Drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
One of the long debated questions in America’s quest for secure energy sources is whether or not to drill for oil in Alaska’s National Wildlife Refuge. The skyrocketing rise in oil prices, global extremism, civil and political conflict in the Presian Gulf region, and recent moves in Congress have placed added pressure on the question of whether to allow oil exploration in the refuge (Kotchen, Burger, 2001, p. 4720). Lying on the northern fringe of the North American continent, spanning from the Brooks Range area to the Beaufort Sea, the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge is the ...
