Alaskan Communities Divided Over Oil Drilling
Clip: Season 2 Episode 1 | 12m 41sVideo has Closed Captions
Alaska’s pristine Arctic National Wildlife Refuge is now open to oil and gas drilling.
Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge is the largest national wildlife region in the United States. It’s home to a large variety of plants and animals, including the polar bear and the caribou. It’s also home to as much as 16 billion barrels of recoverable oil. Last year, Congress voted to open the pristine wilderness to oil and gas drilling, an area that has been off-limits over three decades.
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Alaskan Communities Divided Over Oil Drilling
Clip: Season 2 Episode 1 | 12m 41sVideo has Closed Captions
Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge is the largest national wildlife region in the United States. It’s home to a large variety of plants and animals, including the polar bear and the caribou. It’s also home to as much as 16 billion barrels of recoverable oil. Last year, Congress voted to open the pristine wilderness to oil and gas drilling, an area that has been off-limits over three decades.
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