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Alaska lawmakers head for DC to lobby for ANWR drilling

Alaska lawmakers including House Speaker Mike Chenault will miss several days of the legislative session next week to make another pitch in Washington, D.C., for oil drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.

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It's an Arctic refuge, not an 'ANWR,' conservationists insist

Groups opposed to oil exploration on the coastal plain of Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge would like to see the acronym "ANWR" stricken from the debate, writes Greenwire . Any connection the letters once had with the concept of a refuge has been lost in the political scuffle, they say...
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Fairbanks meeting on drilling in ANWR drilling draws big crowd

Supporters of energy development in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge coastal plain wore red T-shirts with the slogan "ANWR Drill Team." They mingled at a well-attended meeting Wednesday in Fairbanks with people sporting prominent "Protect the Arctic Refuge" stickers.
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ANWR wilderness designation bill introduced in US House

Rep. Edward Markey on Wednesday reintroduced a bill to designate the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge as a wilderness area.
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Battle over Arctic Alaska refuge heats up again in Washington

Pro-development forces and environmentalists have been divided for decades about the future of Arctic National Wildlife Refuge's northernmost swath -- the coastal plain. The anniversary of the refuge founding, along with the Republican takeover of the House of Representatives, has reignited the...
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National monument status sought for ANWR on 50th

President Barack Obama is being urged to bestow national monument status on the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge for its 50th anniversary in what supporters say would finally put the refuge's coastal plain beyond the reach of oil companies.
CRIME

Jury to decide fate of man who shot, killed off-duty MP

Attorneys gave closing arguments Wednesday in the trial of a man charged with shooting and killing a military policeman in an altercation outside a downtown bar in November 2008.
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Refuge review criticized

Alaska's U.S. senators say the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has no business conducting reviews of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to see if more areas should be designated as wilderness.
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Senators object to Arctic refuge wilderness review

Alaska's U.S. senators say the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has no business conducting reviews of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to see if more areas should be designated as wilderness.
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52,000 comment on the future of ANWR

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service received an estimated 52,000-plus responses to its recent call for public comments on a pending update of ANWR's "comprehensive conservation plan."
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Opinions are mixed on ANWR

The question of whether to designate the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge's coastal plain as wilderness drew the expected mixture of diverse opinion at a packed meeting in Fairbanks Thursday.