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

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Author / Creator:	Busenberg, George J.
Imprint:	Washington, DC : Georgetown University Press, [2013]
Description:	1 online resource
Language:	English
Series:	American Governance and Public Policy series American governance and public policy.
Subject:	Petroleum engineering -- Environmental aspects -- Alaska. Endangered ecosystems -- Alaska. Energy policy -- United States. Petroleum industry and trade -- Political aspects -- United States. Endangered ecosystems. Energy policy. Petroleum engineering -- Environmental aspects. Petroleum industry and trade -- Political aspects. Alaska. United States. Electronic books.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11206945

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ISBN:	1589016637 9781589016637 9781589016620 1589016629
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. Print version record.
Summary:	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. Il.
Other form:	Print version: 9781589016620 1589016629

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