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Why Americans will never agree on oil drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge

  • Written by Scott L. Montgomery, Lecturer, Jackson School of International Studies, University of Washington
imageThe Arctic National Wildlife Refuge is home to a great diversity of wildlife -- one reason environmentalists oppose oil and gas drilling. US Fish and Wildlife Service, CC BY-SA

After decades of bitter struggle, the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge seems on the verge of being opened to the oil industry. The consensus tax bill Republicans are trying...

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