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ANWR: A Quack Cure for Gas Prices
Jun 18 2008, Matt Wendus

Before the current energy crisis, I don’t think most Americans had even heard of ANWR, or the Arctic National Wildlife Reserve. To environmentalists, the giant swath of land on the northern fringe of Alaska bordering Canada has a reputation as being...

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