Argument: Drilling would create a substantial number of new jobs

Comment & Debate

Issue Report: Oil Drilling in Arctic Wildlife Refuge

Support

ANWR.org “Top Ten Reasons to Support Drilling in the ANWR” – “3. Jobs To Be Created Between 250,000 and 735,000 ANWR jobs are estimated to be created by development of the Coastal Plain.”
The 735,000 estimate was made by a Wharton Economic Forecasting Group in 1990.[citation needed]

Counter-arguments

Argument: Job-creation would be better achieved by investing in green energy

See also