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Smithsonian
October 2005
Scott Wallace |
ANWR: The Great Divide The renewed debate over drilling for oil in Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge hits home for the two Native groups nearest the nature preserve.   |
Mother Jones
May/Jun 2001
Tom Dunkel |
Counting Caribou The Bush-Cheney oil drilling plan could endanger the Arctic's largest caribou herd -- and the people who depend on it... |
Geotimes
May 2003
Lisa M. Pinsker |
The drilling footprint on the North Slope Deciding whether or not to develop new areas, such as ANWR, will always be a trade-off. Good engineering design is usually good environmentally. Still, no matter how careful you are, if you go into an untouched area, there's nothing you can do to prevent impact other than to stay out completely. |
Outside
February 2003
Peter Matthiessen |
Footprints in the Last Wild Place As the political controversy over the future of Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge reignites, a journey across ANWR's disputed territory explores the realities of a place where wildlife, native traditions, and the search for oil converge in fateful proximity. |
Outside
February 2004
David Masiel |
Crude Reality As the brutal battle over proposed drilling in Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge grinds on, a former oil worker returns to the North Slope in search of the truth about the pro-exploration argument. His conclusion? (Brace yourself.) The unthinkable is the right thing to do. |
Geotimes
December 2006
Linda Rowan |
A Look Back at the 109th Congress: Like Oil and Water Congress had a year marked by short-term decision-making, in which large emergency spending maintained status quo when it came to natural hazards and energy legislation. |
Smithsonian
December 2005 |
Letters Alaska's Oil Debate... Fewer Bucks, More Fawns... Whose Democracy?... Iceberg Chasers... |
Geotimes
July 2005
Linda Rowan |
The Energy Bill: Is It Big and Broad Enough? Unfortunately, the House bill falls short of achieving a comprehensive national energy policy and will do little to prevent a potential global energy crisis. |
Geotimes
November 2007
Erin Wayman |
No Arctic Drilling for Shell? A summer filled with legal setbacks is preventing Shell Oil Company from conducting exploratory drilling in the Beaufort Sea offshore of northern Alaska. |
Salon.com
September 27, 2001
Damien Cave |
Oily insecurity Will the war on terrorism require drilling for oil in pristine Alaska? |
Geotimes
January 2007
Carolyn Gramling |
Arctic Not a Refuge for Oil The United States shouldn't lose OPEC's number just yet: The Arctic contains far less undiscovered oil than previously thought, according to a new study. |
Geotimes
April 2006
Margaret Anne Baker |
Energy Efforts on Tap Developing gas hydrates as a key domestic energy source remains a long-term plan, compared to near-term return on oil shales and the estimated recoverable oil in ANWR. But with politics in the mix, who knows? Maybe the hydrates will come to market before oil flows from ANWR after all. |
Geotimes
December 2005 |
Highlights 2005 -- Energy Gas Prices Keep Rising... Congress Passes Energy Bill... |
Outside
May 2003
Tim Neville |
Latitude Adjustment Ten more ways to frolic in the far north's summer sun |
Geotimes
March 2004
Sara Pratt |
A Fresh Angle on Oil Drilling Now, horizontal drilling seems more relevant than ever. With the ongoing debate about opening up more of Alaska's North Slope to oil exploration, the discussion often turns to new technologies that may have the potential to make oil extraction more efficient, more cost effective and more environmentally sound. |
Geotimes
February 2006
Steven Quane |
The Great Washington Rift Is the bipartisan support for the Peak Oil Caucus' H.R. 507, which expresses the desire for the US to collaborate with international allies to establish a new project to address the challenges of peak oil, mending the Great Washington Rift? |
Outside
April 2010
Steven Rinella |
Go Big or Go Home Cruise ships and wildlife buses? The tourist staples miss the point of Alaska: It's the last real place to find an epic, crowd-free adventure on American soil. |
Geotimes
December 2004
Frank T. Manheim |
U.S. Offshore Oil Industry: New perspectives on an old conflict A stalemate between environmentalists and industry has inhibited current U.S. offshore oil and gas leasing. Now, Norway -- a country with a very different environmental and offshore drilling history -- could shed light on how to move forward. |
Geotimes
September 2007
Carolyn Gramling |
Cold Wars: Russia Claims Arctic Land The underwater Lomonosov Ridge stretches across the floor of the Arctic Ocean between Greenland and Russia, crossing through the geographic North Pole. Russia recently claimed that the ridge is an extension of its continental shelf in a bid to expand its territory. |
Geotimes
December 2004
Laura Stafford |
Vying for the North Pole Eight countries are vying for rights to the North Pole. They all want a piece of the icy Arctic region's untold amounts of oil, natural gas and other offshore resources. |
Geotimes
October 2004 |
The Geoscience Vote Slippery Slope for Drilling in Alaska... Managing Federal Lands... The Evolving Debate Over Teaching Evolution... Funding and the Fate of NASA... Climate Tipping Point... etc. |
Salon.com
December 16, 2002
Katharine Mieszkowski |
Bush to California: Choke on this The White House has joined with the oil and auto industries to undermine the state's rigorous environmental regulations. |
National Defense
August 2008
Matthew Rusling |
Coast Guard Unprepared for Climate Change in Arctic The Coast Guard's fleet of only two working icebreakers is not suited to deal with the rapidly changing shifts in a region of rising importance. |
Salon.com
September 29, 2000
Jake Tapper |
Running on Reagan As George W. Bush unveils his energy plan, he links Al Gore to Jimmy Carter -- and a mythical water-fueled car... |
IndustryWeek
November 1, 2006
Jonathan Katz |
The 2006 Elections: Pennsylvania Senate Candidate Rick Santorum responds to questions about U.S. manufacturing. |
Salon.com
May 8, 2001
Dan Ackman |
A phantom energy crisis The Bush administration has convinced the nation that we're in the middle of a power emergency, but the facts indicate otherwise... |
Geotimes
November 2003 |
Energy bill locked in Senate An unlikely coalition of Republican senators from New England and the rest of the Senate's Democrats refused to end debate on the bill and take a final vote. A look at some of the provisions of the bill. |
BusinessWeek
May 19, 2011
Marianne Stigset |
In Greenland, an Arctic Growth Story The Danish possession has high hopes for this summer's oil drilling. |
Outside
May 2003
Sam Moulton |
Dempster Driving Take a tundra tour along the Yukon's loneliest road |
Outside
June 2002
Weston Kosova |
What's Gale Norton Trying to Hide? George W. Bush's Secretary of the Interior keeps a low profile, keeps her mouth shut, and never picks a fight. As the steward of 507 million public acres, she has deftly combined an aggressive, pro-extraction agenda and Bush's wartime clout to steamroll environmentalists... |
Salon.com
April 30, 2001
Arianna Huffington |
Nothing but spin Bush assures us that he "cares deeply" about the environment, but his administration's green-washing is so thin it's transparent... |
Geotimes
October 2004
Dere, Martin & Wallace |
Energy Issues Take Center Stage in Senate Races Earth science issues, such as the future of Yucca Mountain or petroleum drilling in Alaska, may not take center stage in the minds of many voters, but they do figure into some prominent U.S. Senate races this year. |
D-Lib
December 2008
Arlitsch, Neatrour & Rice |
D-Lib Featured Collection November/December 2008: Western Soundscape Archive The Western Soundscape Archive (WSA) is a searchable online collection of natural sounds with a unique focus on terrestrial vertebrates from the western United States, including amphibians, birds, mammals and reptiles. |
Geotimes
August 2006
Megan Sever |
From Hot to Cold in the Arctic For the first time, scientists have recovered direct evidence of what life in the Arctic has been like for the past 56 million years. A new 400-meter-long sediment core is revealing that all in the Arctic has not always been as it seems. |
The Motley Fool
March 31, 2005
Stephen D. Simpson |
Small Cap Drills Differently Gas producer Petroleum Development has a different operating structure, but it seems to be working. Investors must do their own due diligence, of course. |
Scientific American
March 2007
Charles Q. Choi |
Pole Positions More than 30 nations are initiating a global campaign to study the Arctic and Antarctic: an International Polar Year. |
The Motley Fool
April 21, 2011
Isac Simon |
Shell Is About to Start Drilling in Alaska Shell signals a return to Alaskan operations. |
National Defense
December 2015
Yasmin Tadjdeh |
Russia Expands Military Presence in Arctic Russia is increasing its military presence along its northern border in the Arctic as sea ice melts and opens new water routes. |
