Environmentalist whackos in the Congress are at it again. As reported by the AP, a bill to permanently protect ANWR from oil drilling was submitted in the House on Friday:
Legislation introduced in the House on Friday would make the oil-rich 1.2 million-acre coastal strip of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge a permanently protected wilderness and end repeated efforts to open the area east of the Prudhoe oil field to energy companies.
“The consensus is that there should not be drilling in the refuge, so the logical next step is to pass legislation which turns it into a wilderness,” Rep. Edward Markey, chief sponsor of the legislation, said in an interview.
Let’s hope this ridiculous idea is killed in committee. If we are to get off our dependence on foreign energy, Alaska is a great place to start! Democrats, as usual, have no clue.