Energy bill includes provision to open ANWR to oil drilling
Legislation directs the secretary of Interior to offer leases in the coastal plain; revenue would be split evenly between the state and feds by The Associated Press
Sen. Frank Murkowski has again resurrected efforts to open the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil drilling, this time in a national energy policy bill announced May 16 with Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott.
The wide-ranging legislation contains a section that directs the secretary of Interior t....
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