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Do They Just Not Caribou?
BLM offers yet another plan for drilling on Alaska's sensitive North Slope |
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22 Aug 2007 |
Daily Grist |
| Do They Just Not Caribou? BLM offers yet another plan for drilling on Alaska's sensitive North Slope In 1923, U.S. President Warren G. Harding designated 23 million acres on Alaska's North Slope as a national petroleum reserve. The ecologically sensitive northeast corner of the reserve -- which includes pristine Lake Teshekpuk and is vital habitat for breeding caribou and migrating bi ... |
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Do they just not caribou?
BLM offers yet another plan for drilling on Alaska's sensitive North Slope |
Grist |
21 Aug 2007 |
Gristmill |
| In 1923, President Warren G. Harding designated 23 million acres on Alaska's North Slope as a national petroleum reserve. The ecologically sensitive northeast corner of the reserve -- which includes pristine Lake Teshekpuk and is vital habitat for breeding caribou, migrating birds, and Inupiat Eskimos -- was closed to energy development by the Reagan, Bush Elder, and Clinton administrations. But damned if the current administration won't pull out all the stops trying to access ... |
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The Definition of Insanity
Bush administration will open 8 million Alaskan acres to oil drilling |
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25 Aug 2006 |
Daily Grist |
| The Definition of Insanity Bush administration will open 8 million Alaskan acres to oil drilling As only makes sense following a disaster in northern Alaska involving oil spills and corroded pipelines, the Bush administration next month plans to open 8 million northwestern Alaska acres to oil and natural gas development. The area, in the National Petroleum Reserve, co ... |
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| Topics: Alaska, Bureau of Land Management, energy, news, oil, oil and gas drilling, wildlife (all these topics) |
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