A U.S. Official has determined that Washington can tap into Alaska's natural resources and energy without harming their beautiful environment. Ken Salazar, the U.S. Interior Secretary, is visiting to review Alaska's potential for natural gas and oil. They are confident that this will be able to happen through science without affecting the nature of the environment. The Republican U.S. Senator from Alaska, Lisa Murkowski has been pushing for the white house to look at Alaska for oil and gas to ease our dependence on foreign oils. I think this is a great idea if they can go without hurting the environment like they say. Our dependence on foreign oils is astronomical and anything to help ease that is exactly what we need.
http://www.upi.com/Business_News/Energy-Resources/2011/08/11/Balance-in-Alaskan-energy-and-environment/UPI-12631313066116/
This is especially important since Alaska is one of the last U.S. states with a lot of untapped wilderness and with it a large amount of wildlife. The last thing the U.S. needs is more blame for ruining natural environments with our rather big carbon footprint. And if they can find a way to access the natural gases and oil in Alaska without harming the environment, hopefully the government can find ways to do the same thing elsewhere too, in order to improve other places that are routinely harmed by oil and natural resource harvesting.
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