New twist to Arctic drilling deal / Hurricane-ravaged states would have stake in oil revenues

Senate Republicans are on the Verge of Ravaging Two Ecosystems with one Bill

There's a deal brewing to authorize drilling in the Alaskan Wildlife Refuge. Alaskan drilling is part of a spending bill that includes funding of the war in Iraq and anti-flu preparations, with all of that, what may have broke the logjam is a provision to use billions of dollars from the Refuge for Hurricane Katrina Relief. Of course, there is still no plan in place for coordinating rebuilding efforts in a way that will revitalize the wetlands that have been slipping away due to human landscaping and global warming. A combination of more dikes and rebuilding in the same places can lead to another disaster.

Here's my pitch to Congress: go ahead, pass the spending bill, then come back with a better bill to undo the crap, pass it by a two thirds majority then override the veto.

New twist to Arctic drilling deal / Hurricane-ravaged states would have stake in oil revenues