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| Senate Votes Down Effort to Block Drilling in Alaska Wildlife Refuge |
| 2017-10-21 |
| [OANN] Senate Republicans are breathing a sigh of relief after defeating an attempt by Democrats to block oil drilling in Alaska. The drilling plan put forth by the Trump administration will help pay for proposed tax cuts, and is expected to be a lucrative source of revenue for the country. Senate Democrats argued the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge was too environmentally sensitive to allow for oil drilling. However, if you can't be a good example, then you'll just have to be a horrible warning... Senate Republicans prevailed saying the economic benefits outweighed any perceived effects on the environment. "I think we recognize that responsible development would not only reduce our immediate deficits but its about jobs and job creation... it’s about wealth and wealth creation... about allowing us to build new wealth and create prosperity," said Senator Lisa Daddy, can I be a senator?Murkowski ... representing K Street ... of Alaska. The Republican victory does not explicitly authorize drilling in the refuge, but it opens up the door. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #4 The dems keep shreaking about it, but in reality the drilling has always planned to be at the edge of the refuge and drill diagonally to the oil. 99% of the refuge wouldn't be touched. But that doesn't fit the narrative that it will destroy everything so ban it. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2017-10-21 14:04 |
| #3 Drilling in ANWR? Am I dreaming? |
| Posted by: Iblis 2017-10-21 09:56 |
| #2 Senate Democrats argued the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge was too environmentally sensitive to allow for oil drilling. Wildlife loves trashcans. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2017-10-21 02:54 |
| #1 If you wait too long to find and develop mid-sized accumulations the pipeline will have deteriorated and become unusable, so such accumulations will be uneconomic to ever develop, which is probably the intention. |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2017-10-21 00:11 |