"Oil development in the arctic wildlife refuge makes as much sense as chopping down the giant redwoods for firewood, " said Jim Walton of the Wilderness Society.

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Injured and alone, he embarks on a brutal quest for vengeance into the squalid underbelly of the Regional Atlanta Metroplex, through the desert wasteland of the not-so-pristine wilderness, and to the peerless towers of elite society.

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"This is a very insightful effort on the part of Secretary Babbitt to protect these special places, " said Rindy O'Brien, vice president of public policy for the Wilderness Society.

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Greenies like Senator William Nelson (Democrat-Florida), who kept similar proposals out of the recently enacted energy bill, are pushing back against Domenici, and the Wilderness Society planned a demonstration in Washington for September to protest the move.

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Greenies like Senator William Nelson (D-Fla.), who kept similar proposals out of the recently enacted energy bill, are pushing back against Domenici, and the Wilderness Society planned a demonstration in Washington for September to protest the move.

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