The outgoing president has a few orders of business he’d like to take care of before January 20.
Among them is a controversial plan to drill for oil in the country’s largest stretch of untouched wilderness. The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge is 20 million acres of mountains, tundra and coast lands. Underneath it, there are billions of barrels of oil. Similar plans have sparked fights for decades, so why the Trump administration push to drill there now?
Our guest for this episode is Tegan Hanlon, a public radio reporter for Alaska’s Energy Desk in Anchorage.
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Climate change's big question: Can we get to zero carbon?
That Time We Could Have Stopped Climate Change. . .
An Explosion in Drilling on Public Lands Driven by 'Energy Dominance'
The Green New Deal: Two Takes
The Pollution Police
A Surge of Black Lung Disease in Appalachia
Green New Deal. You've Heard the Phrase. Here's What it Means.
Zinke's Out. What's the Damage to Public Lands?
As the World Burns
What's at Stake Under the New Trump Water Rule
America Voted. How did the Environment Fare?
Environmentalists Could Change Election Outcomes. They Just Need to Vote.
Inside the Industry Takeover at the EPA
Climate Change: How Bad Can it Be?
Bonus Episode: Michael Mann’s Journey Through the Climate Wars
Why The Trump Resistance Keeps Winning in Court
Faith in the People's Climate Movement
How the UK Won its War on Coal
Ep. 45: Brett Kavanaugh is Trump's Pick. Should Environmentalists Be Worried?
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