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Obama bans oil drilling 9.8 mil acres Arctic ocean
2015-01-28 11:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
RTCC: US president Barack Obama has banned oil and gas drilling in 9.8 million acres of the Arctic ocean, while opening up vast new resources in the Gulf of Mexico. This means that parts of the Beaufort and Chukchi Seas off Alaskas coast can no longer be considered for future oil and gas leases, though it does not revoke existing licenses such as those held by Shell. The five-year leasing plan means that nearly 80% of the undiscovered technically recoverable oil and gas resources on the US Outer...
Critics Blast Obama Plan to Limit Leasing in Arctic Refuge
2015-01-27 00:13:00| ENR.com: Headline News
Plan would designate 12.3 million acres of refuge as wilderness area.
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Obama Seeks Wilderness Designation for Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
2015-01-26 15:18:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: President Obamas Administration moved to protect the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska, known as one of the most wild and remote areas in the world. The Department of the Interior announced yesterday the release of a conservation plan that recommends additional protections for the Refuge that asks Congress to designate core areasincluding its Coastal Plainas wilderness, the highest level of protection available to public lands. This is the first time in history that a Wilderness recommendation...
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Obama Administration recommends designating most of Arctic National Wildlife Refuge as Wilderness
2015-01-26 12:55:30| Green Car Congress
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Obama to protect Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
2015-01-26 06:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Grist: President Obama is picking a big fight with oil-lovin` Republicans, and the green community is delighted. Seems he`s still feeling pugnacious after his State of the Union address last week. For more than 30 years, conservationists have pushed for the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to be permanently protected from oil and gas development. Obama now says he wants to do just that. From The Washington Post: The Obama administration will propose setting aside more than 12 million acres in Alaskas...
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