Murkowski Proposes Directional Drilling in ANWR
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Environmental groups said they would fight any legislation that would let oil companies drill sideways from outside the boundaries of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge into its oil and gas reserves, predicting it would be "dead in the water" under the Obama administration.
Their response came within hours of U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski's announcement Thursday that she planned to introduce a bill that would allow for use of a technology called directional drilling under the surface of the coastal plain…
During his recent Senate race, Mark Begich, a Democrat, promoted directional drilling into ANWR. So did Frank Murkowski when he was the state's governor and earlier when he was U.S. senator.
…Murkowski said she realizes directional drilling is not a perfect solution, and current technology means it would only reach about a tenth of likely oil reserves, perhaps a greater percentage of the natural gas.
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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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