Interior Dept. Opens Northern Alaska To Oil Drilling...

[G_j]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2006/01/11/interior-dept-opens-nort_n_13660.html



AP/Arctic National Wildlife Refuge

Interior Dept. Opens Northern Alaska To Oil Drilling...

The Washington Post | Justin Blum | Posted January 11, 2006 11:40 PM


The Interior Department yesterday agreed to open about 400,000 acres on Alaska's North Slope for exploratory oil drilling, an area that previously had been off limits because of concerns about the impact on wildlife.

Officials said they would lease acreage in the northeastern corner of the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska to oil companies to provide access to domestic oil supplies.

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[rodeodance]

1. geech, Reagan set this area aside now Bush steps on Reagan!!

The area near Teshekpuk Lake was put off limits to drilling during the Reagan administration. The Clinton administration expanded the restricted area.

But the Bureau of Land Management says technological advances in oil drilling allow drilling to occur without the impact previously feared. Drilling will be allowed about a quarter-mile from the lake.

Bureau officials said they would conduct further study on the impact to molting geese before allowing permanent drilling.
© 2006 The Washington Post Company

[G_j]

3. the BLM

now there is a reliable sourse...not

[NI4NI]

4. out of the 9 million acres of land

put up for leasing, the whales, spotted seals, polar bears and migratory birds were afforded 102,000 acres. WOW! How thoughtful! I got 2 things to say to Gail Norton, EXXON VALDES!

[G_j]

5. I suppose they therefore portray themselves as environmentalists

how generous of them.

and after robbing Native Americans over natural resources for years, the stellar BLM says it is ok!

[roguevalley]

2. there aren't words to describe how horrible this is. please call your

local idiots and tell them.