Oil and wilderness in Alaska : natural resources, environmental protection, and national policy dynamics

Oil and wilderness in Alaska : natural resources, environmental protection, and national policy dynamics / George J. Busenberg.

Colliding environmental and development interests have shaped national policy reforms supporting both oil development and environmental protection in Alaska. This book examines three significant national policy reform efforts that came out of these conflicts: the development of the Trans-Alaska pipe...

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Main Author: Busenberg, George J. (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington, DC : Georgetown University Press, [2013]
Series:American governance and public policy.
Subjects:
Petroleum engineering > Environmental aspects > Alaska.
Endangered ecosystems > Alaska.
Energy policy > United States.
Petroleum industry and trade > Political aspects > United States.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Real Estate > General.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Environmental Policy.
Endangered ecosystems
Energy policy
Petroleum engineering > Environmental aspects
Petroleum industry and trade > Political aspects
Alaska
United States
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • The Trans-Alaska Pipeline System
  • The Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act
  • The Exxon Valdez disaster and the Oil Pollution Act of 1990
  • Oil, wilderness, and Alaska : the enduring conflict
  • Conclusion.

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