Loren Dauer Mr. Pankonin Hour 4 A.W.N.R. To Drill or Not to Drill The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) is located in the northeastern corner of Alaska. It consists of about 19 million acres of rolling hills‚ arctic tundra‚ and braided rivers along with a variety of migratory birds‚ caribou and sheep‚ and bears and wolves. On the west border of ANWR‚ there is oil development and on the east side of ANWR‚ the Canadians are drilling too. So‚ geologists believe that there is a major deposit
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ignorant to the fact of the benefits. This next article that I chose is against drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR). Titled: “Drilling ANWR is not the answer to US energy challenges” and is written by Dan Ritzman. The main arguments Ritzman captures is the environment. He claims due to the oil spills that oil industries have covered up it has harm the land‚ wildlife‚ and is polluting the airways. He uses the area‚ Prudhoe Bay as an example which is “100 miles west” of ANWR. This
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1959 Congress annexes Alaska 1960 Arctic National Wildlife Range established by Fred Seaton of the DOI l969 Trans-Alaska Pipeline System formed by a group of oil and gas companies. They want to build a huge pipeline from south to north coast of Alaska! 1971 Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act buys out native Alaskans of their land for gas and oil exploration‚ basically they can claim any land they want except land for the pipeline 1972 EIS released stressing the need for oil resources to
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Cited: “Controlling Wild Hogs.” Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency. Web. April 02‚ 2012. <http://tn.gov/twra/feralhog.html>. Garrett‚ Jason. Personal Interview. 1 April 2012. Geesling‚ Pete. Personal Interview. 1 April 2012. Paul‚ Freddie. Person Interview. 31 March 2012.
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1. Introduction In 2009‚ the Endangered Wildlife Trust (EWT) was recognised as one of southern Africa’s largest environmental conservation organisations. The non-profit‚ non-government organisation grew organically over the course of 35 years by broadening its vision to include “species‚ their habitats‚ ecosystems and the role of the surrounding communities and landowners” (Price‚ 2010). While this assisted in proving the EWT’s commitment to its cause‚ this diversification put pressure on the limited
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ANWR Outline I. Introduction A. Context 1. 19 million square acres in Alaska’s coastal plain 2. A wildlife reservation preserve‚ abundant with vast habitats and oil reservoirs B. Relevant 1. Drilling could possibly destroy the habitat and way of life for animals 2. It could also give the United States a 6 month supply of oil 3. Is the drilling worth it C. Thesis statement 1. The United States Congress should allow drilling in ANWR due to the economic‚ environmental‚ and social benefits
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donation; and nonprofits can sell directly to raise funds. Any person from any background can make immediate cash donation‚ and can sell directly without profit to raise funds. Case study no. 2 This case study is about “The Coca-Cola Company & World Wildlife Fund”. They were the winners of Halo award in the category of Best Environmental or Animal Campaign in 2012. As part of Coca-Cola’s “Live Positively”
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Non-consumptive wildlife tourism and community-based conservation: A case study in Yunnan‚ China Presented in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Environment and Natural Resources in the Graduate School of The Ohio State University By Xiao Liu‚ B.S. The Ohio State University 2013 MENR Project Committee: Dr. Jeremy Bruskotter‚ Advisor Dr. Stacey Fineran Dr. Eric Toman Abstract Wildlife tourism is a specialized‚ yet important‚ aspect of the tourism market
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PERFLUORINATED COMPOUNDS: PERSISTENT‚ PESKY POLLUTANTS PRESENCE IN ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT AND WILDLIFE‚ LEADING TO PRESENCE IN HUMAN BLOOD SERUM J. Horton CHEM 422- Environmental Chemistry 4th of May‚ 2012 1 I N TR O D U CTI O N Perflurorinated compounds (PFCs) are heterogeneous organic compounds that have a partially or fully fluorinated alkyl chain‚ which can range from four to fourteen carbons and can have other functional organic groups attached. PFCs are mostly the products of industrial
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9. The development of tourism around certain key wildlife species can be problematic. Evaluate strategies which are used‚ around the world‚ to seek a working balance in the Nature-People relationship? Tourism is the world’s largest industry with nature-based ecotourism seeing rapid growth since its initial arrival in the 1980s. It is estimated by the World Tourism Organisation that nature tourism generates 7% of all international travel expenditure (Lindberg‚ 1997) and this figure will have
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