Abstract
Advocates of oil and natural gas development in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) are promising to renew their efforts in the coming months after the Senate on Dec. 21 narrowly rejected a provision that would have authorized exploration and drilling on Alaska's northern coastal plain. A Democratic-led filibuster blocked an attempt by drilling supporters to include ANWR leasing in the fiscal 2006 Defense Department appropriations bill. Republicans fell several votes short of the 60 needed to cut off debate on the legislation. ANWR, which is estimated to hold as much as 10 billion barrels of oil, has been the subject of a bitter battle in Congress for more than two decades. Drilling supporters say they will continue to fight. This issue is too important to accept defeat, says Senate Energy & Natural Resources Committee Chairman Pete V. Domenici (R-N.M.). He says he will put the ANWR drilling language ...
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