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Drilling operations at the Doyon Rig 19 at the Conoco-Phillips Carbon location in the National Petroleum Reserve, Alaska
Thursday, Jul. 24, 2008

Open quoteThe oil industry goes up there and industrializes what has been a pristine area ... suddenly it becomes the new Houston.Close quote

  • FRANK O'DONNELL,
  • president of the nonprofit group Clean Air Watch, protesting a plan to drill in the Arctic Circle. Experts say the area could fulfill global demand for oil for three years
Photo: Judy Patrick / AP | Source: AP