White House Proposes Protecting More Than 12 Million Acres Of Alaska's Arctic Refuge

President Obama is proposing to protect more than 12 million acres in Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge , protection that would prohibit oil and gas drilling, the White House announced Sunday. In plans unveiled by the Interior Department, the Obama administration is recommending that 12.28 million acres of ANWR be designated as "wilderness," the highest level of protection that the government can award to a wild place.

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