Artic Free From Drilling?
Thursday, November 10, 2005
WASHINGTON - House leaders late Wednesday abandoned an attempt to push through a hotly contested plan to open an Alaskan wildlife refuge to oil drilling, fearing it would jeopardize approval of a sweeping budget bill Thursday.
They also dropped from the budget document plans to allow states to authorize oil and gas drilling off the Atlantic and Pacific coasts — regions currently under a drilling moratorium.
The actions were a stunning setback for those who have tried for years to open a coastal strip of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, or ANWR, to oil development, and a victory for environmentalists, who have lobbied hard against the drilling provisions. President Bush has made drilling in the Alaska refuge his top energy priorities.
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The issue is far from over but its good to see the admin backing off. Instead of embracing real alternative energy and conservation efforts, they just want to drill everywhere there is open land. Hopefully with the pressure on the oil execs we will see some real push for renewables. With the recent profits made by the oil industry, I think all tax breaks and money for research should be resinded, the companies can afford it on their own.
Posted by mardenhill 11/10/2005 09:03:00 AM
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