[Mb-civic] Arctic drilling dropped from House bill

[Barbara Siomos]

Hallelujah!!!  this is the best news in a long time for the environment.. :-)

barbara

Arctic drilling dropped from House bill
House leaders late Wednesday abandoned an attempt to push through a hotly contested plan to open an Alaskan wildlife refuge to oil drilling. They fear it would jeopardize approval of a sweeping budget bill.
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