If someone was truely interested in reducing environmental pollution, they would want drilling in Alaska over drilling anywhere else. There are no more stringent controls than on the North Slope. A pickup truck cannot be fueled without using a drip pan to catch a possible drop from the nozzle.
In the Middle East, they pour raw crude oil on the roads to control the dust.
Anyway, we had a REAL EPISCOPALIAN PREACHER here last summer on loan from NY state on some cultural grant. He was really here trying to do good and not take advantage of people what all the other local preachers do.
He was a lib kinda guy but for once a real preacher. The Episcopalians were given this part of alaska way back when they decided to Americanize the natives. Natives are all greenies deep inside but also pro oil development. It didn't surprise me all that much to hear certain church groups coming out against anwr. You know a small percentage of Indians will always be anti-anwr and vocal. They get in with church leadership and you see what happens.
The price of oil determines development anyway.