Socioeconomic Policy for Energy Development
When oil was discovered in commercial quantities at Prudhoe Bay on Alaska's North Slope in in 1969, the nation was experiencing a wave of popular support for environmental and conservation issues culminating in the passage of the National Environmental Protection Act of 1969 (NEPA). The transAl...
| Published in: | Practicing Anthropology |
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| Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
| Language: | English |
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Informa UK Limited
1982
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| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.17730/praa.5.1.r16288h131148033 http://meridian.allenpress.com/practicing-anthropology/article-pdf/5/1/10/1866159/praa_5_1_r16288h131148033.pdf |
| Summary: | When oil was discovered in commercial quantities at Prudhoe Bay on Alaska's North Slope in in 1969, the nation was experiencing a wave of popular support for environmental and conservation issues culminating in the passage of the National Environmental Protection Act of 1969 (NEPA). The transAlaska oil pipeline was the first significant test of that law, and national attention became focused on the immense construction project. |
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