News Service. CONTACT: Sunny Lewis 808-394-1421 news@ens-news.com http://www.ens-newswire.com |
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