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When Teshekpuk Comes to Shove
Sensitive Alaska wetlands spared from drilling plan -- for now |
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25 Sep 2006 |
Daily Grist |
| When Teshekpuk Comes to Shove Sensitive Alaska wetlands spared from drilling plan -- for now In good news for conservationists, the Department of Interior has announced willingness to exclude the sensitive Teshekpuk Lake wetlands from a region of the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska that it wants to open to oil and natural-gas drilling. The move has little to ... |
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| Topics: Alaska, Department of Interior, energy, news, oil, oil and gas drilling, wetlands, wildlife (all these topics) |
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Unto the Lease of These
Judge halts oil lease sale to protect Alaskan wetlands |
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08 Sep 2006 |
Daily Grist |
| Unto the Lease of These Judge halts oil lease sale to protect Alaskan wetlands Ruling that the Bush administration failed to properly consider the impact of oil development on sensitive wetlands, a U.S. district judge has temporarily blocked an upcoming Alaska oil-lease sale of about 1.7 million acres. The Bushies had heard the call of up to 2 billion barrels of oil beneath the permaf ... |
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| Topics: Alaska, energy, news, oil, oil and gas drilling, wetlands, wildlife (all these topics) |
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