| 00:00:01 | KNOW, I COME AT THIS AS SOMEBODY WHO LOVES AMERICA. |
| 00:00:06 | WE SING THE SONG "AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL" AND CHOOSE TREASURED LANDSCAPES IN THIS COUNTRY AND WE PROTECT THEM WITH OUR LIVES. |
| 00:00:13 | THEODORE ROOSEVELT USED TO SAY THE EUROPEANS CAN KEEP THE LUVE AND WESTMINSTER ABBEY, BUT WE HAVE THE TETONS, WE HAVE REDWOOD, CALIFORNIA. |
| 00:00:22 | WE HAVE THE GRAND CANYON. |
| 00:00:25 | ARCTIC, ALASKA IS VERY IMPORTANT TO THE PSYCHE OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. |
| 00:00:27 | WHEN YOU STUDY U. |
| 00:00:28 | S. HISTORY, WILDERNESS IS SOMETHING TO BE TREASURED AND PRESERVED, PARTICULARLY IN THE 20th CENTURY, BECAUSE IT RE-ESTABLISHES THE AMERICAN SPIRIT. |
| 00:00:37 | MANY SOLDIERS, PEOPLE THAT WERE VETERANS FROM VIETNAM, GO UP TO THE ARCTIC REFUGE WITH BACKPACK ON TO HIKE. |
| 00:00:45 | RECREATION DOLLARS FOR THE ARCTIC REFUGE, PEOPLE, MYSELF INCLUDED, CAMPING UP THERE. |
| 00:00:53 | IT'S A -- ECO TOURISM, AS I WRITE ABOUT IN A BOOK I RECENTLY DID, "THE QUIET WORLD" PEOPLE AT DENY ALLEY LODGE, NOBODY THOUGHT PEOPLE WERE GOING TO COME TO Mt. |
| 00:01:03 | McKINLEY, NOBODY THOUGHT PEOPLE WERE GOING TO COMP TO SEE GLACIERS. |
| 00:01:07 | ECO TOURISM IS A HUGE INDUSTRY FOR ALASKA TO TALK ABOUT SAVING OF THE ARCTIC IS TO TALK ABOUT THE MONEY OF THE ARCTIC. |
| 00:01:13 | AND MORE AND MORE AS THE WORLD SHRINKS, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE PEOPLE LOOKING FOR TRUE WILDERNESSES. |
| 00:01:20 | THE ARCTIC REFUGE IS CALLED THE LAST WILDERNESS. |
| 00:01:23 | INCIDENTALLY, IT'S ALWAYS BEEN CALLED THE ARCTIC REFUGE UNTIL THE OIL LOBBY STARTED CALLING IT ANWAR, BECAUSE IT SOUNDS LIKE ANWAR SADAT OR SOME COUNTRY IN THE MIDDLE EAST. |
| 00:01:31 | YOU WANT TO DRILL ANWAR? |
| 00:01:33 | YES. |
| 00:01:34 | DO YOU WANT TO MOLEST EISENHOWER'S GREAT WILDLIFE RESERVE? |
| 00:01:37 | NO. |
| 00:01:38 | SO IT'S THE WAY THE ISSUE IS FRAMED. |
| 00:01:41 | BUT WHAT I'VE FOUND ODIOUS OVER THE PAST 50 YEARS ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE SAYING THERE'S NO BIOLOGICAL HEART TO THE ARCTIC REFUGE, THAT IT'S A WASTELAND, THERE'S NOTHING THERE, A FEW CARIBOU RUBBING THEIR BELLIES AGAINST PIPES. |
| 00:01:59 | AND I KNOW IN PARTICULAR MR. |
| 00:02:00 | YOUNG KNOWS BETTER THAN THAT, BECAUSE I KNOW HE'S A TRAPPER AND SPENT TIME UP THERE. |
| 00:02:03 | THE QUESTION BECOMES, WHAT PRICE? |
| 00:02:05 | HOW BUYABLE ARE AMERICANS? |
| 00:02:06 | HOW LOW DO WE GET WHEN WE START TAKING OUR KEY HEIRLOOMS AND WE START SELLING THEM TO DUTCH ROYAL SHELL OR BRITISH PETROLEUM? |
| 00:02:15 | BP'S RECENT REPORT HAD WALRUSES LIVING IN THE GULF OF MEXICO. |
| 00:02:18 | DO WE THINK THAT THEY KNOW HOW TO DRILL UP IN THE ARCTIC? |
| 00:02:22 | THEY DON'T. |
| 00:02:23 | WE'VE HAD SPILL ON THE TUNDRA. |
| 00:02:25 | THIS IS A VERY FRAGILE AND SPECIAL ECOSYSTEM, AND THE ARCTIC AND ANTARCTIC ARE WORLD HERITAGE CENTERS. |
| 00:02:32 | THERE'S GOING TO BE DRILLING THAT GOES ON UP THERE. |
| 00:02:34 | BUT WHEN WE HAVE OUR NATION'S LARGEST WILDLIFE PRESERVE, THE CROWN JEWEL OF 500 WILDLIFE RESERVES, AND TO BE EVEN SUGGESTING IN 2011, A TIME OF CLIMATE CRISIS, THAT WE'RE GOING TO DRILL, DRILL, DRILL THE ARCTIC REFUGE, IT'S BECOME A POLITICAL ISSUE. |
| 00:02:51 | AND I THINK IT NEEDS TO BE TAKEN OUT OF THE COMMITTEE, TAKEN OUT OF CONGRESS. |
| 00:02:54 | AND I THINK PRESIDENT OBAMA NEEDS TO SIGN AN EXECUTIVE ORDER CREATING A NATIONAL MONUMENT FOR FURTHER FEDERAL PROTECTION WITHIN THE ARCTIC REFUGE. |
| 00:03:03 | >> THANK YOU, PROFESSOR. |
| 00:03:05 | AND THANK YOU FOR RAISING MO MO |
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