15-12-2016 02:28 via alaskapublic.org

Environmentalists ready for ANWR fight, with vets in their camp

Genevieve Chase, an Army vet from Idaho, says she’s inspired to preserve ANWR in its natural state. (Photo: Liz Ruskin/APRN)With Donald Trump about a month away from the White House, Alaska’s congressional delegation sees a chance to finally open the coastal plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil drilling. The environmental lobby is ready for the fight. And they’ve got some new, patriotic allies on their side: military veterans. It’s not clear, though, if dri
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