FEATURE
STORIES AND UPDATES
Mar
29 - Keep
Spills out of ANWR - Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
Mar
22 - Another
Alaskan Oil Spill - Rock River Times (Rockford, ILL)
Mar
16 - Senate
Passes Budget with ANWR Drilling - Anchorage Daily News
Mar
16 - Stop
Latest ANWR Raid - Salem Oregon Register-Guard
Mar
14 - Burst
Oil Pipeline Causes Catastrophe in Alaska - The Independent
Mar
11 - Alaska
hit by massive oil spill - BBC News
Mar
7 - Giant
Oil Spill on Alaska's North Coast - Anchorage Daily News
Mar
7 - Oil
Spill Near Arctic Wildlife Refuge - Sierra Club News Release
Mar
7 - Senate
wil try again to open drilling in Arctic wildlife refuge -
Houston Chronicle
Dec
21 - Senate
Blocks Drilling - CBS News
Dec
20 - Life
and Death in the Arctic - Alternet
Dec
19 - Democrats
To Fight Arctic Drilling - Reuters
Dec
19 - New
Twist to Arctic Drilling Deal - San Fransisco Chronicle
Dec
19 - GOP
lawmakers pass bill with Arctic Drilling - Chicago Sun-Times
Nov
18 - House
Narrowly Passes Nightmare Budget - Earthjustice News
Nov
10 - House
Battle Over Arctic Drilling Not Over - San Francisco Chronicle
Nov
10 - Some
Republican Lawmakers Shun Arctic Drilling - Reuters
Nov
3 -
Senate Passes Budget with Arctic Drilling - Associated Press
Oct
30 - Final
Push to Block Arctic Drilling - Boston Globe / Washington
Post
Oct
28 - Drilling
Would Violate International Law - Indian Country
Oct
28 - Update
from Alaska Wilderness League
Sep
16 - Arctic
Refuge Action Day - September 20th - US Newswire
Sep
14 - Americans
Must Rally to Protect Precious Alaskan Wilderness - Jimmy
Carter
Aug
19 - A
Plot to Drill Arctic Refuge - Boston Globe
July
13- Environmentalists
Plan Exxon-Mobil Boycott - International Herald Tribune &
NY Times
July
12 - Coalition
to Hold Exxon Accountable - Yubanet
May
15 - BP
Faces Huge Fines from Unreported Alaska Oil Spills - Is ANWR Next?
- ZNet
Apr
3 - Budget
Issues Headlined by Arctic Drilling - Anchorage Daily News
Apr
1 -
Arctic Refuge a Critical Resource - Oregon Register-Guard
Mar
31 - Drill Rights Sold
Offshore from Arctic Refuge - Reuters
Mar
30 -
Leaking on the North Slope - Accident Reveals Threat to Arctic
Refuge - Oregon Register-Guard
Mar
18 - National
Council Of Churches Decries ANWR Vote - NCC News Service
Mar
17 - Sneak
Attack on ANWR - Republicans Should Reject Bush Drilling Plan
- Oregon Register-Guard
Mar
17 -
US Declares SUVs More Important to Americans than Polar Bears
- Halifax Live
Mar
17 -
Groups Criticize Sen. Gregg over ANWR Vote - Nashua Telegraph
Mar
16 - Senate
Votes To Open ANWR to Oil Drilling - Associated Press
Mar
7 -
Questions Arise over ANWR Lease Dollars Projected in Budget
- Juneau Empire
Mar
2 - Senate
GOP Ready to Push ANWR Drilling - ABC News
Feb
26 -
End the Arctic Obsession - The Oregonian
Feb
11 - Slick
Move Around ANWR Drill Ban Unwarranted, Unwise - Chicago Sun-Times
Feb
9 - Poll
Finds Strong Majority Opposes ANWR Drilling - U.S. Newswire
Jan
6 - Oil Giant Leaves
ANWR Arctic Drilling Lobby Group - MSNBC
Dec
16 - GOP
Gains Boost Chances of ANWR Drilling - Washington Post
Dec
9 - Don't
Expand Oil and Gas Drilling at Expense of Public Lands - Provo
(Utah) Daily Herald
Nov
26 - Oil
Interests Can't be Allowed to Plunder Arctic Refuge - Chicago
Sun-Times
Nov
13 - ANWR
in the crosshairs: Senate should kill effort to drill in refuge
- Oregon Register-Guard
Nov
5 - GOP
Senate Improves Odds for Bush Energy Plan - Los Angeles Times
Nov
4 - Forces
Line Up For What May Be Final ANWR Battle - CBC North (Canada)
Nov
4 - Senate
Republicans to Renew Arctic Drilling Effort in 2005 - Bloomberg
News
Apr
14 -
Administration Fails to Address Crucial Issue : Sustainable Source
of Fuel - San Jose Mercury News
Apr
9 - Despite Increased
Political Pressure - Case for ANWR Drilling Weaker - eMagazine
Apr
5 - New
ANWR Oil Plan Opposed by Arctic Natives - Reuters
Apr
1 - Alaska
Governor Plans Offshore ANWR Oil Drilling - CNN
Mar
18 - Back
Door ANWR Drilling Plan Fails - US Newswire
Mar
17 - US
Energy Information Agency Report on Arctic Refuge Oil Potential
(PDF file)
Feb
25 - Again,
an assault on Alaska - Los Angeles Times
Feb
17 -
Green Groups Sue to Block Drilling in Alaska Reserve - Reuters
Feb
2 - FY2005
Budget Takes Aim at Arctic Refuge - US Newswire
Oct
26 - Arctic
Improv (Arctic Refuge Travel) - The Oregonian
Oct
21 - Margaret
("Mardy") Murie (The "grandmother" of the
modern conservation movement and who, more than anyone, helped
create original Arctic Wildlife Range) dead at 101 - Anchorage
Daily News
Oct
21 - Margaret
Murie tribute by Sierra Club
Oct
6 -
Democrats Duty on Energy - NY Times (site registration required
to view)
Oct
6 - Stevens,
Murkowski Threaten 'No' Vote on Energy Bill - Fairbanks News-Miner
Sep
30 - Surviving
The Arctic - Oregonian - Portland OR
Sep
29 - Coleman
(R-MN) May Vote for Drilling - Associated Press
Sep
29 - The
Energy Bill Gets Worse - NY Times (site registration required
to view)
Sep
27 - Sen.
Smith - No Reason to Drill in Arctic - Oregonian Letter to
Editor - Portland OR
Sep
27 -
Bill of Favors - St. Petersburg Times - Florida
Sep
26 - Drilling
for Oil Environmentally Disastrous - Superior Wisconsin Daily
Telegram
Sep
24 - Wildlife
Refuge Safeguards Lacking - CBS News
Sep
23 - GOP
Reveals Language to Pursue Drilling in Refuge - Fairbanks
News-Miner
Sep
23 - Wildlife
Refuge Uncensored - Seattle Times
Sep
23 -
Baked Alaska - ABC News
Sep
22 - Republicans
Set to Spell Out Plan for Oil Drilling in Refuge - NY Times
(requires site registration)
Sep
21 - Don't
Waste Energy on the Arctic - The Oregonian - Portland, OR
Sep
14 - ANWR,
Blackout Don't Mix - Fairbanks News-Miner
Sep
11 - War
on Terror Veils Assaults on the Environment - Japan Times
Sep
10 - Casting
a Cold Eye on Arctic Oil - New York Times (requires site registration)
Sep
8 - Tracking
Caribou Canadian Couple Join Calving Herd - Anchorage Daily
News
Sep
5 -
Senators Named To Energy Bill Conference Committee - Fairbanks
News-Miner
Sep
5 - Congress
Begins Talks on Energy Bill - Associated Press
June
30 Banerjee
Photo Exhibit to Open in San Francisco in September
May
30- Update from Alaska Wilderness
League
May
28 - Museum
Shouldn't Hide Exhibit that Shows Arctic Beauty - Detroit
Free Press
May
24 - Tampering
with Treasures - St. Petersburg Times
May
23 - The
Politics of Art and Oil - TidePool
May
16 - Update from Alaska Wilderness
League
May
10 -
Stevens Denies Pressuring Smithsonian - Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
May
9 - Update from Alaska Wilderness
League
May
7 -
Arctic Bait and Switch - Albuquerque Tribune
May
6 - Alaska
Oil Battle May Shift Offshore - Christian Science Monitor
May
2 - Smithsonian
Censors Arctic Refuge Exhibit - New York Times (requires free
registration)
Apr
28 - Update from Alaska Wilderness
League
Apr
4 - Update from Alaska Wilderness
League
Mar 31- Two
Oregon Visitors Leave the Arctic Amazed - Salem Statesman-Journal
Mar
26 - Update from Alaska Wilderness
League
Mar
19 - Senate
Rejects Oil Drilling in Refuge - LA Times.
Similar Articles in:
USA
Today
New
York Times
Washington
Post
Anchorage
Daily News
Mar
17 - A
Curious Commemoration - LA Times Editorial
Mar
15 - Public
Needs to Fight Oil Drilling in Alaska - Salem OR Statesman-Journal
Editorial
Mar
14 - Both
Sides Confident as Senate Nears Vote on Arctic Drilling -
New York Times (requires free registration)
Mar
14 - Smith
Announces he will oppose Drilling - The Oregonian
Mar
13 - ANWR
Drilling - Coleman Deserves Praise for Standing his Ground
- Twin Cities Pioneer Press
Mar
13 - Arctic
Drilling - Not Now Senator - The Oregonian
Mar
12 - Update from Alaska Wilderness
League
Mar
11 - Bush
one vote away from Arctic Drilling OK - CNN
Mar
5 - Scientists
Report - Arctic drilling has damaged environment - LA Times
Additional articles about the
National Academy of Sciences Report from:
Anchorage
Daily News
Washington
Post (requires free registration)
New
York Times (requires free registration)
Feb
27 - Alaska
to give drilling lobbyists another $1.1 million - Anchorage
Daily News
Feb
24 - Update from Alaska Wilderness
League
Feb
11- Moderate
Republicans Try to Block Bill - Associated Press
Feb
11 -
GOP Works to Tilt Envirnmental Policy - Associated Press
Feb
11 -
Coleman declines to sign ANWR Letter - Associated Press
Feb
4 - Update from Alaska Wilderness
League
Feb
3 - Bush
puts Arctic Drilling in Proposed Budget - Reuters
Feb
2 - Republicans
For Environmental Protection (REP) Applaud Senators' Letters
- REP Press Release
Feb
1 - Poll
Finds Majority Against ANWR (drilling) - Anchorage Daily News
Jan
31 - Bush
ties alternative energy research to Arctic drilling money
- Associated Press
Jan
31- 6
Senators Straddle ANWR Fence - Fairbanks Daily Miner
Jan
24 - Railroading
The Arctic - Editorial from Pittsburg Post-Gazette
Jan
24 -
Conservationists Launch First Salvo In Battle To Protect Arctic
- US Newswire
Jan
24 - Plan
to extend Arctic Drillins Season - San Francisco Chronicle
Jan
18 - Alaskan
Wilderness Eyed for Oil - Washington Post
Jan
17 - Update from Alaska Wilderness
League
Jan
16 - GOP
May Try to Foil Drilling Foes - Los Angeles Times (note: Times
requires free registration to view their articles online)
Jan
15 - Latest on Senate and Refuge Drilling
Jan
15 - ANWR
Oil Amounts Overstated - Anchorage Daily News
Dec
20 - Update from Alaska Wilderness
League
Nov
26 - Update from Alaska Wilderness
League
Nov
15 - Update from Alaska Wilderness
League
Sep
26 - Update from Alaska Wilderness
League
Aug
7 - Update from Alaska Wilderness
League
May
5 - Update from Alaska Wilderness
League
Apr
19 - A
Stinging Repudiation Engineered by 3 Democrats - Washington
Post
Apr
18 - Senate Rejects Drilling !
Apr
18 - Arctic
Drilling Plan Fails in Senate - Washington Post
Apr
18 - ANWR's
dead (drilling proposal) say all sides - Anchorage Daily News
Apr
17 - Senate
Takes up ANWR Drilling - Anchorage Daily News. Similar article
in Los
Angeles Times.
Apr
16 - Murkowski
& Stevens Introduce ANWR Drilling Amendments - Reuters
Apr
16 - Tying Steel
Industry Bailout to Arctic Drilling Fails - MSNBC
Apr
15 - Update from Alaska Wilderness
League
Apr
12 - Interior
Secretary Norton Breaks Law by Promoting Pro-Drilling Videotape
- Los Angeles Times. Also see similar article in the Anchorage
Daily News.
Apr
7 - USGS
Quickly Reverses Arctic Study - Washington Post.
Similar article in Los
Angeles Times.
Apr
7 - Impact
of Arctic Drilling in Dispute - Baltimore Sun/Associated Press
Apr
5 - Update from Alaska Wilderness
League
Apr
5 - ANWR
Review Attacked - Anchorage Daily News
Mar
29 - Arctic
Refuge Drilling Risky - MSNBC
Mar
29 - New
USGS Report Proves Drilling Threat to Arctic Wildlife - Associated
Press & Anchorage Daily News (similar to MSNBC report)
Mar
25- Update from Alaska Wilderness
League
Mar
25 - Cheney
Energy Task Force Documents Still Blocked - San Francisco
Chronicle
Mar
25 - Energy
Task Force Leaves out Consumer Groups - Washington Post
Mar
18 - Update from Alaska Wilderness
League
Mar
13 -ANWR
Won't Reduce Foreign Oil Dependence - Anchorage Daily News
(Results of US Dept of Energy Report).
Mar
12 - Energy
Bill Stalemate Looms - Los Angeles Times
Mar
8 - Update from Alaska Wilderness
League
Mar
7 - Is Alaska Drilling
a Smokescreen? - MSNBC
Mar
6 - Fish
& Wildlife Officials Institute Gag Order on Refuge - Anchorage
Daily News
Mar
6 - Stand
Firm on the Arctic - Editorial from The Oregonian
Mar
6 - Whistle
Blower Claims Failure to Monitor Aging Alaska Oil Fields -
Anchorage Daily News
Mar
4 - Energy:
Smartness Matters - Los Angeles Times Editorial
Mar
1 - Two
Thousand Acres - column by Paul Krugman, NY Times (note: the
NY Times requires you to register before viewing - there is no
charge)
Mar
1 - The
Great Energy Debate - Register Guard (Eugene, OR)
Mar
1 - Energy
Bill has Sen. Gordon Smith Under Scrutiny - Oregonian
Mar
1 - Update from Alaska Wilderness
League
Feb
28 - Energy
Dept Loses Privacy Suit - Boston Globe and Energy
Dept Ordered to Turn Over Cheney Documents - Washington Post
Feb
28 -Letters to Editor Opposing Drilling
- Oregonian & others
Feb
26 - Tom
Toles Political Cartoon on the Arctic Refuge - Buffalo News
Feb
26 - Energy
Policy Leads Faithful to Pulpit - Oregonian
Article explains why religious groups oppose Arctic Drilling
Feb 26 Divisions
Multiply Over Bush Energy Plan - LA Times
Feb
26 Smaller
Drill Area Won't Win Democratic Votes - Reuters
(scheme to limit drilling to 1/3 of coastal plain may win over
some Republicans now opposing drilling). Similar
article in The New York Times
Feb
25 Update from Alaska Wilderness League
Feb
25 Two
Tribes Split on Alaskan Oil Plan - Boston Globe
Feb
23 Bush
Lobbies for Drilling, Daschle says he has votes to block -
by Steve Holland - Reuters
Feb
20 Oil
Drips with Money From Alaska - Los Angeles Times, also reprinted
in Oregonian, Feb 24
Feb
14 Update from Alaska Wilderness League
Jan
31 Land
of the Oil Free? - by Keith Schneider of Grist Magazine
Jan
31 Memo
Details Cheney-Enron Links - San Francisco Chronicle
Jan
29 Oregon Again in Forefront to Protect
Arctic. Includes new poll and links to video and print ads.
Jan
25 Update from Alaska Wilderness League
Jan
24 Environmental
Report Gives Bush Failing Grade - Wilderness Society
Jan
24 Alaska
House Votes $1.1 million to lobby for Refuge Oil Drilling
- Anchorage Daily News
Jan
24 Rep Henry Waxman's Enron Energy Bill Investigation
Jan
23 Building
a Political Refuge - San Francisco Chronicle Editorial
Jan
23 Sen.
John Kerry Attacks Bush Oil Policy - New York Times
Jan
23 Sen.
Kerry Calls Bush Energy Plan Alarmist - Washington Times
Jan
23
Sen. Kerry Looks for Enron Energy Bill Connection - Boston
Globe
Jan
18 Nine Energy and Anti-Drilling Letters
to Editor in Oregonian
Jan
15 Poll Shows Majority Oppose Drilling
in Refuge and favor alternative energy - from The Mellman
Group Polling Organization
Jan
15 Interview
with Oregon Firefighter Ed Hall (who told president not to
drill in Arctic Refuge) by Sierra Club
Jan 9 - US Fish & Wildlife Arctic
Refuge Site Removed. Restored Here.
Jan
8- Update from Alaska Wilderness League
Jan
5 - Portland OR firefighter tells President
Not to Drill in Arctic Refuge. Also pictures and story of
demonstrators to president's Oregon visit.
Dec
18 - Update from Alaska Coalition
of Oregon
Dec
10 - Update from Alaska Wilderness
League
Dec
6 - Gordon
Smith (R-OR) Supports Better Fuel Economy Standards - press
release from his office
Dec
5 - Senate
Democrats Announce Energy Bill without Arctic Drilling - from
Reuters
Dec
3- Senate
Rejects Arctic Drilling Amendment - From Reuters
Dec
2 - Arctic Refuse - By David Masiel
- a look at behavior in the Arctic by oil workers.
Nov
28 - Democrats
Delay Vote on Energy Bill - From Los Angeles Times
Nov
27 - Of
Oil and Hot Air - Los Angeles Times Editorial
Nov
24 - Better
Gas Mileage, Better Security by Robert F Kennedy Jr. - from
the New York Times
Nov
16 - Action Update from Alaska
Wilderness League
Nov
15 - Republicans
Push for Drilling in Stimulus Bill. Reuters article provided
by Environmental News Network
Nov
14 - Sierra Club Radio Ad for Oregon
- Urge Senator Gordon Smith to vote against drilling in the Refuge
Nov
14 - Update from Alaska Coalition
of Oregon
Nov
8 - Action Update from Alaska
Wilderness League
Nov
6 - Drilling
Vote at Vote.com. This site is notorius for having its results
quoted by Sen. Murkowski (R-AK) and others who have previously
mobilized pro-drilling support. Please vote NO !
Nov
5 - ANWR
Heats Up - From All Things Considered on National Public
Radio. You can listen to the broadcast online.
Nov
5 - Tax
Cuts Aren't The Only Way To Stimulate Economy - national security
and energy efficiency - by Thomas Feiler
Nov
4 - 2000
Acre Query - What the footprint limitation on oil development
really means. From the Anchorage Daily News.
Oct
31 - Kerry
and Labor Leaders: You can't drill your way to National, Economic
Security - From Sen. John Kerry's (D-MA) website reporting
press conference.
Oct
30 - New
Species Enters Debate on Arctic Oil - Polar Bear Agreement
Cited by Drilling Foes - from the Washington Post
Oct
29 - A
Dangerous Appetite for Oil - NY Times Editorial by Rob Nixon
Oct
29 - Religious
Perspectives Unite in Opposing Bush Drilling Policy - Guest
Commentary from The Oregonian, Portland Oregon
Oct
25 - Interior Secretary
Blasted for Misleading Congress - Press Release from PEER
(Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility)
Oct
24 - A
Stampede to the Arctic - editorial from The Oregonian, Portland,
Oregon
Oct
21 - GOP
Waves Flag over Alaskan Oil from Eugene OR Register-Guard
Oct
19 - Sec.
of Interior Gale Norton Ignored Key Data in ANWR Testimony
from Environment News Service
Oct
16 - War
can be an excuse for Bad Business from the Daily Astorian,
Astoria, OR
Oct
15 - Birds
Could Disappear if Drilling Occurs from Macon Georgia Telegraph.
Oct
11 - Action Update from Alaska
Wilderness League
Oct
2 - Refuge Vote Rebuffed in Senate
temporarily
Sept
28 - Drilling
Debate Derails Anti-Terrorism Bill in Senate - From The
Olympian, Olympia, WA
Sept
28 - Alaska's
Murkowski to stall Senate until Drilling Addressed - From
The Anchorage Daily News
Sept
27 - Churches
say drilling in ANWR is Wrong - From The Episcopal News
Service
Aug
2 - House of Representatives Passes Bill to
Drill in Refuge
The
Ian Thomas Story
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