In the Headlines is updated every weekday, and can also be delivered directly to you by e-mail when you sign up for our free weekly Public Agenda Alert . The bill would also provide billions of dollars in tax breaks for the production and promotion of natural gas, coal, nuclear and solar energy, as well as energy-efficient appliances. Submitted by Senator Frank Murkoswki, R-Alaska, who is chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, the goal of the bill is to reduce U.S. reliance on foreign oil sources. But even supporters of the bill said drilling in the wildlife refuge would not yield consumer benefits for at least five years. Carter designated the Alaskan territory a refuge in 1980.
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