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  • Another Attack on the Arctic (More Enviro_fodder)

    07/08/2004 10:12:23 AM PDT · by CatAtomic · 2 replies · 267+ views
    NY Times ^ | July 8, 2004 | Bruce Babbitt
    Another Attack on the Arctic By BRUCE BABBITT Published: July 8, 2004 ARROW, Alaska — Thwarted by the public in its efforts to open the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to drilling, the Bush administration and the oil companies are now quietly turning their attention to the balance of the Arctic region of Alaska, all the way west to the Chukchi Sea, within sight of Siberia. In advance of its efforts, the administration has jettisoned environmental safeguards and is now threatening the traditional-use rights of the Alaska Natives who have hunted caribou and waterfowl along the Arctic slope for thousands of...