Arctic Drilling and Athena

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=2026&ncid=2026&e=5&u=/latimests/20050315/ts_latimes/showdownvoteapproachesonarcticdrilling

I can't believe what I am reading. This makes me feel hopeless (and this, my darling larians is why I say that Greed, not Religion, is what's really driving us towards destruction.) The horrible thing is, the dark side of my soul tells me that if we allow such things to happen, we deserve the results.

If anyone can suggest a course of action available to non-statesiders, I would love to hear it. Any US chums who pass by my journal and have done nothing as yet, consider the above. If you can take action in protection of this wilderness, you are doing a great favour to those of us beyond your borders who can't.

Later addendum: Just phoned the Houses of Parliament (switchboard 0207 7219 3000) who recommended either contacting the US consulate at http://www.usembassy.org.uk/ukaddres.html (0207 499 9000)
(But why would they listen or care? HOP had no answers to that...)
or contacting one's MP at http://www.faxyourmp.com

Yes, I know this latter's gone up on my lj before but it's such a good site, it's worth repeating. Problem is, what on earth can one's MP actually do? Mine seems OK (and I have sent him a fax anyway) TB keeps assuring us that there are ways of influencing matters, and we all know how reliable he is.

Time for an orphic hymn; Here's to Athena.

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Necessary wealth i.e, wealth we all need, surely equates to a thriving, beautiful and healthy planet, not the tumescent bulge of Bush family fortunes.