WORC Action Alert

Call Congress to Oppose
Domenici-Tauzin Energy Bill

Provisions Would Make Oil and Gas the Dominant Use of Western Lands

CALL NOW!

The Domenici-Tauzin energy bill spells disaster for America's energy future and the farmers, ranchers, wildlife, recreationists, and rural residents of the West.

CALL YOUR SENATORS AND TELL THEM TO OPPOSE THE DOMENICI-TAUZIN ENERGY BILL! You can reach any member of Congress at 202-224-3121.

BACKGROUND

Oil and gas provisions in the Domenici-Tauzin energy bill are a radical departure from the approach by Congress to managing our public lands in the West over the last 50 years.

The bill seeks to entrench oil and gas development as the dominant use of America's western public and private "split estate" lands - at the expense of rural communities, wildlife, water quality, private property rights, recreationists, and family farms and ranches.

At the same time, the bill unnecessarily increases subsidies to the oil and gas industry - to the tune of billions of dollars - all the while shifting liability for clean-up of abandoned oil and gas fields from energy companies to taxpayers.

In the meantime, speeding up drilling in the West won't make America energy independent.

WHAT YOU CAN DO

America's energy future and the health of our western home depend on the actions of people like you today. Join citizens across the country as we send a strong message to Congress that the Domenici-Tauzin energy bill is an affront to hard-working Americans and a disastrous energy policy.

1. Call your U.S. Senators today. You can reach any member of Congress at
202-224-3121.

2. If you'd prefer to write, we recommend sending a fax rather than using regular
mail or email. Here are the fax numbers for each Senator in the WORC states:

Byron Dorgan (D-ND) 202-224-1193 Larry Craig (R-ID) 202-228-1067
Kent Conrad (D-ND) 202-224-7776 Mike Crapo (R-ID) 202-228-1375
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Tom Daschle (D-SD) 202-224-6603 Ben Campbell (R-CO) 202-228-4609
Tim Johnson (D-SD) 202-228-5765 Wayne Allard (R-CO) 202-224-6471
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Ron Wyden (D-OR) 202-228-2717 Craig Thomas (R-WY) 202-224-1724
Gordon Smith (R-OR) 202-228-3997 Mike Enzi (R-WY) 202-228-0359
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Max Baucus (D-MT) 202-224-4700
Conrad Burns (R-MT) 202-224-8594

3. Write a letter to the editor of your local newspaper. - Model Letter

WHAT TO SAY WHEN YOU CALL

1. I oppose the Domenici-Tauzin energy bill and urge the Senator to do the same.
2. Making oil and gas production the dominant use of our western public lands will severely harm western landscapes and communities, and the multiple uses of those lands.
3. The bill provides a mandate for the federal government to go faster with oil and gas production, when it is already going too fast in many places in the West.
4. The bill provides no safeguards for landowners in split estate situations, and in fact is a further assault on their property rights and livelihoods.
5. Drilling the West won't make America energy independent.

View the oil and gas title of the Domenici-Tauzin energy bill.