Yes, but with very strict environmental regulations

I think that we should use other solutions because animals live up there and they are losing their homes.

Even with environmental regulations it is still too much of a risk to the already seriously declining state of how the environment is already, therefore the drilling should not be allowed at all.

no, first of all it's a wildlife refuge meaning it's meant to be a SAFE place for animals who have been through a lot as is, plus drilling for oil could bring oil into the water that animals drink causing harm to these gentle creatures.

I think we need to protect our state parks and wild life so i think their should be a lot more regulations around drilling in Alaska.

Drilling in Alaska is killing the wildlife and hurting the natives that were here even before us. We have ruined their own home and turned it into our energy source.

I believe we should just leave it alone. Even with very strict environmental regulations will still hurt the environment in some way.

Even with strict regulations, the drilling plan would still displace many animals and indigenous persons.

It doesn't matter the amount of environmental regulations you impose on the Refuge when the act of drilling into it is inherently damaging to the environment

Drilling in the Alaska Wildlife refuge has too high of a risk of disaster even with strict oversight.

Even with strict regulations, it still has an effect in the long run. It is better to just focus on more eco-friendly options.

I think that preserving vulnerable areas of the environment is very important, more important than the economy.

Why drill at all if the regulations are so heavy that you have no space to develop or make real improvements?

Nonetheless, the environment will be taking a toll whereas stated previously, nuclear energy is the best route to go. Noting it is the cheapest as well as the cleanest compared to fossil fuels.

A refuge is a refuge. There shouldn't be drilling in Alaska where there is wildlife that needs the climate the way it is.

People need to protect the world and its many creatures; we don't want them to become extinct. People should care for animals' safety as they care for humans. You wouldn't want to drill oil in a baby nursery, so why would we drill a hole in an animal refuge?

Federal land set aside for conservation should never be drilled upon. Theodore Roosevelt, while exploring Yellowstone and expanding the national parks system, determined that these lands must never be tainted by human/capitalist greed. Alternative fuel sources can, and must, be expanded upon to decrease our reliance on fossil fuels.

Companies would still find loopholes and we are trying to do everything we can to decrease climate change.

Drilling is a clear violation to anything that could be even defined as a "wildlife refuge" endangering the very place which they swear to protect for animals should also be of protection to the people of earth being effected slowly by such drilling.

Drilling in Alaska Wildlife Refuge should not be allowed at all. The environment will be heavily affected by this and many animals will suffer from this.

Alaskan wild life shouldn't be invaded drilled or touched in general, it's alright for people to live peacefully there but oil drilling and overhunting/fishing would be way too far.

I dont belueve that drilling in that area would help anuthing except destroying the environemnt more. It is a protected area and should be kept that way.

Oil companies often ignore or do not properly follow or enforce their own regulations, often hiring third party contractors for cheap in order to save money on maintenance. While this does save money, it increases the risk of damage to the environment.

The whole purpose of a Wildlife Refuge is to avoid human impact in the area. So there should not be any sort of drilling going on.

It is a wildlife refuge. I see it as no different than drilling in a national park. It's a nature preserve and drilling should not be allowed, at all.

Alaska is the last true frontier, and rural land is becoming far more scarce every day, so it is vital that we protect what we have left for future generations, climate, land, and history of our nation.

it should not be alowed any type of drilling is harmful torwards the enviroment. I doubt greedy business moguls will listen to enviromental regulations.

Environmental regulations can lead to the closing of entire projects, thus it causes the creation of robust energy grids in remote locations

"Very strict" regulations are often overlooked or easily avoided by government officials especially those that are not invested in the reasoning behind the regulations.

No there is so much damage already done to the earth and animals are going extinct due to us. Many animals help us with the environment and we're just killing them off why damage the space where they live.

No matter what regulations you think you set these money hungry companies will always push farther to make more money.

While that may be beneficial for the economy, it would still interfere with the entire point of the refuge and still disrupt the ecosystem. The refuge also supports people, as well as one of the most untouched places in the world, I believe. If we were to drill it should be with more than those strict regulations, and instead as sustainably as possible if we were to harvest natural resources at all.

By drilling in the wildlife refuge in Alaska, we are endangering many animals and risking the health of these animals. Due to sudden urbanization or more construction in certain areas, the only safe place left for most animals can be found within a wildlife refuge.

I can agree with this as well, but I would prefer that we stay out of wildlife refuges and invest more in alternative energy sources.

I think that all of this oil drilling will lead to climate change, and the end of the world but I'm probably crazy.

With how critical the current climate crisis is, any and all concessions to companies is another nail in the coffin of the environment.

Restrictions are unable to guarantee spills will not occur. Without that guarantee, pipelines should not be built in unmonitored, remote areas. Additionally, the funds used for the pipeline could be better used to jump start renewable energy sources.

they are destroying the environment and wildlife by creating Eletric cars since we digging deep into the earth.

No, I don’t think they should be strict. I think they should do everything in their power to contribute to wild life in Alaska.

Nature should be left alone, and people should stay out of it. Humans damage the earth, and it keeps us alive. The trees we cut down supply us with oxygen. We are killing ourselves.

If we have people position with Alaska Wildlife range having corpration I believe that Wildlife should be protected with all cause for our earth.

Suppose we continue to make exceptions for reasons to destroy natural wonders that are already suffering from our environmental negligence. In that case, we won't have a reason to invest in alternative energies as heavily as we should.

Areas set aside for conservation just be used for just this, conservation. Not the drilling of fossil fuel, something that has been proven to negatively effect the environment.

It’s one of the few places in the U.S. that has pure, uncharted, natural landscapes that just shouldn’t be touched period.

Who's to say they won't take the "yes" and run with it? "Environmental regulations" could mean a multitude of things coming from greedy, corrupt people.

We need kids to know what our earth is without all the bad pollution and ruining all the wildlife and their homes without our earth we. have no home

Even with strict environmental regulations, wildlife refuges are very at-risk areas and no drilling of any kind should occur there.

No because if we keep going into nature's territory more and more we will keep killing animals ruining their houses and their world in those "safe" spaces

Even the strictest of environmental regulations cannot prevent disaster. Additionally, the Alaska Wildlife Refuge was intentionally created to protect the natural environment (which is a strict environmental regulation in itself) and drilling in the refuge is not a long-term solution.

Why would we want to kill the earth even with very strict regulation your still drilling into the earth and killing it.

With climate change already higher than years prior, and the rapid escalade. It wouldn't be wise to destroy another natural habitat for resources that could be found or produced in more environmentally friendly ways.

If we drill into Refuges, we will decrease the amount of land that the animals actually have the ability to live on. Refuges don't only provide homes to certain animals, but also different types of plants and forestry. Therefore we should not drill in Refuges.

thousands of animals will be affected by it. yes, there may be strict regulations, but who is making the regulations? if the people making the regulations support what is happening then they might not be as strict as someone who actually cares about the environment and the ecosystem.

The purpose of the refuge is to protect wildlife, by drilling you are getting oil to continue to destroy the enviornment.

There is already too much oil being removed from the earth for burning, without the oil from the wildlife refuges. The oil removed from the wildlife refuges will contribute to the wildlife refuge's demise not only through allowing exploitation in the lands, but also by contributing to global warming, which will damage the ecosystems in the wildlife refuges. These high-density ecosystems are important because they offer local tourism opportunities, and also contribute to the culture and religions of local indigenous peoples.

With or without strict regulations precious wildlife is being disturbed, it's important to leave wild spaces untouched.

It's hard for me to say without much education on the systems in which companies drill in wildlife refuges. I can assume it would be difficult, in a way that drilling companies are too hurried to care for, to have these "very strict environmental regulations," and maybe even impossible.

Any disturbance, no matter how strict the limitations, on the Wildlife Refuge would cause extreme disturbances. Alaska houses some of the most endangered species in our country, and it is vital to protect them. Carbon emissions from fossil fuels taken from the Refuge would damage our planet anyway, it's not worth risking the injury of animals when there are better alternatives for clean energy out there.

Environmental regulations are already fading with any decision to alter a natural wildlife sanctuary. No drilling shouldnt be happening at all.