John McCain - Should the U.S. allow oil drilling in Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR)?

The U.S. should not allow drilling in Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. (ANWR).

McCain Votes Against Drilling in ANWAR

posted by Eddie BeverageApproved 10/16/2006 7:19 AM

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McCain Votes Against Drilling in ANWAR

In an article posted in the San Francisco Chronicle, McCain is mentioned as one of several Republican senators who voted against drilling in ANWAR in 2005.

The Senate voted narrowly Wednesday to open the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska to oil drilling, a defeat for environmentalists who had fought the measure for decades and a major win for President Bush and Republican efforts to boost domestic energy production... 

Seven Republican senators -- John McCain of Arizona, Lincoln Chafee of Rhode Island, Norm Coleman of Minnesota, Mike DeWine of Ohio, Gordon Smith of Oregon and Olympia Snowe and Susan Collins of Maine -- joined 41 Democrats and independent Jim Jeffords of Vermont in voting against drilling.

Posted on 10/6/2006 12:29:57 PM by Eddie BeverageApproved 10/16/2006 7:19 AM

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McCain: Not Convinced ANWR Is Right Policy

McCain in a letter to the President, trying to make a case against drilling in ANWR.

In past years, I've voted in support of exploring development options in ANWR as part of budget reconciliation measures. I believed that was the right vote. I was not an expert on the issue and I believed that further deliberation was warranted.

Unfortunately, the information presented to us consistently reveals widely varying predictions of actual oil potential and economic benefits, as well as various scenarios of possible impacts on wildlife and the environment. Even government studies are not conclusive and raise more questions than they answer. The various interpretations have already been debated by each side, and I need not rehash them now.

However, several factors are clear to me:

Oil and gas could be recovered from ANWR many years from now, but not without considerable costs to taxpayers.

Most scientific analyses conclude that both the land and wildlife would adversely be impacted by development.

The two Alaska Native communities most impacted by this debate are split in their positions on this issue.

Even if ANWR were authorized for development, we would still rely on imported oil supplies and require other sources of energy development and generation.

Posted on 10/5/2006 2:34:12 PM by brianrApproved 10/16/2006 7:19 AM

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