energy oil drilling arctic alaska

Suddenly "experts" are coming out of the woodwork with a religious zeal touting the need to drill for oil in the ANWR region of Alaska. This prompts the question: Where would Jesus drill?

These days, the frontiers of oil exploration include the waters north of Alaska.

Nobody knows how much energy is hidden beneath the Arctic waves. But oil companies want to find out.

A federal court blocked Royal Dutch Shell proposal to drill for oil in the Beaufort Sea, above Alaska's northern coast.

But the company is still trying. And its story tells you a lot about the forces shaping the Arctic's future.