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To: Tom Clarke who wrote (253970)6/11/2008 9:28:10 PM
From: goldworldnet  Read Replies (1) of 793600
 
The Teamsters are for opening up ANWR.

This is old, but I believe still accurate.

ANWR Creates 25,000 Teamster Jobs
By International Brotherhood of Teamsters
CNSNews.com Information Services
March 12, 2003

ANWR Creates 25,000 Teamster Jobs

By International Brotherhood of Teamsters

WHAT DEVELOPMENT OF ALASKA'S ARCTIC
COASTAL PLAIN MEANS TO THE NATION

Jobs
Jobs that could be created from Coastal Plain
development nationally: 735,000 jobs
Direct petroleum industry jobs nationwide: 1.5 million jobs

Teamster Jobs
Teamsters working in industries or companies that benefit
from Alaskan oil exploration: 200,000
Teamster jobs that opening up ANWR will create: 25,000

Economic Impact
Since discovering oil on Alaska's North Slope, spending on
exploration and development nationwide is over: $50.0 billion
Nationwide vendors doing business in AK
oil fields since 1990: more than 10,000
To buy foreign oil in 1995 America spent: $55.1 billion

Petroleum Statistics
Today U.S. imports of foreign oil exceeds: 57%
U.S. imports of oil per day: 10 million barrels

cnsnews.com

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