Cumulative Environmental Effects of Oil and Gas Activities on Alaska's North Slope
Subtitle: Activities on Alaska's North Slope
Contributors: National Research Council (Creator); Committee on the Cumulative Environmenta (Creator)
Publisher: National Academies Press
Published: September 2003
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 304
ISBN-13: 9780309087377
Subjects: Environmental Science; Natural Gas Exploration; Petroleum Exploration; Technology; Science; Nature/Ecology; Earth Sciences - General; Real Estate - General; Petroleum
Description: This book identifies accumulated environmental, social and economic effects of oil and gas leasing, exploration, and production on Alaska's North Slope. Economic benefits to the region have been accompanied by effects of the roads, infrastructure and activies of oil and gas production on the terrain, plants, animals and peoples of the North Slope.  While attempts by the oil industry and regulatory agencies have reduced many of the environmental effects, they have not been eliminated. The book makes recommendations for further environmental research related to environmental effects.