CNN & TIME TO AIR SEGMENT ON DEBATE OVER ARCTIC NATIONAL
WILDLIFE REFUGE

With environmental issues among the hottest topics in the current
presidential race, CNN will report on the fate of the Arctic
National Wildlife Refuge this Sunday, Oct. 15, at 9 p.m. (ET) on
CNN.

For the past two decades, a battle has been waged over the fate
of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.  With its braided rivers,
rugged mountains and coastal plains, the Arctic Refuge remains
one of America's last untamed places.  Now, in one of the
country's biggest land battles, the lines are drawn between those
who want this natural treasure preserved and those who want to
tap the riches that may lie below.

While the battle heats up between the presidential candidates and
between environmentalists and the oil industry, CNN&Time also
looks at the struggle at ground zero - where North Slope Eskimos
favor drilling and Gwich'in Indian oppose it.  The Eskimos, who
own land where oil companies want to drill, stand to earn large
royalties. The Gwich'in, in turn, fear development will decimate
the caribou herd on which they depend to sustain their
subsistence hunting culture.

Industry supporters argue that it would be easy to extend the
reach of
the Trans-Alaska Pipeline and revive dwindling production by
pumping oil from the Wildlife Refuge. But environmentalists argue
that the so-called "footprint of development" would inevitably
lead to industrial sprawl, spoiling the land forever.

The Oct. 16 edition of TIME Magazine will also feature an article
on the Arctic Refuge written by Wallace, who led the news team to
the Alaskan Arctic in the last days of summer.

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