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The ocean needs our help. Offshore drilling threatens one of the most delicate and powerful ecosystems on our planet. From toxic spills and chronic pollution to seismic blasting that disrupts communication, migration, and feeding patterns, the impact reaches far beyond the drill site. Kelp forests, coral reefs, and coastal nurseries suffer, while marine animals, fom whales and dolphins to fish and invertebrates are forced to adapt to an environment that’s becoming louder, dirtier, and more dange

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With the new push for offshore drilling in Alaska, we take the risk and D.C. takes the money. Anything beyond six miles off our coast is federal territory, and Alaska gets zero revenue from it. No royalty share. No reinvestment. Nothing. Meanwhile coastal communities carry the environmental and cultural risk - from subsistence disruption to spill response. And here’s the part nobody says out loud: Alaska has supported responsible development for decades because the benefits stayed in Alaska. NPR