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Congress Defeats
Arctic Drilling
On Dec. 21, the Senate defeated yet
another attempt to allow oil drilling
in the coastal plain of the Arctic
National Wildlife Refuge.
Hurricanes Trigger Even
Worse Energy Policy
On Oct. 7, the House
narrowly passed a bill with more
than $3 billion in new oil industry
subsidies sponsored by Rep. Joe
Barton (Texas).
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DEFENDING AMERICA'S ARCTIC —This fall, the nation’s environmental leaders gathered to strongly oppose congressional attempts to open the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to drilling. Pictured here are Carl Pope, of the Sierra Club; Gene Karpinski, of U. S. PIRG; Rodger Schlickeisen, of Defenders of Wildlife; and Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., of the Natural Resources Defense Council.
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