Drilling in ANWR won’t solve problems
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Your editorial (“Energy-dependent forever?” Feb. 16) defended drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge by using propaganda often cited by oil industries and recently parroted by Gov. Sarah Palin.
…The amount of refuge land that would be affected by oil development is far more than the figure quoted. Industrial development would require roads, gravel pits, pipelines and air landing strips that would spread across the entire coastal plain of the refuge. To say that oil development’s impact will be contained to 2,000 acres is like saying a car’s only impact is restricted to the area where its wheels touch the road.
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Sam Goldman
Sam has been with The Wilderness Society since Fall 2007. He came most recently from M+R Strategic Services in Washington, DC where he worked with national environmental groups to improve their online campaign work and field organizing capacity. Before that, Sam was the Assistant National Field Director for U.S. PIRG where he covered a variety of issues including the fight to protect the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
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