TITLE

Power for the 21st Century

AUTHOR(S)
Smith, Gar
PUB. DATE
June 2001
SOURCE
Earth Island Journal;Summer2001, Vol. 16 Issue 2, p34
SOURCE TYPE
Periodical
DOC. TYPE
Article
ABSTRACT
Deals with the move taken by California to recover damages by out-of-state energy producers that triggered the state's electric energy crisis. Details on how Texas oilman George Bush used the crisis to push for drilling inside the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge; Discussion on the California Governor Gray Davis' plan for the construction of powerplants.
ACCESSION #
4362305

Tags: ELECTRIC utilities;  ARCTIC National Wildlife Refuge (Alaska)

 

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