On Monday the Arctic National Wildlife refuge will celebrate its 50th anniversary and President Obama is being urged to bestow it with national monument status to prevent it from being drilled for oil. There currently is eleven billion barrels of oil under the beautiful land but this status would block oil companies from ever harvesting it. Members of congress, scientist, and businesses are pressuring the president to put an end to the fight to extract the oil and bestow this great honor. However, all people are not for blocking the oil companies from the rich good, including Alaskans who say the oil is vital to the future energy needs of the United States. This is a great example of the problems the energy issue cause.
-Will Kalish
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/40509239/ns/us_news-environment/#
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