... the United States may increasingly take the form of environmental terrorism, including biological and chemical warfare. Even conventional attacks create environmental risk. Witness the concern over asbestos exposure for rescue workers at the World Trade Center. Terrorists may not care about such things, but we should. Our military response should be tailored to minimize and mitigate collateral ... other priority off the national agenda. Here too, however, we should be careful. The understandable need for bipartisanship will weaken the Democratic and moderate Republican opposition to Bus...

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... finally on January 22nd, 2004, the Bush administration decided to open 8.8 million acres of Alaska's North Slope to oil and gas development. Given today's oil-dependent world, as well as the tremendous government deficit, the rewards for Alaskan oil drilling heavily outweigh the risks. There are several reasons why Alaska, ... economic activity associated with ANWR oil production will generate almost $29.2 billion in new Federal revenues and almost $31.4 billion in new state revenues for a total of over $60.5 billion. Given our country's tremendous debt due to war spending, these numbers ...

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... reduce the "Footprint" effect Fact: Oil and gas development remains an intrusive industrial process. The physical "footprint" of the existing North Slope oil facilities and roads covers about 10,000 acres, but industrial complex extends across an 800 square mile region, nearly 100 miles from east to west. As new oil fields are developed, it continues to grow. They argue this ... power, and hydroelectric power. They claim No Negative Impacts on Animals Fact: The 1002 Area is critically important to the ecological integrity of the whole Artic Refuge, providing essential habitats for numero...

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Drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge covers 19 million acres of forests, mountains, wetlands, tundra, and wild rivers. It is the second largest wildlife refuge in the United States. The refuge ... a wide variety of marine mammals that migrate to the Beaufort Sea, off the cost of the refuge, during the summertime (Big Oil Q & A). Drilling for oil in the Arctic's very delicate ecosystem would cause irreversible damage upon the wildlife and would bring no substantial amount of oil in return. These damages far outweigh ... the need for oil in the U...

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