Just when it seemed like things couldn’t get any worse for the polar bear, Big Oil is moving into its neighborhood. On Feb. 6, the U.S. Department of the Interior’s Minerals Management Service (MMS) put almost 30 million acres of prime Alaskan habitat on the auction block for oil and gas drilling. The decision comes only one month after the… return to article
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