again, 2,000 acres rolled out, and that is what the oil and gas companies are going to do. Rolled out in the form of roads, of oil wells, of feeder roads, of gravel pits, turns into something that looks like this, according to the Department of Interior. This is the actual pipelines and roads that will be built, and then the pink area is obviously the affected area, because you have deployed it. Now, I know the Republicans think arsenic is not that bad for people, I understand that, because this is arsenic for the Arctic Wilderness, and you are serving it up, even though you rejected any real improvement in fuel economy for SUVs, for air conditioners, or for anything else that would make it unnecessary for us to go here. Prudo Bay, they heard the same promises in 1972, and it turned into an environmental nightmare. The same thing will happen here.
Ed Markey: “again, 2,000 acres rolled out, and that is what the oil and gas companies are going to do. Rolled out in the form of…”
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Discussing the environmental impact of oil and gas development in the Arctic Wilderness.
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