There was not one person who testified that wanted to open such a special place.
From 2008 until 2016 under the Obama administration that area was managed as a wilderness area.
You consume. The average American consumes. And yet you ask us to bear the burden of mitigation so that you don't have to.
Oil and gas activities on the Coastal Plain is a direct attack on our ways of life and to our human rights.
Protection of the birthing and nursery grounds on the Coastal Plain is a human rights issue for the Gwich'in Nation.
Drilling there would cause lower birth rates and threaten migrations, risking everything we hold dear.
The survival of the Gwich'in depends on the survival of this herd.
I will tell you that it doesn't make sense, and we should protect the Arctic Refuge Coastal Plain, not hand it over to the highest corporate...
There is absolutely no need to open the Arctic Refuge to oil and gas drilling.
We are concerned that, had we not requested a meeting at Chemawa, we would not have gotten that response.
Mr. Tahsuda took full responsibility for this 'gag rule,' but did not apologize for its negative effects.