Saying goodbye to the Article National Wildlife Refuge

It was nice while it lasted.

*UPDATE* With all those oil companies up there, nothing like this could happen, could it:

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is conducting a criminal investigation into allegations that a drilling crew for Pioneer Natural Resources Co. intentionally dumped contaminated mud into the ice of the Beaufort Sea offshore Alaska's North Slope in 2003, the Wall Street Journal reported in its on-line edition on Tuesday.

According to the story, the EPA is investigating allegations that as many as 2,000 gallons of mud from drilling that was contaminated with hazardous materials was dumped by a drilling crew.