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Arctic Refuge
Hank Lentfer

Arctic Refuge

a circle of testimony

Milkweed Editions (2001)
9781571312648
118 pages | 133 x 220 mm
Dewey 333.8/23214/097
LC Classification QH545.O57 .A74 2001
LC Control No. 2001034283

Genre

  • Non-Fiction

Subject

  • Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (Alaska)
  • Endangered Ecosystems - Alaska
  • Energy Policy - United States
  • Oil Well Drilling - Environmental Aspects - Alaska

Plot

Originally presented to Congress on March 28, 2001, this book brings together the latest word from key conservation leaders as well as firsthand accounts by Alaska residents on how they and neighboring wildlife would be affected should oil drilling proceed according to current plans. The book includes original pieces by Jimmy Carter, Wendell Berry, Barry Lopez, Bill McKibben, Scott Russell Sanders, Rick Bass, and Terry Tempest Williams. All royalties from sales of Arctic Refuge and an additional contribution from Milkweed Editions will go to the Alaska Conservation Foundation.