"GOP On Verge Of Opening Arctic Refuge To Drilling"

"Lawmakers are the closest they’ve been in decades to letting oil and natural gas companies drill in northeast Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR).

The tax bill approved by the Senate includes a provision allowing two sales of drilling rights in the coastal plain of the wildlife refuge.

While the House’s version of the tax bill does not include ANWR drilling, the provision is likely to survive in the final legislation and become law if it reaches President Trump’s desk."

Timothy Cama reports for The Hill December 3, 2017.

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Source: The Hill, 12/04/2017