US Oil and Gas Activities
Between 2000 and 2008, the area available to offshore oil and gas activities in Alaska waters increased eight-fold – from 9.4 million acres to 77 million acres. During those years, the Bush administration initiated oil development at an unprecedented pace and scale in the Chukchi and Beaufort seas o...
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ftissuelab:oai:harvest.issuelab.org:26521 2023-05-15T14:47:30+02:00 US Oil and Gas Activities Arctic Region 2012-10-10 https://issuelab.org/permalink/resource/26521 eng eng The Pew Charitable Trusts https://issuelab.org/permalink/resource/26521 Copyright 2012 by Pew Charitable Trusts. Energy and Environment letter 2012 ftissuelab 2022-01-09T08:52:52Z Between 2000 and 2008, the area available to offshore oil and gas activities in Alaska waters increased eight-fold – from 9.4 million acres to 77 million acres. During those years, the Bush administration initiated oil development at an unprecedented pace and scale in the Chukchi and Beaufort seas of the U.S. Arctic Ocean, as well as Bristol Bay in the southeast Bering Sea. Oil and gas activities pose significant environmental risks that include: potential oil spills, noise pollution, toxicological impacts, physical impacts and socioeconomic impacts. Manuscript Arctic Arctic Ocean Bering Sea Chukchi Alaska IssueLab (Nonprofit Research) Arctic Arctic Ocean Bering Sea |
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Between 2000 and 2008, the area available to offshore oil and gas activities in Alaska waters increased eight-fold – from 9.4 million acres to 77 million acres. During those years, the Bush administration initiated oil development at an unprecedented pace and scale in the Chukchi and Beaufort seas of the U.S. Arctic Ocean, as well as Bristol Bay in the southeast Bering Sea. Oil and gas activities pose significant environmental risks that include: potential oil spills, noise pollution, toxicological impacts, physical impacts and socioeconomic impacts. |
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The Pew Charitable Trusts |
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2012 |
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