04/19/2016
https://congress.gov...
"The climate is changing faster in the Arctic than anywhere else on the planet, and the impacts are dramatic."
"Most commenters favored wilderness designation of the Coastal Plain of the Refuge."
"It seems clear, then, that Congress recognized that the government had a responsibility to treat the NPR-A in a similar manner to other public lands, balancing energy development along with conservati..."
"Oil and gas development in Alaska is not an easy issue to grapple with."