Rhetoric VS. Reality
Policy-makers are talking a lot about energy and energy policy. What follows are some of the most frequently heard claims and proposals, along with realities that need to be considered when evaluating these claims.
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Conoco Gets Permit to Develop Alaska Site
December 21, 2011
Wall Street Journal
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers issued a permit on Monday to ConocoPhillips that would allow the energy company to develop the first commercial oil well in the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska.
The decision by the Alaskan District of the corps comes two weeks after the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the Fish and Wildlife Service removed their objections to a bridge and a pipeline Conoco sought.
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