Congress Seizes New Opportunity to Restore Arctic Refuge Protections

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Congress Seizes New Opportunity to Restore Arctic Refuge Protections

  Conservation groups voice support for Arctic Cultural and Coastal Plain Protection Act Washington, D.C. — In response to today’s U.S. House Natural Resources Committee vote passing the bipartisan Arctic Cultural and Coastal Plain Protection Act out of committee (the bill passed 22-14), Alaska Wilderness League, Natural Resources Defense Council, Sierra Club, The Wilderness Society, […]

House Passes Young Amendment to Restrict Funding for Administration’s Revised ANWR Wilderness Management Plan

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House Passes Young Amendment to Restrict Funding for Administration’s Revised ANWR Wilderness Management Plan

Washington, D.C. – By voice vote, the U.S. House of Representatives Tuesday passed Alaska Congressman Don Young’s amendment to H.R. 2822, the 2016 Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, which would limit funds from being used to implement the Obama Administration’s revised conservation plan for managing the coastal plain of ANWR […]

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