ANWR Quotes on Energy and Environmental Debate
Drilling debate, energy politics
These quotes reflect the long-running political debate over drilling in ANWR, weighing Energy independence against environmental and long-term strategic concerns.
To most Alaskans, Clinton is remembered as being the one individual who has shut Alaska down by vetoing ANWR when we successfully moved it through the Congress.
We must become more energy independent. The development of ANWR will assist in this goal.
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Drilling in ANWR fails to lower energy prices today and sets no long term energy strategy for tomorrow.
I look at ANWR (Artic National Wildlife Refuge) as a poison pill in the energy bill.
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Government experts have estimated that ANWR reserves would only provide enough oil for six months of U.S. oil consumption. In addition, the oil industry itself has estimated that it would take 10 years to bring this oil to the market.
Simply put, drilling in ANWR would be expensive, environmentally devastating, and would do very little to fix our energy crisis or to bring down the price of oil and gasoline.
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Others focus specifically on Alaska politics, including how a presidential veto once shut Down momentum on opening the refuge to development.
