SWA #16

N/A. "Residents of ANWR Support." ANWR.org. N.p., 2012. Web. 29 Feb. 2012. 
     <http://www.anwr.org/People/Residents-of-ANWR-Support.php>. Residents 
     of ANWR Support Drilling: 
      
     Provides tax base for local drilling 
     Provided jobs and funding for schools, water, and sewage 
     systems 
     Local governments have voice in permitting and environmental 
     regulation 
     
Demer, Lisa, and Richard Mauer. "U.S. House OKs Opening ANWR to Oil Drilling." 
     The Miami Herald. The Miami Herald, 17 Feb. 2012. Web. 29 Feb. 2012. 
     <http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/02/17/2646370/ 
     us-house-oks-opening-anwr-to-oil.html>. "Backers of drilling stress 
     that only a portion of the refuge would be developed -- the bill requires 
     the Interior Department to put up at least 200,000 acres for lease and no 
     less than another 200,000 if there's interest by industry, totally roughly 
     3 percent of the refuge. And some development could be done with extended 
     horizontal drilling from state lands, a proposal in a different bill 
     sponsored by Murkowski and co-sponsored by Begich." 
      
     "The latest effort emerged as a House energy strategy 
     filled with Republican talking points: cheaper energy, more revenue. 
     Democrats countered with: unbridled development, environmental 
     risks." 
      
     There are multiple debates going on, one of which is to 
     convince Dems that drilling in ANWR is a good idea. One argument is that a 
     percentage of the revenue that comes from drilling can go towards projects 
     that Dems decide, such as renewable energy development.