Drilling Alaska's Oil Reserves Brings No Barrels of Fun

June 2, 1995

I find it hard to understand that your respected newspaper would publish such an antienvironmental article. Senator Murkowski's suggestions would destroy some of the most pristine areas in Alaska and eventually create situations that will make the Valdez oil spill look like a Sunday School picnic. The present pipeline is creating enough problems.

Joyce Bryant Hallowell, Maine

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