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Battle Heats Up Over Alaskan Petroleum Reserve

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The drilling operation at the Doyon Rig 19 at the Conoco-Phillips Carbon location in the National Petroleum Reserve, Alaska. The federal government is working on a plan to guide future drilling in the reserve, but environmental groups want some of the reserve set aside as  wilderness. (AP)
The drilling operation at the Doyon Rig 19 at the Conoco-Phillips Carbon location in the National Petroleum Reserve, Alaska. The federal government is working on a plan to guide future drilling in the reserve, but environmental groups want some of the reserve set aside as wilderness. (AP)

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