Drilling the Arctic for Energy
Does tapping Alaskan oil to increase energy independence come at our peril?
On a day marking the 20th anniversary of the notorious Exxon Valdez oil spill, environmentalists urged lawmakers to reinstate a ban on new offshore drilling for oil and gas in vast expanses of the outer continental shelf—the land that extends off of North America's coasts under relatively shallow waters. Full Story »
Posted by Derek Hawkins
