PRESSURE TO DRILL INCREASES FOR ARCTIC REFUGE
Tags: OIL well drilling; WILDERNESS Society (U.S.); PETROLEUM industry -- United States; ARCTIC National Wildlife Refuge (Alaska)
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- WISHING WELL. Burnhill, Tim // New Scientist;1/5/2002, Vol. 173 Issue 2324, p16
Discusses the question of whether oil drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska will reduce the United States' reliance on foreign oil. Historical information on the oil industry's interest in Alaska; Different conclusions of independent estimates of the Arctic refuge's oil...
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- NOTABLE ACHIEVEMENTS OVER THE PAST YEAR. // Wilderness;2007, p4
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- Arctic Oil, Frozen Dialogue. // Christian Science Monitor;8/30/2000, Vol. 92 Issue 196, p10
Presents opinions on the 2000 United States presidential candidates views on oil drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge of Alaska.
- Should We Drill in Alaska? // Junior Scholastic;9/17/2001, Vol. 104 Issue 2, p5
Argues the viability of drilling oil and natural gas in Alaska. Percentage of the American citizens opposing to the oil drilling; Views of environmentalists on land and wildlife of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge; Recognition on the need for additional energy sources.
- Oil debate in Alaska is all in a name. Rosen, Yereth // Christian Science Monitor;6/29/95, Vol. 87 Issue 150, p4
Discusses the conflict between oil development and environmental preservation due to the oil drilling project of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) in Alaska. Debate on the subject; Details of the government decision to endorse oil drilling by the ANWR.
- To the highest bidder. Schapiro, Mark // Environmental Action;Winter96, Vol. 27 Issue 4, p9
Reports on the debate on the opening of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil drilling. Extent of access of lobbyists to decision-makers; Assault on the 1995 Clean Water Act.
- Oil on ice. Mitchell, John G.; Kasmauski, Karen // National Geographic;Apr97, Vol. 191 Issue 4, p104
Focuses on the debate between environmentalists, oil industry advocates and Inupiat Eskimoes over proposed exploratory drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska. The competing visions for the future of Alaska's wild lands; The coastal plain of the Arctic Refuge as one of the...
- In Alaska, Oil is Still the Issue. Campbell, Diana // Planning;Apr2003, Vol. 69 Issue 4, p20
Focuses on the raging debate over whether or not to open the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil and gas exploration centers in Alaska. Impact of the drilling on the calving grounds of caribou; Proposal on the lease sale of the refuge; Development of alternative energy sources.
