On the recordAugust 19, 2009
Such vast upside potential carries with it a responsibility to use world-class safeguards that minimize any potential costs in damage to the Arctic environment and the subsistence way of life.
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Murkowski stresses the need for high safety standards due to potential resource wealth.
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