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Charlie's ANWR Ecological Impact Document

Charlie strides White House corridors under night fluorescents, fingers peeling back the document's top page to tally devastating counts—36 fish species, 36 mammals, 160 birds—hammering Porcupine Caribou calving grounds crushed by drilling's advance, rivers freezing solid, emissions choking skies with haze and acid rain. He snaps it shut as C.J.'s urgent dissection pierces the air, pages creased from grip amid ethical crossfire.

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Purpose

Detail environmental devastation from ANWR oil drilling, cataloging wildlife species losses, habitat disruptions, and pollution effects to inform White House staff debates.

Significance

Ignites staff rift over Bartlet's energy juggernaut, thrusting raw ecological data into Charlie's hands to humanize moral fractures and signal brewing political tempests.

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S3E16 · The U.S. Poet Laureate

C.J. Schools Charlie on ANWR Drilling's Ecological Devastation

Charlie carries and actively consults this document while walking, flipping the top page to access tabulated ecological data—36 fish, 36 mammals, 160 birds—reciting it to underscore drilling's toll on calving grounds, species, and habitats; it anchors the debate as irrefutable evidence of policy's ethical price, propelling staff awakening.

Before: Intact in Charlie's possession, top page unturned during initial walk

After: Closed and folded, still held by Charlie after recitation

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