TUNDRA PLUNDER.

OIL well drilling; ENVIRONMENTALISTS; ARCTIC National Wildlife Refuge (Alaska); OIL consumption; PETROLEUM prospecting; POWER resources; UNITED States. Dept. of the Interior; UNITED States. Congress

ALASKAReport Available; UNITED StatesReport Available

Focuses on the controversial proposal in the U.S. Congress to allow oil drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska. Issuance of a report by the U.S. Department of the Interior on oil drilling; Concerns of environmentalists on the issue; Arguments of oil exploration proponents; Implications of low oil prices; Effectiveness of tax on oil, which would be particularly good at stimulating substitution of other energy sources; Ways of discouraging oil consumption.