America’s 'Last Great Wilderness' Faces ‘Drill, Baby, Drill’
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Alaska may be open to drilling, but that doesn't mean oil and gas companies think it's worth the cost.
The Alaska Travel Industry Association (ATIA), which represents over 600 travel businesses in the state, is calling for "thoughtful" talks about opening up a vast wilderness area in the Arctic to oil and gas drilling.
President Donald Trump declared a “national energy emergency” in the United States on Monday and issued an executive order that would open up the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) in northern Alaska to oil drilling.
The area spans ro
