  
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
June 23, 2011
Contact: Maggie Kao, 202-675-2384
Sierra Club Response on Tapping of Strategic Petroleum
Reserves
Washington, D.C. – Today the Obama administration announced that it will
release 30 million barrels of oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) in
an effort to offset oil supply disruptions in the Middle East.
In response, Michael Brune, Executive Director of the Sierra
Club, issued the following statement:
“The administration’s announcement today confirms that
our nation’s dangerous addiction to oil makes us dependent on all the wrong
people – Big Oil, oil speculators and foreign nations, many of which do not
share our values and our belief in democracy.
“Instead of engaging in debates over OPEC, global
supply and demand for oil or dangerous offshore drilling, we must end Big Oil’s
stranglehold on our economy and move towards true energy independence by
establishing strong fuel efficiency standards for our cars and trucks, building
smart infrastructure and transportation choices and ending government subsidies
for Big Oil.”
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