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Cesar Chavez
:: Saturday, March 20, 2004 ::
Back-Door Arctic Drilling Plans Fail; Arctic Refuge Drilling Provision Not Included in House and Senate Budgets; Conservationists Remain Vigilant U.S. Newswire
Proponents of oil drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge have been rebuffed for the third year in a row in their efforts, as the House Budget Committee passed a budget resolution containing no provisions that could pave the way to drilling in the Refuge's coastal plain. Conservationists had feared that drilling boosters would try again to use an obscure budget mechanism as a backdoor means to authorize drilling. Last year an attempt to open the Refuge through the budget was defeated decisively on the Senate floor.