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January 27, 2015

5 things about Obama's move on ANWR

By DINA CAPPIELLO
Associated Press

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama waded into a decades-long fight over drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge over the weekend, announcing that his administration would pursue a wilderness designation for 12.28 million acres, barring drilling in most of the South Carolina-sized refuge.

Obama's plans will require congressional approval. But if the Alaska delegation is any hint as to where things are headed, his proposal is going nowhere in a Republican-controlled Congress. On Monday, Rep. Don Young, R-Alaska, said Obama had gone “completely wacko.” Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski, chair of the Senate Energy committee, said the administration's plans were a “kick to the gut” that treated Alaska as if it were a “snow globe out there” that should be left untouched.


 
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