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Cumulative Environmental Effects of Oil and Gas Activities on Alaska's North Slope

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Publication Year:2003

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Committee on the Cumulative Environmental Effects of Oil and Gas Activities on Alaska's North Slope, National Research Council
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The report 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 activities of oil ...
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Front Matter	i-xvi
Summary	1-11	(skim)
1. Introduction	12-18	(skim)
2. The Human Environment	19-23	(skim)
3. The Alaska North Slope Environment	24-31	(skim)
4. History of Oil and Gas Activities	32-50	(skim)
5. Future Oil and Gas Activities	51-63	(skim)
6. Effects on the Physical Environment	64-75	(skim)
7. Effects on Vegetation	76-97	(skim)
8. Effects on Animals	98-131	(skim)
9. Effects on the Human Environment	132-149	(skim)
10. Filling Knowledge Gaps	150-154	(skim)
11. Major Effects and Their Accumulation	155-160	(skim)
Appendix A: Acknowledgements	161-164	(skim)
Appendix B: Abbreviations and Acronyms	165-166	(skim)
Appendix C: Petroleum Exploration and Development	167-182	(skim)
Appendix D: Oil-Field Technology and the Environment	183-189	(skim)
Appendix E: Aeromap Analyses and Data	190-207	(skim)
Appendix F: Oil Spills	208-227	(skim)
Appendix G: Saline Spills	228-231	(skim)
Appendix H: Traditional Knowledge	232-233	(skim)
Appendix I: Legal Framework for Activities on State Lands on the North Slope	234-241	(skim)
Appendix J: A Method of Addressing Economic Irreversibility	242-245	(skim)
Appendix K: Biosketches of the Committee's Members	246-250	(skim)
References	251-276	(skim)
Index	277-288	(skim)

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The report 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 activities 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 report makes recommendations for further environmental research related to environmental effects.

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