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The Current – CBC Radio telephone interview with Wayne Kelley

Filed under: In The Press — on Wednesday, March 16th, 2005

Arctic Reserve – Oil Industry, Environment, Proponants

“Yesterday we heard about some prominent Canadians who want to harmonize our energy policy with that of the United States. Today, the U-S energy policy is poised to occupy another controversial territory.”

“The Arctic National Wildlife Reserve, known as ANWR – covers 7.7-million-hectares of land in northern Alaska. Nearly half of it is designated as wilderness which means it’s protected from development. But there’s a 600-thousand hectare plain on the Arctic coast that isn’t protected, an area environmentalists say is the biological heart of the refuge.”

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