Subject: [big campaign] 'Exxon John' McCain pushes off-shore drilling
From: "Berning, Nick" <[email-masked]>
To: [email-masked]
Date: Mon, 16 Jun 2008 17:58:53 -0400
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http://action.foe.org/t/4027/pressRelease.jsp?press_release_KEY=382

For Immediate Release:

June 16, 2008

For more information contact:

Nick Berning, 202-222-0748

'Exxon John' McCain Turns Back on Planet, Pushes Off-Shore Drilling

McCain gimmick is not solution to energy crisis; focus must be on
affordable alternatives

WASHINGTON, D.C.-Friends of the Earth Action President Brent Blackwelder
had the following statement in response to John McCain's plan to
announce an off-shore drilling proposal tomorrow:

"If John McCain were looking for a way to prove he's running for George
Bush's third term, he couldn't do better than this.  Maybe we should
start calling him 'Exxon John.'

"More drilling is not the answer to our energy crisis.  Fortunately,
Barack Obama is focusing on real solutions that are good for the planet
and will ease pain at the pump.  Obama is talking about fuel-efficient
cars, expanded passenger rail, mass transit, and other clean ways of
reducing demand for oil that can lighten the burden on Americans'
pocketbooks immediately.  That's the type of leadership we need."

Friends of the Earth Action endorsed Obama in May after he rejected a
gas-tax holiday gimmick proposed by McCain.  The group has also opposed
McCain's efforts to award massive amounts of pork to the nuclear
industry, and aired national network TV ads encouraging McCain to
abandon this position before Earth Day.  Those ads can be viewed at:
http://www.foeaction.org/McCain/

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Friends of the Earth Action (www.foeaction.org
<http://www.foeaction.org/> ) provides extra muscle to our sister
organization, Friends of the Earth, in legislative battles affecting our
environment. FoE Action and our affiliated PAC also serve as Friends of
the Earth's political arm, making thoughtful political endorsements,
providing direct support to candidates, and placing environmentalists in
the field on critical campaigns. Friends of the Earth Action's mission
is to promote a clean, healthy and just world and to ensure that we have
lawmakers who will work to protect the environment.

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