To Drill, Or Not to Drill
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The Obama Administration proposed designating 5 million acres of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge as Wilderness, preventing oil drilling exploration on the land.
![• The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge is on Alaska’s North coast.
• Oil drilling in all of ANWR’s 19mil acres is currently off limits.
• That issue has been hotly debated in Congress since the 70’s.
• But ~7mil acres of ANWR are designated as “Wilderness.”
• That means those areas permanently off limits to oil drilling.
• Obama wants to designate another 5mil acres as Wilderness.
• Congress still has to approve the Wilderness designation.
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[ U N B I A S E D N E W S I N 1 0 L I N E S O R L E S S ]
Obama to designate millions of acres as wilderness
TO DRILL, OR NOT TO DRILL
• Alaska Representatives say this threatens their sovereignty.
• 90% of Alaska’s revenues come from the energy industry.
• Conservationists say this protects pristine land and animals.](https://image.slidesharecdn.com/113anwrwilderness-150128101847-conversion-gate01/85/To-Drill-Or-Not-to-Drill-1-320.jpg)
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To Drill, Or Not to Drill
- 1. • The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge is on Alaska’s North coast. • Oil drilling in all of ANWR’s 19mil acres is currently off limits. • That issue has been hotly debated in Congress since the 70’s. • But ~7mil acres of ANWR are designated as “Wilderness.” • That means those areas permanently off limits to oil drilling. • Obama wants to designate another 5mil acres as Wilderness. • Congress still has to approve the Wilderness designation. NEWSFEATHER.COM [ U N B I A S E D N E W S I N 1 0 L I N E S O R L E S S ] Obama to designate millions of acres as wilderness TO DRILL, OR NOT TO DRILL • Alaska Representatives say this threatens their sovereignty. • 90% of Alaska’s revenues come from the energy industry. • Conservationists say this protects pristine land and animals.