The Debate Over Oil Drilling in the Alaskan Wild
Tags: PETROLEUM -- Prospecting; ARCTIC National Wildlife Refuge (Alaska) -- Environmental conditions; MURKOWSKI, Frank H., 1933-; LEGISLATION; ARCTIC National Wildlife Refuge (Alaska)
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