America has voted to allow oil companies to drill a pristine part of the Arctic and you probably haven't heard about it
A Democrat motion to block oil and gas extraction in a famed US nature reserve has been rejected in the Senate, giving oil companies the go-ahead to drill in northern Alaska. The amendment, sponsored by Senator Maria Cantwell, would have reversed previous legislation that mandates the Senate Energy Committee to raise $1bn (£760,000) over the next decade - money which is expected to be raised by fossil fuel exploration.
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