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NRDC Proposes 'Responsible' Energy Policy for the 21st Century
Report shows that America can meet its energy needs without
drilling in Alaska Wildlife Refuge or suspending clean-air
standards in California WASHINGTON (February 6, 2001) - NRDC
(Natural Resources Defense Council) today released a balanced
plan for U.S. energy policy that would meet the nation’s needs
and save consumers billions of dollars annually -- without
destroying pristine wilderness areas or rolling back
environmental safeguards. The report also offers a solution for
California’s electricity crisis that would not suspend state or
federal air quality standards. Among other things, NRDC’s
analysis shows that President Bush’s proposal to open the Arctic
National Wildlife Refuge coastal plain to