Loren Dauer Mr. Pankonin Hour 4 A.W.N.R. To Drill or Not to Drill The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) is located in the northeastern corner of Alaska. It consists of about 19 million acres of rolling hills‚ arctic tundra‚ and braided rivers along with a variety of migratory birds‚ caribou and sheep‚ and bears and wolves. On the west border of ANWR‚ there is oil development and on the east side of ANWR‚ the Canadians are drilling too. So‚ geologists believe that there is a major deposit
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take place in Alaska’s North Slope region‚ home to the Arctic National Wildlife refuge and the Naval Petroleum reserve. The ANWR is a 19‚049‚236-acre piece of land protected since 1960 (burger). In the
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Executive Summary The Arctic National Wildlife Reserve (ANWR) is a beautiful 19.6 million acre coastal plain‚ and is located in the Northeastern part of Alaska. ANWR is home to numerous species of wildlife and one of the largest untapped oil preserves in the United States. There is an immense debate between the opposing environmentalists and the politicians who want to drill for oil on a section of ANWR‚ which is only 1.8% of the refuge. Environmentalists who oppose drilling for oil in Alaska
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Jay Mahoney 1238 Anuri Street Iqaluit‚ Nunavut‚ X0A 0H0 January 1st‚ 2008 Mr. James Harper Concrete Estates 867 Queen Elizabeth Road Iqaluit‚ Nunavut‚ X0A 0H0 Dear Mr. Harper Through a conversation with Ms. Jones‚ from town council‚ we have discussed the prospect of developing a new subdivision in the under-developed Road to Nowhere area. I have acquired a design for housing based upon a new low-cost development method‚ and writing you to apply for the position of chief contractor
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: 37). Of the 19.6 million acres in the Artic National Wildlife Refuge 17.5 million acres are permanently closed to development. The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge is often called the "American Serengeti" (Defenders of Wildlife). The Artic National Wildlife Refuge lies in the northeast corner of Alaska (Predger‚ David). The entire refuge lies north of the Arctic Circle and 1‚300 miles south of the North Pole (Predger‚ David). The Artic National Wildlife Refuge is the size of South Carolina (Predger
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the Gwich’in forever. Politicians‚ environmentalists‚ economists and neighbors now fight over the prospect of oil drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. Many of the arguments for drilling are worth consideration; however‚ in comparison to the evidence against it‚ they are neither convincing nor compelling. In order to fully understand why drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge is such a big deal; we need to understand the history of the refuge. ANWR was created in 1980 by the United
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1959 Congress annexes Alaska 1960 Arctic National Wildlife Range established by Fred Seaton of the DOI l969 Trans-Alaska Pipeline System formed by a group of oil and gas companies. They want to build a huge pipeline from south to north coast of Alaska! 1971 Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act buys out native Alaskans of their land for gas and oil exploration‚ basically they can claim any land they want except land for the pipeline 1972 EIS released stressing the need for oil resources to
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getting billions of dollars yearly but yet we are still preserving our own reserves‚ or our own country‚ where we can save money and create jobs in areas such as Alaska‚ that are rich in oil reserves. Drilling for oil in Alaska‚ especially in the ANWR (Arctic National Wildlife Refuge) region‚ has been a highly debated area ever since the start of the 20th century. This is due to the economic and social problems America faces such as‚ a fragile economy‚ high rates of unemployment‚ and a very high national
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An Argument against Drilling in the Alaskan National Wildlife Reserve By: James Andrew Whitten Government Economics Heath Vincent March 5‚ 2013 America’s rank as the world’s leading superpower gives the nation unsurpassed clout throughout the rest of the world‚ but as the old saying goes “With great power comes great responsibility.” Many other nations not only rely on America’s economy for their own country’s survival‚ but they also look up to America with a hopeful sense for the future
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A military‚ colloquial and historic record of Convoy PQ17. Source 3.1: Summary and analysis “The Destruction of Convoy PQ17 27th June-10th July 1942” was written by Dr Milan Vego in 2015 and was published in the Naval War College Review in 2016. It is written from a military perspective‚ and records how‚ during the period 1941 to 1945‚ the Allies sent 42 eastbound escorted convoys and 36 westbound escorted convoys to and from the USSR port of Archangel. The convoys left from the East Coast of
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