"After a quarter-century of defeated attempts to open the refuge's coastal plain, the desperate Sen. Stevens will do whatever is necessary to get his way...Sen. Stevens himself plays loose with the truth when he writes that 'presented with the facts ... 70 percent of Americans support environmentally sensitive exploration and development in the Arctic coastal plain.' In fact, poll after poll has shown that most Americans want the coastal plain to be protected, period." 

Excerpt from a letter to the editor by Bill Sherwonit

Anchorage Daily News, Monday,  June 5, 2006

"This is like addressing the pimple on the cheek of an elephant," said Rep. Joseph Crowley, D-N.Y., "when the problem is the whole elephant."

Anchorage Daily News, Thursday, May 25, 2006

"However, ANWR development would have nothing to do with gasoline supplies for at least the next 10 years and would make the United States only marginally less dependent on foreign oil -- that margin counts, but ANWR isn't the ticket to energy independence."

Anchorage Daily News, Thursday, April 20, 2006