The Bush administration has opened nearly half a million acres of federal land in northeastern Alaska to oil drilling
AK: New area opened to drilling
MSNBC
01/12/06
The Bush administration has opened nearly half a million acres of federal land in northeastern Alaska to oil drilling -- a move blasted by environmentalists but praised by industry, which notes the area is in a long-designated petroleum reserve. The Interior Department on Wednesday said it would allow oil development in virtually all of the wetlands surrounding Lake Teshekpuk in the northeast corner of the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska...
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/10819895/
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
MSNBC
01/12/06
The Bush administration has opened nearly half a million acres of federal land in northeastern Alaska to oil drilling -- a move blasted by environmentalists but praised by industry, which notes the area is in a long-designated petroleum reserve. The Interior Department on Wednesday said it would allow oil development in virtually all of the wetlands surrounding Lake Teshekpuk in the northeast corner of the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska...
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/10819895/
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
Starmail - 12. Jan, 23:37
