Stevens Suggests ANWR Revenue Could Pay For Climate Change Impacts

Sen. Ted Stevens (R-AK), a longtime proponent of drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR), is suggesting that revenues from future ANWR oil be used to help relocate Alaskan villages affected by climate change. "We are going to open ANWR . . . and we are going to dedicate a portion of revenues" to the problem, Stevens said Nov. 16 at a Senate commerce committee hearing on a comprehensive assessment outlining the effects of climate change on the Arctic...