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Opposition to Drilling

Alaska Wilderness League

http://www.alaskawild.org/

The Alaska Wilderness League is a non-profit organization founded in 1993 to protect Alaska's North Slope. They support legislative initiatives to protect Alaska's lands and waters, and are the leaders of many environmental issues that concern Alaska.

 

Opponents to drilling in the Artic National Wildlife Refuge

http://www.unc.edu/~money/geography/anwr2.html

A great first resource on the environmental debate of drilling in the Artic. Several links from this page give opinions from opposing viewpoints.

 

Sierra Club

http://www.sierraclub.org/legislativetracker/109S2316.asp

The Sierra Club is the oldest and largest environmental organization, comprized of more than 1.3 members working together to protect the environment. Founded in 1892.

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Oil Industry Supporters

Arctic Power

http://www.anwr.org/

Arctic Power is a non-profit organization of nearly 10,000 members founded in 1992 to expedite congressional approval of oil exploration within the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.

 

British Petroleum

http://www.bp.com/home.do?categoryId=1

An oil company with a workforce of nearly 100,000 employees and business activities in more than 100 countries.

 

Shell

http://www.shell.com/home/Framework?siteId=us-en&FC2=/us-en/html/iwgen/society_environment/environment/marine_habitat/zzz_lhn.html&FC3=/us-en/html/iwgen/society_environment/environment/marine_habitat/shellmarinehabitatfaq.html

An oil company with a workforce of nearly 110,000 employees and business activities in more than 140 countries.

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Oil Development

Types of Oil and Uses

Oil Exploration

Opponents to Oil Exploration

Oil Extraction

Oil Refinement

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Wade Decker              PHYS 212 F05           4-2-07