Diana DeGette: “Oil and gas activities on the Coastal Plain is a direct attack on our…”

On the recordMarch 25, 2019

Oil and gas activities on the Coastal Plain is a direct attack on our ways of life and to our human rights.

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Degette argues that oil drilling threatens the Gwich'in culture and rights.

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Diana DeGette: “Oil and gas activities on the Coastal Plain is a direct attack on our ways of life and to our human rights.”