The Obama Administration needs to take into consideration the benefits of oil drilling in ANWR to the state of Alaska, consumers of the oil in the lower 48 states
Environmentalists Allow Oil Drilling on Their Land; But Oppose It in ANWR
Environmentalists are using the old adage, “Do as I Say Not as I Do,” regarding oil drilling. They are delighted that President Obama is going to ask Congress to declare 12 million acres of Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) as wilderness. This action is despite the fact that in 1980, Congress set aside a small portion of the acreage in ANWR (the “1002 area,” comprising the Coastal Plain) for future consideration of oil and gas exploration. But because of President Obama’s executive action, Presidential Advisor John Podesta said that regardless of the law and Congressional action, the administration was going to manage these 12 million acres as if it had been designated as wilderness by Congress, which means that ANWR will be unavailable to resource development.(i)
