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Author Busenberg, George J.

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

Publication Info. Washington, DC : Georgetown University Press, [2013]

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Description 1 online resource.
Series American Governance and Public Policy series
American governance and public policy.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
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. Il.
Note Print version record.
Subject Petroleum engineering -- Environmental aspects -- Alaska.
Endangered ecosystems -- Alaska.
Energy policy -- United States.
Petroleum industry and trade -- Political aspects -- United States.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Real Estate -- General.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Environmental Policy.
Endangered ecosystems. (OCoLC)fst00909648
Energy policy. (OCoLC)fst00910200
Petroleum engineering -- Environmental aspects. (OCoLC)fst01059500
Petroleum industry and trade -- Political aspects. (OCoLC)fst01059632
Alaska. (OCoLC)fst01204480
United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Other Form: Print version: 9781589016620 1589016629 (DLC) 2012049966
ISBN 1589016637 (electronic bk.)
9781589016637 (electronic bk.)
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