Obstacle to drilling for oil in ANWAR is removed

A controversial plan to allow oil drilling in Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge is likely to move forward now that there will be enough votes in the Senate to push the measure ahead.

By one federal estimate, the refuge holds more than 4 billion barrels of oil ready for the taking.

http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2004-11-17-oil-drilling_x.htm?csp=34