Now is the perfect time to adopt a no-holds-barred strategy of opening Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil production. An agenda aimed at removing the barriers to drilling within ANWR’s coastal plain would contribute to America’s long-term energy security, at minimal cost to the environment.

ANWR possesses what many geologists believe is the biggest untapped oil field remaining in the country. Opening up ANWR for exploratory drilling would send a powerful signal to the world that the United States is serious about maintaining its new status as an energy superpower and the world’s top oil producer.