Think you missed the whole point. The enviros continually harp on keeping the whole area pristine so as not to harm the caribou.
Of course, the caribou then have a whole country while our homeless do not even have homes. Fair isn't it - more concern for caribou than American people?
This has nothing to do with damaging the earth. Alaska and Texas, Oklahoma, and other states have done very well with drilling going on. Some even have wells in their back yards.
So just why would any want to keep a whole area free of drilling? Could it be that they someday want control of that oil? Could it be that they want America to be at the beck and call of world powers who will say when we can use our lands and for what purpose? As is the goal of enviros.
Don't give me the line of being good stewards of the earth. We have to take care of our country, our people and prevent being under the jurisdiction of terrorist groups or nations wanting to control us.
Does anyone have the list of how our Senators voted?