Wall Street Journal | Obama's Trans-Alaska Oil Assault Wall Street Journal This abrogates a 1980 deal in which Congress specifically set aside some of this acreage for future oil and gas exploration. It's also a slap at the new Republican Congress, where Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski has been corralling bipartisan support for ... Oil from the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: Uncompetitive and Insecure Obama's Oil Complex Alaska legislators livid over Obama's plan to expand Arctic refuge |