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Don't sacrifice Arctic refuge
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| Last Edited | RP Feb 16, 2012 07:27pm |
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| Author | REP. ROBERT DOLD |
| News Date | Thursday, February 16, 2012 09:25:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | The people that I represent in Illinois care passionately about protecting open space and safeguarding our nation’s natural treasures, including the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
The transportation bill now being considered in the House would greatly diminish safeguards for the refuge by opening up its entire 1.5 million-acre coastal plain to oil drilling. This is a mistake on many fronts.
First, the refuge’s coastal plain is a national treasure, worthy of passing on to future generations of Americans. Birds from every state in the union migrate there to nest and raise young—including, from my district, the Northern Flicker and Long Tail Duck. It is the refuge’s biological heart and also provides vital habitat for polar bears, caribou and musk ox. |
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