...economist, said the state assumes ANWR will have no effect on world oil prices, even if it is the nation's biggest onshore oil prospect. "This isn't Saudi Arabia they want to get into up here on the slope," he said. Oil is valuable, and if...

...supplying that later in the session. The coastal plain of the Arctic refuge is believed to be the nation's best onshore oil prospect, but drilling can't take place without Congress' approval. Opposition comes from those who say drilling would...