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Tags: UNITED States -- Economic conditions -- 1981-2001; UNITED States -- Environmental conditions; PETROLEUM industry; ARCTIC National Wildlife Refuge (Alaska)
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- Hotspots! // New Internationalist;Jun2001, Issue 335, p22
Provides information on several oil exploration locations. Reaction to planned opening of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to explorations; Impact of the utilization of oil fields in southern Sudan; Cost of the drilling project in Chad and Cameroon.
- Senate energy bill threatens environment. // National Parks;Sep/Oct91, Vol. 65 Issue 9/10, p13
Examines the provisions of the National Energy Security Act, or S.1220, currently before the United States Senate. Opening of Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil and gas drilling; Senate Energy Committee; Deregulation of the energy industry; Arctic and subarctic ecosystems still...
- Senate leaders open doors to ANWR drilling. // National Petroleum News;May2005, Vol. 97 Issue 5, p9
Reports that U.S. Senate leaders are intensifying pressure to allow oil drilling in Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) as part of the Senate's 2005-2006 budget. "Reasonable chance" language that will be included in the 2005-2006 budget to begin ANWR oil exploration; Reaction of the...
- Washington Observer. // ENR: Engineering News-Record;11/14/2005, Vol. 255 Issue 19, p61
The article informs that advocates and foes of opening the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska to oil and gas exploration have turned their attention to the House, after the Senate approved a measure to allow such drilling in part of the Alaska tract. Spurred by Gulf Coast hurricane recovery...
- Readers Talk Back. Acker, William G.; Cavallo, Alfred J. // Power;Nov/Dec2004, Vol. 148 Issue 9, p14
Presents letters to the editor in response to the article "Environmental Myopia," published in the July 2004 issue. Disapproval of the calculations used for the Alaska-based Arctic National Wildlife Refuge's crude oil production; Errors of fact and exaggerations in the article.
- Scrooge lives: Lumps of coal from Congress. Brandon, Hembree // Southeast Farm Press;2/6/2006, Vol. 33 Issue 5, p5
The author criticizes the move of the U.S. Congress regarding the dismantling of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska in favor of the Texas Oil Patch North. He states the risk involved in the move like its effect on the student loan program specifically in higher education. He reflects...
- Time for Decision: The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge Is on the Line. Schweiger, Larry J. // National Wildlife;Aug/Sep2005, Vol. 43 Issue 5, p9
The article presents information about the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. A recent bipartisan poll found that 73 percent of the citizens are in favor of alternative energy and conservation over increased domestic oil drilling. By a margin of 58 to 33 percent, a majority of the Americans also...
- Exploring ANWR. Barnes, Scottie // Geospatial Solutions;Apr2005, Vol. 15 Issue 4, p10
Comments on a U.S. Senate vote in favor of drilling for oil in Area 1002 of Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. Concerns that the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries cannot meet rising demand; Experts' prediction that the price could soar to $60; Arguments supporting or opposing...
- America's E&P pushed by strong US gas prices, stable oil prices. // Offshore;May2001, Vol. 61 Issue 5, p40
Deals with the status of the oil and gas industry in Latin America. Increase in gas prices in Canada; Issues concerning the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska; Drilling and production in the Gulf of Mexico.
