Detroit Free Press | Obama seeks to ban oil drilling in wildlife refuge Detroit Free Press President Barack Obama proposed Sunday to designate 1.4 million acres of Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge as wilderness, seeking to block oil and gas drilling. The move set off a battle with Republicans, who denounced the plan as a threat to ... Obama proposal to expand Alaska Arctic refuge angers Republicans over oil Obama: Protect Arctic Wildlife Refuge, no oil drilling on Coastal Plain 'War on Alaska'? Obama seeks federal wilderness protection for oil exploration ... |