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Obama to propose protecting U.S. Arctic wildlife refuge from drilling
2015-01-26 03:04:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: President Barack Obama will call on Congress to expand protection of Alaska's Arctic refuge where oil and gas drilling is prohibited to 12 million acres (5 million hectares), an area that includes 1.4 million oil-rich acres along the coast. The proposal, unveiled by the Interior Department on Sunday, ran into instant criticism from Republicans and will likely face an uphill battle in Congress, where Republicans now control both chambers. The wilderness designation, the highest level of federal...
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