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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Busenberg, George J.

Series:

American governance and public policy.

American governance and public policy series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Petroleum engineering--Environmental aspects--Alaska.

Petroleum engineering.

Endangered ecosystems--Alaska.

Endangered ecosystems.

Energy policy--United States.

Energy policy.

Petroleum industry and trade--Political aspects--United States.

Petroleum industry and trade.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (181 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington, DC : Georgetown University Press, [2013]

Language Note:

English

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. I

Contents:

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.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781589016637

1589016637

OCLC:

858896934