TITLE

Welfare State

AUTHOR(S)
Foer, Franklin
PUB. DATE
May 2002
SOURCE
New Republic;5/6/2002, Vol. 226 Issue 17, p14
SOURCE TYPE
Periodical
DOC. TYPE
Article
ABSTRACT
Deals with the favorable stand of Alaskans on the proposal to conduct exploratory oil drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska in May 2002. Examination of the image of Alaska as a self-reliant state; Economic significance of the proposal to the state; Federal budget allotted to Alaska in 2001.
ACCESSION #
6587014

Tags: WILDLIFE conservation;  ENVIRONMENTALISM;  ARCTIC National Wildlife Refuge (Alaska);  NATIONAL parks & reserves -- Alaska

 

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