House Unlocks Anwr Energy Supplies; 20-Year Debate Nears Historicconclusion

U.S. Newswire › December 19, 2005

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WASHINGTON, Dec. 19 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Today the House passed legislation authorizing safe energy production in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) by a vote of 308-106 as part of the Department of Defense Appropriations Act.

Energy development will take place on just 2000 acres of ANWR's 1.5 million acre coastal plain, under the strongest environmental safeguards -- http://resourcescommittee.house.gov/issues/emr/report/ standards.htm -- in the world.

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House Unlocks Anwr Energy Supplies; 20-Year Debate Nears Historicconclusion

"This vote represents the largest potential increase of American energy supplies -- and the biggest...

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