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<blockquote type="cite" cite>Please don't believe the hype! In many
cases Senator Jon Tester supports the same anti-environmental,
anti-wildlife, anti-public lands and pro-oil, pro-coal policies as
Senator Steve Daines.</blockquote>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite><b>Help Stop the Wildlife-Killing
"Energy Bill" in Congress</b><br>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite>TAKE ACTION via this alert from Defenders
of Wildlife here: <a
href="http://bit.ly/1Zt03BI">bit.ly/1Zt03BI</a> <br>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite>It's supposedly an energy bill, but the
"North American Energy Infrastructure Act of 2016" contains
a<b> lethal dose of anti-wildlife amendments</b> that will lead to
dead wolves, dead bears and the destruction of many important wildlife
protections.</blockquote>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite><b>And while pro-oil, pro-coal, climate
change denying provisions are despicable, the anti-wildlife measures
are equally catastrophic.</b></blockquote>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite><b>Tell your senators to protect wildlife
and oppose this deadly bill!</b></blockquote>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite>EMAIL Senator Tester here: <a
href="https://www.tester.senate.gov/?p=email_senator"
>https://www.tester.senate.gov/?p=email_senator</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite>EMAIL Senator Daines here: <a
href="https://www.daines.senate.gov/connect/email-steve"
>https://www.daines.senate.gov/connect/email-steve</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite>SAMPLE LETTER</blockquote>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite>As one of your constituents, I strongly
urge you to reject outright the House passed substitute to the
"Energy Policy Modernization Act of 2016," (S.2012). The
House bill is filled with ideological attacks on our public lands and
wildlife. It in no way provides a reasonable basis for discussion of a
sound energy package. </blockquote>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite>The bill represents little more than an
invitation to undermine wildlife conservation, public lands and
bedrock environmental laws and protections. It also fails to address,
and in some provisions completely undermines, our ability to deal with
climate change.</blockquote>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite>Consideration of House passed S. 2012
would open the door to provisions that strip protections for
endangered species, block efforts to crack down on the illegal trade
in African elephant ivory, bar conservation measures for wolves and
bears on over 100 million acres of federal land in Alaska, severely
limit public involvement and judicial review of energy projects and
upend management of our national wildlife refuges, parks, forests and
other public lands.</blockquote>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite>This is not a serious energy bill.
Instead, it is a bloated bundle of widely condemned provisions that
the House could not get through the Senate as stand-alone bills.
America wants an energy bill that proactively addresses climate change
and a sustainable energy future, not one that throws every harmful
ideological scheme that comes up at the wall in hopes that something
sticks and gets passed.</blockquote>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite>I urge you not to reward the House's
unconstructive and underhanded approach and to reject outright the
House passed S. 2012 legislation.</blockquote>
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