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    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    The future of Arctic oil drilling

    President Obama signed an executive order on Friday that would protect parts of the American Arctic from oil drilling. But President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for Secretary of State has a different opinion about drilling in the Arctic. Rex Tillerson has been CEO of oil and gas giant ExxonMobil since 2006.

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    By Madeleine Brand • Dec 13, 2016 • 1 min read

    President Obama signed an executive order on Friday that would protect parts of the American Arctic from oil drilling. But President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for Secretary of State has a different opinion about drilling in the Arctic. Rex Tillerson has been CEO of oil and gas giant ExxonMobil since 2006. In 2011, he brokered a major deal with Russia to drill for oil in the Arctic. That deal has been on hold since 2014 due to US sanctions against Russia.

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    The future of US energy policy and Arctic drilling
    1. 0:00Changes coming to US energy policy
    2. 10:11The future of Arctic oil drillingYou’re reading this
    3. 20:24ISIS is on the run in Syria and Iraq, but it’s not going away
    4. 30:58What happens when a man learns he owns looted art
    5. 41:02Gingerbread, chocolate, sugar: Where to get your fill of holiday cookies
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