Alaskan Wilderness Refuge Offered up for Oil Revenues

The World

Three high ranking Alaska congressmen are spearheading a renewed effort to open Alaska’s most controversial wilderness park to oil drilling. The three are hoping to open the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge as a part of the latest balanced budget bill. Joel Southern reports.

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