Oil And Wilderness In Alaska

Author : George J. Busenberg
Publisher : Georgetown University Press
ISBN 13 : 1589016629
Total Pages : 182 pages
Book Rating : 4.20/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Oil and Wilderness in Alaska written by George J. Busenberg and published by Georgetown University Press. This book was released on 2013-08-16 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Colliding environmental and development interests have shaped national policy reforms supporting both oil development and environmental protection in Alaska. Oil and Wilderness in Alaska examines three significant national policy reform efforts that came out of these conflicts: the development of the Trans-Alaska pipeline, the establishment of a vast system of protected natural areas through the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act, and the reform of the environmental management of the marine oil trade in Alaska to reduce the risk of oil pollution after the Exxon Valdez disaster. Illuminating the delicate balance and give-and-take between environmental and commercial interests, as well as larger issues shaping policy reforms, Busenberg applies a theoretical framework to examine the processes and consequences of these reforms at the state, national, and international levels. The author examines the enduring institutional legacies and policy consequences of each reform period, their consequences for environmental protection, and the national and international repercussions of reform efforts. The author concludes by describing the continuing policy conflicts concerning oil development and nature conservation in Alaska left unresolved by these reforms. Rich case descriptions illustrate the author’s points and make this book an essential resource for professors and students interested in policies concerning Alaska, the Arctic, oil development, nature conservation, marine oil spills, the policy process, and policy theory.

Author : Tom Brown
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 172 pages
Book Rating : 4.03/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Oil on Ice written by Tom Brown and published by . This book was released on 1971 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Finis Dunaway
Publisher : UNC Press Books
ISBN 13 : 146966111X
Total Pages : 343 pages
Book Rating : 4.17/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Defending the Arctic Refuge written by Finis Dunaway and published by UNC Press Books. This book was released on 2021-04-12 with total page 343 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tucked away in the northeastern corner of Alaska is one of the most contested landscapes in all of North America: the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. Considered sacred by Indigenous peoples in Alaska and Canada and treasured by environmentalists, the refuge provides life-sustaining habitat for caribou, polar bears, migratory birds, and other species. For decades, though, the fossil fuel industry and powerful politicians have sought to turn this unique ecosystem into an oil field. Defending the Arctic Refuge tells the improbable story of how the people fought back. At the center of the story is the unlikely figure of Lenny Kohm (1939–2014), a former jazz drummer and aspiring photographer who passionately committed himself to Arctic Refuge activism. With the aid of a trusty slide show, Kohm and representatives of the Gwich'in Nation traveled across the United States to mobilize grassroots opposition to oil drilling. From Indigenous villages north of the Arctic Circle to Capitol Hill and many places in between, this book shows how Kohm and Gwich'in leaders and environmental activists helped build a political movement that transformed the debate into a struggle for environmental justice. In its final weeks, the Trump administration fulfilled a long-sought dream of drilling proponents: leasing much of the Arctic Refuge coastal plain for fossil fuel development. Yet the fight to protect this place is certainly not over. Defending the Arctic Refuge traces the history of a movement that is alive today—and that will continue to galvanize diverse groups to safeguard this threatened land.

Author : United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 136 pages
Book Rating : 4.80/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Oil Production in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge written by United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment
Publisher : DIANE Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1428957456
Total Pages : 127 pages
Book Rating : 4.59/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Oil production in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge : the technology & the Alaskan oil context. written by United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 1989 with total page 127 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. Subcommittee on Water and Power Resources
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 238 pages
Book Rating : 4.9A/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR): Oil and gas production in Alaska written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. Subcommittee on Water and Power Resources and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Dale M. Brown (Author and editor at Time-Life Books)
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780809411511
Total Pages : 184 pages
Book Rating : 4.12/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Wild Alaska written by Dale M. Brown (Author and editor at Time-Life Books) and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Mary Lynne Corn
Publisher : Nova Publishers
ISBN 13 : 9781590336380
Total Pages : 162 pages
Book Rating : 4.80/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Arctic National Wildlife Refuge written by Mary Lynne Corn and published by Nova Publishers. This book was released on 2003 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The rich biological resources and wilderness values of north-eastern Alaska have been widely known for about 50 years, and the rich energy resource potential for much of that time. The future of these resources has been debated in Congress for over 40 years. The issue for now is whether to open a portion of what is now the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) to allow the development of potentially the richest on-shore source of oil remaining in the United States, and if so under what restrictions. The coastal northern plain of the Refuge is the focus of the debate. This remote and largely untouched area is an example of an arctic ecosystem that, by virtue of being essentially intact, is increasingly rare. It has been called 'America's Serengeti', for vast herds of caribou, for the many nesting and feeding migratory birds, and for its predators such as grizzly bears, polar bears, wolves and golden eagles. The area also has immensely promising oil prospects, which some feel could be as productive as Prudhoe Bay. It is heralded as a place which could help reduce national dependence on foreign oil and keep the Alaskan oil pipeline in use for decades. Advocates for development foresee benefits to the oil industry, the people of Alaska, and the national economy. This book provides basic material for analysing possibilities and implications of the major issues that have been the focus of the debate over its fate.

Author : Subhankar Banerjee
Publisher : Braided River
ISBN 13 : 0898864380
Total Pages : 186 pages
Book Rating : 4.80/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Arctic National Wildlife Refuge written by Subhankar Banerjee and published by Braided River. This book was released on 2003 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Photographic documentation of the necessity to preserve this precious area.

Author : Kim Heacox
Publisher : Graphic Arts Books
ISBN 13 : 1941821871
Total Pages : 392 pages
Book Rating : 4.79/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Jimmy Bluefeather written by Kim Heacox and published by Graphic Arts Books. This book was released on 2015-09-01 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Old Keb Wisting is somewhere around ninety-five years old (he lost count awhile ago) and in constant pain and thinks he wants to die. He also thinks he thinks too much. Part Norwegian and part Tlingit Native (“with some Filipino and Portuguese thrown in”), he’s the last living canoe carver in the village of Jinkaat, in Southeast Alaska. When his grandson, James, a promising basketball player, ruins his leg in a logging accident and tells his grandpa that he has nothing left to live for, Old Keb comes alive and finishes his last canoe, with help from his grandson. Together (with a few friends and a crazy but likeable dog named Steve) they embark on a great canoe journey. Suddenly all of Old Keb’s senses come into play, so clever and wise in how he reads the currents, tides and storms. Nobody can find him. He and the others paddle deep into wild Alaska, but mostly into the human heart, in a story of adventure, love, and reconciliation. With its rogue’s gallery of colorful, endearing, small-town characters, this book stands as a wonderful blend of Mark Twain’s THE ADVENTURES OF HUCKLEBERRY FINN and John Nichols’s THE MILAGRO BEANFIELD WAR, with dashes of John Steinbeck thrown in. It