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Salon.com
January 11, 2001
Anthony York |
Baked Alaska? Fearing a return to the days of James Watt, green activists mobilize to spike Bush's environmental nominees...   |
Salon.com
May 23, 2001
Jake Tapper |
Greens red with rage The man known as the Mike Tyson of the coal and oil industries is on his way to an Interior post with little opposition from the Democrats... |
Outside
March 2005
Bruce Barcott |
As a Matter of Fact, Money Does Grow on Trees With an anti-environmental backlash inflicting one defeat after another on conservationists, a band of maverick economists is riding to the rescue with a startling revelation about the true value of our natural resources: Follow the money, and you end up in a very green place. |
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. |
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
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
January 5, 2001
Alicia Montgomery |
Will Bush Cabinet picks get Borked? Liberal Democrats are gearing up to oppose the president-elect's most conservative choices. Here's a list of the most vulnerable nominees, and their enemies... |
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. |
Salon.com
September 27, 2001
Damien Cave |
Oily insecurity Will the war on terrorism require drilling for oil in pristine Alaska? |
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. |
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. |
BusinessWeek
November 3, 2003
John Carey |
How Green Is The White House? Environmentalists say President Bush is a disaster. This magazine examines his real record. |
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
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
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
August 2004
Jay Chapman |
Wide Open West For years, the oil and gas industry has complained about limited or restricted access to energy resources in the American West. A new investigative report, however, turns this argument on its head. |
Salon.com
April 17, 2001
Anthony York |
Where's Ralph? With Nader and Gore missing in action, environmentalists are desperately gearing up to stop Bush's pro-business juggernaut... |
Mother Jones
Sep/Oct 2001
Jan DeBlieu |
Keeping the Coast Clear How a band of activists blocked Big Oil's drilling plans off North Carolina's outer banks... |
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... |
Salon.com
January 3, 2001
Daryl Lindsey |
Gays blast Interior nominee Former Colorado Attorney General Gale Norton angered many with her defense of a controversial anti-homosexual measure... |
Salon.com
January 2, 2001
Alicia Montgomery |
Bush taps a Democrat Clinton appointee Norm Mineta is selected to head the Department of Transportation, opponents gear up to battle the Bush agenda and Democrats target John Ashcroft... |
Salon.com
January 3, 2001
Gary Kamiya |
Skeletons in the Cabinet Democrats need to work with Bush. But they don't need right-wing dinosaurs like John Ashcroft and Gale Norton... |
Geotimes
March 2004
Megan Sever |
Interior back online Yesterday, a U.S. appellate court lifted an injunction that had forced the Department of Interior to disconnect most of its computer systems on March 15. |
Mother Jones
Mar/Apr 2002
Tom Dunkel & Bill Hogan |
A Broken Trust The government cannot account for billions of dollars it owes to Native Americans... |
Salon.com
January 8, 2001
David Horowitz |
First blood: The fight over Bush's cabinet The left's efforts to tar and feather Ashcroft and other conservative Bush appointees are as unfair as the smear campaign waged against Clarence Thomas 10 years ago... |
Outside
February 2003
Bruce Barcott |
Border Shutdown America's park rangers are outnumbered and outgunned. So why won't congress pay more to keep them safe? |
Geotimes
March 2004 |
Internet down again for Interior A federal judge once again has ordered a shutdown for U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) Web sites, with the exception of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), the National Park Service and the Interior budget office |
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? |
Salon.com
November 20, 2001
Damien Cave |
Oily waters Big oil isn't as powerful as it used to be, but when everyone is buying SUVs and gas prices are dropping, there's still little hope for alternative energy. Second of two parts... |
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
December 2004
Naomi Lubick |
Global Oil Hot Spots As consumers continue to face higher gas prices at the pump, petroleum geologists continue to search the world for oil and natural gas. |
Smithsonian
December 2005 |
Letters Alaska's Oil Debate... Fewer Bucks, More Fawns... Whose Democracy?... Iceberg Chasers... |
Fast Company
December 2008
Ellen McGirt |
Edward Norton's $9,000,000,000 Housing Project (that's $9 Billion) The actor's "family business" has helped shelter tens of thousands of Americans. Now it is taking on the credit crunch with innovative financing and a green-building initiative. |
Adventure
August 2005 |
Alaska Fly-In: Arctic National Wildlife Refuge This could be your last chance to see the much debated 1002 area of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in its current state. |
