Please see the link below for the full story. I think this is ridiculous. How can it even be a consideration to destroy the only habitat left for these animals?
As it states, Congress has allowed oil drilling on 95% of Alaska's Arctic North, the only thing left is the Arctic Wildlife Refuge and now they want to put equipment and pipelines on most of that land too. Shouldn't something be left untouched? Drilling on the refuge would not provide any kind of independence from other countries. We have very little oil in comparison to our suppliers overseas

http://nwf.blogs.com/arctic_promise/2005/08/a_note_to_the_g.html

Please sign a petition to tell Congress to protect the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge...

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/297924977

I agree. The ANWR should be left alone.

Since this is related to oil I thought I'd throw in that the world oil supply is supposed to peak somwhere around 2010. As cynical as it may sound I can't wait for oil to start running out so that people will be all but forced to use more fuel efficient and environmentally friendly methods for transportation, etc. Maybe people will finally wise up and legalize industrial hemp.