Norton Wants Energy Bill Veto if no ANWR Drilling

Planet Ark World News, 9/20/02.Washington - U.S. Interior Secretary Gale
Norton told Reuters on Wednesday she would recommend the White House
veto a broad energy bill if Senate and House negotiators failed to include
opening the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil drilling.  The Bush
administration is urging Congress to give energy firms access to the
Arctic refuge located in northeast Alaska, arguing the area's possible 16
billion barrels of oil are needed to reduce U.S. crude imports from hostile
countries like Iraq.
http://www.planetark.org/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/17841/story.htm

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