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  After a Decades-Long Battle, Congress Votes to Open ANWR to Oil Drilling

  Andy Rowell, December 21, 2017
  Yesterday, the decades-old struggle over what is America’s last wilderness area, the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR), was reopened when Congress voted to open the Refuge to oil drilling.
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  Majority of US Public Against Drilling ANWR; Oil Experts Think Economics Are “Suspect”

  Andy Rowell, December 5, 2017
  A new survey has found that 70 percent of US voters oppose drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. Despite the gleeful scenes late on Friday night by the Republican leadership, a mere 18% of Republican voters “strongly support” the policy.
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  Senate Tax Bill Fallout: “America as we knew it is very much on the edge”

  Andy Rowell, December 4, 2017
  The Republican assault on hard-working American families and the environment reached an unprecedented level late on Friday night
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  Trump’s Response to Climate-Related Disasters: Open America’s “Crown Jewels” to Oil Drilling

  Andy Rowell, September 18, 2017
  You would have thought that after being battered by two devastating hurricanes in recent weeks, which experts believe were fuelled by warmer seas caused by climate change, even the most die-hard climate denier would think again.
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  As Others Plot the Renewables Revolution, Trump Walks Backwards to Drill Arctic National Wildlife Refuge

  Andy Rowell, May 24, 2017
  As energy pioneers disrupt that market towards clean tech, Trump and his fossil fuel buddies cling to a by-gone age of fossil fuels. But we must not let them destroy America's "crown jewels" in what could be one of the last destructive acts of the hydrocarbon age
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  “Liability” Don Young Faces Ethics Probe

  Andy Rowell, December 7, 2011
  Alaskans are beginning to ask the multi-million dollar question about their veteran politician, and oil-industry stooge, Don Young. At the end of last month, one journalist writing for the Alaskan Dispatch newspaper asked “Are Don Young’s political antics an Alaska asset or liability?” The trouble for Alaskans is that Young, whose slogan is the “Congressman...
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• Good Riddance, Uncle Ted

  Andy Rowell, November 20, 2008
  So ends a political era. The Alaskan senator Ted Stevens, the longest-serving Republican senator in history and a force on Capitol Hill for decades, yesterday finally conceded the re-election race to his Democratic rival, Mayor Mark Begich. This brings us to the end of the “Uncle Ted” era in Alaska, when billions of  Stevens’s “pork-barrel”...
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• Bush: Open ANWR to Ease Gas Crisis

  Andy Rowell, April 30, 2008
  Like a record stuck in a bad groove, President Bush has reiterated his call for Congress to open more areas for drilling, including ANWR. “If Congress is truly interested in solving the problem, they can send the right signal by saying we’re going to explore for oil and gas in the U.S. territories,” starting with...
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• Land Deal Could Open Alaskan Refuge to Drilling

  Andy Rowell, March 26, 2008
  A controversial land swap proposal could open portions of an Alaska wildlife refuge to oil drilling, but the scheme is already dividing native Alaskans. Supporters of the plan to exchange land in the Yukon Flats National Wildlife Refuge, which lies just south of the more-famous ANWR, want the plan approved before the pro-oil Bush Administration...
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• Democrats Unveil New Energy Tax Package

  Andy Rowell, February 13, 2008
  In the US, Democrats have unveiled a new wide-ranging, $17.5 billion renewable energy and building-efficiency bill even though Republicans have repeatedly blocked their efforts in the Senate. In renewing their push, Democrats are relying on the same financing plan that produced Senate opposition last year, repealing tax breaks granted to oil and gas companies.