With budget, US House inches toward ANWR

The U.S. House unveiled a budget that could lead to drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. (Image by USGS)A budget blueprint in the U.S. House is reviving hopes for Alaskans who want to see the coastal plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge open to oil drilling.
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The budget plan does not actually discuss the Arctic refuge, in Alaska’s far Northeast. It calls on the House Natural Resources Committee to find $5 billion in cuts or revenues over a decade.
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