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Trump greenlights drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, but will oil companies show up?

  • Written by Scott L. Montgomery, Lecturer, Jackson School of International Studies, University of Washington
imageCaribou from the Porcupine Caribou Herd migrate onto the coastal plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in northeast Alaska.USFWS via AP

The Trump administration has announced that it is opening up the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil and gas development – the latest twist in a decades-long battle over the fate of this remote...

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