We don't give a damn how they do it OUTSIDE.

The end of the world *again*

In other news, my wish is coming true. It will be a white Christmas (predicable) Not many people understand our adoration over the beauty of snow ❄️ 😊

It'll be a white Christmas here, and then, snuggled in at the cabin time until the first.

I think there will be enough snow for skiing and snowshoeing. I dunno if I will run the machines or not.
 


Trump Administration Takes Next Step Toward Oil Lease Sales in Arctic Refuge

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by Elizabeth Harball


(Alaska Public Media via NPR)
One year after Congress voted to allow oil development in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, the Trump administration has taken another step towards making it happen.

The Interior Department Thursday announced it is releasing the draft environmental impact statement for an oil leasing program in the refuge's Coastal Plain.

"An energy-dominant America starts with an energy-dominant Alaska," said outgoing Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke in a statement.

When finalized, the environmental review will guide where and how oil leasing should happen in the Coastal Plain, also known as the 1002 area, a 1.6-million-acre portion of the refuge.

Republicans had tried and failed for decades to open up the area for drilling, so it was a major victory when they managed it with the Tax Cuts and Job Acts of 2017. It requires that each lease sale in the Coastal Plain should offer "not fewer than 400,000 acres" up for bid to oil companies...



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