Oil and Wilderness in Alaska - Natural Resources, Environmental Protection, National Policy

Klappentext Colliding environmental and development interests have shaped national policy reforms supporting both oil development and environmental protection in Alaska. This book illuminates the processes and consequences of these reforms at the state! national! and international levels. Zusammenfassung Colliding environmental and development interests have shaped national policy reforms supporting both oil development and environmental protection in Alaska. This book illuminates the processes and consequences of these reforms at the state! national! and international levels. 1. Introduction 2. The Trans-Alaska Pipeline System 3. The Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act 4. The Exxon Valdez Disaster and the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 5. Oil, Wilderness, and Alaska: The Enduring Conflict 6. Conclusion Index

Product details

• Authors: George J. Busenberg, George J. (Associate Professor of Environmental Management and Policy Busenberg, Busenberg George J.
• Publisher: Georgetown University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.10.2013
• EAN: 9781589016620
• ISBN: 978-1-58901-662-0
• No. of pages: 176
• Series: American Governance and Public Policy Series; American Governance and Public; American Governance and Public Policy series
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Technology > Structural and environmental engineering; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Environmental Policy, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / General, Central / national / federal government policies, Environmental policy & protocols, Central government policies, Environmental policy and protocols