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Budget Watch
The Senate passes a budget bill calling for drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge; the House will now take up their version of the bill which would also open up ANWR to oil exploration, as well as allow for oil and gas drilling in coastal waters
Proposed cuts in the federal budget are raising concerns about negative environmental impacts. The budget bills would open more land and coastline to oil and gas drilling. Living on Earth’s Jeff Young reports from Washington.