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The article throws light on certain environmental issues that are of concern for environmentalists and legislators in the United States in the year 2005. The author notes that with a huge budget deficit and a war in Iraq, major new legislation and funding for environmental will be very difficult this year in the U.S. Congress. Among several proposals, which are up for discussion in the U.S. Congress, the fate of the proposal to open the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge for oil production remains uncertain. Although research funding appears to be level or decreasing at major environmental funding agencies, there will be some opportunities in 2005.