13-02-2017 21:31 via alaskapublic.org

Renewed fight, but old arguments for lawmakers wanting to open ANWR for drilling

The Canning River in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. (Image courtesy Wikimedia Commons)Over the past 25 years, Alaska’s Legislature has passed nearly a dozen resolutions asking Congress to allow drilling in the coastal plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.  But this year, something is different. There’s been more push back and public testimony opposed to passing an Arctic National Wildlife Reserve (ANWR) resolution.
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