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Lieberman introduces bill to designate Arctic Refuge as wilderness

Posted at 12:16 PM on 07 Nov 2007

Part of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge would be designated as wilderness under legislation introduced today by Sen. Joe Lieberman and 25 colleagues. Wilderness designation for the 1.5-million-acre coastal plains region would rebuff seemingly nonstop attempts to drill for oil and gas there. Says Lieberman in a stroke of analogy genius, "America's strength is not in our oil reserves, but in our reserves of innovation."

source: Joe Lieberman press release

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