The leak in the inlet is no big deal--the loss of a potential coal mine is. Fishing doesn't pay our states bills . It doesn't create the jobs oil does. With the decline in the volume of oil going down the pipeline we need more wells. More mines. We need to bring back logging. We need to do more to boost tourism .The gas line doesn't pencil out and hoping pot taxes will save the day doesn't get it done. When one looks at out states history , disasters , both man made and natural , leave Alaska far better off on the other side. The inlet leaks won't do any harm , given all the silt in the water .So it's no big deal or reason to question drilling in the inlet .The Exxon Valdez spill did a hundred times more good than bad. Fishermen were able to double dip using boats for the clean-up AND get checks for the fish the same boat didn't catch. Wrongly , Exxon paid millions more than it should have and we got the free money. The 1964 earthquake modernized us .The EPA throttled will help Alaska.