Mississippi Wilderness area opened up for oil drilling

[housewolf]

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Wilderness area opened up for oil drilling

The President has just signed a bill to open up Gulf Islands National Seashore to oil drilling. This chain of islands includes the gulf's largest concentration of bottlenose dolphins. Two of the islands are designated Wilderness areas-the most protected status.



"May 31, 2005 latimes.com : Nation

Wilderness Site May See Oil Drilling
By Julie Cart, Times Staff Writer

GULFPORT, Miss. -- Tucked away in the 96-page emergency military spending bill signed by President Bush this month are four paragraphs that give energy companies the right to explore for oil and gas insidea sprawling national park.

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[xchrom]

1. the bushco giant eats the world.

what a bunch o' jerks.

[grilled onions]

2. Better get the cameras rolling

It won't be long before beauty of our National Forests,waterways etc will only be a memory.