We can have the untouched sublime wilderness. Or we can have oil field development. But we cannot have both. Opening the coastal plain for oil exploration and development would be, despite all the much-vaunted technological promises, severely damaging to wildlife and the ecosystem. And it is inherently fatal to the wilderness qualities of this matchless example of America's natural heritage.
Addressing the implications of President Carter's stance on drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
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