FREEHAWAII.INFO PRESENTS -
A MULTI-PART SPECIAL REPORT -
HAWAI`I VOTES BOUGHT BY ALASKA OIL
From Ka Leo O Hawai`i By Juanita Mathews
Ka Leo Associate Editorials Editor
And Now, The Conclusion -
It is inexcusable that our senators have voted in favor of oil interests and against the survival of a tribal community that is desperately trying to hold on to its traditional way of life.
While preaching that they want Native Hawaiians to be able to lay claim to their lands, our senators are taking away the lands of another native people.
The area at the center of this issue has been protected for many years. It has a rich ecology that is needed by Arctic wildlife and the Gwich'in.
Protection should not be lifted because of a misleading campaign that states that America needs ANWR oil.
What America needs is a slap in the face, a slap that might wake us up to the realization that drilling for more oil is not going to help our energy crisis, our environmental crisis or our international relations crisis.
We as Americans need to push for renewable energy development that will not pollute our air, will not destroy our ecosystems and will allow us to be free from an oil industry that puppeteers our elected government officials.
