Are We Really Ready to Drill in America's Arctic Ocean?

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Are We Really Ready to Drill in America's Arctic Ocean?

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After last year's BP Deepwater Horizon disaster, President Obama promised cleaner, safer energy development. Yet the administration is on the brink of approving industry plans to drill up to 10 exploratory oil wells in the remote, and fragile Arctic Ocean, beginning this summer. For more information visit www.PewEnvironment.org/Arctic.

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