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These days
it seems like all the talk is about energy policies and the shortage of
the energy supply that America continues to have. The conversation almost
always turns to drilling in the ANWR (Arctic National Wildlife Refuge).
The Sierra Club recently published the following report.
"The
Arctic National Wildlife Refuge is one of America's greatest natural
treasures. The 19 million-acre Refuge harbors an unparalleled diversity of
wildlife. Encompassing an entire mountain range cross-section, it is the
last place in North America where the full spectrum of arctic life is
protected in one seamless expanse. Nestled between the Brooks Mountain
Range and the shores of the Beaufort Sea in remote northeast Alaska, the
narrow 1.5 million-acre coastal plain of the Refuge is the biological
heart of this untamed wilderness. Unfortunately, it has also been targeted
for drilling and industrial development by the oil industry and its allies
in Congress. But, there is a growing citizen action campaign to protect
the coastal plain as part of the national Wilderness Preservation System
and permanently shield it from the relentless attacks of the multinational
oil companies."
Should the
government allow drilling or not? |
