Bush May Lift Alaska Oil Drilling Ban…”An Early Christmas Present To The Big Oil Companies”…

Associated Press John Heilprin December 2, 2006 08:47 PM

President Bush is deciding whether to lift a ban on oil and gas drilling in federal waters off Alaska's Bristol Bay, home to endangered whales and sea lions and the world's largest sockeye salmon run.

Leasing in a portion of the area rich in oil and natural gas ended nearly two decades ago -- while Bush's father was president -- in the outcry after the Exxon Valdez oil spill in 1989.

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