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Recommended Books

Coastal Alert: Ecosystems, Energy, and Offshore Oil Drilling (Island Press Critical Issues Series, No. 2) by Dwight Holing

The Kuparuk Oil Field ecosystem: A literature summary and synthesis, and an analysis of impact research by Joe C Truett

Arctic Refuge: A Circle of Testimony (Literature for a Land Ethic) by Carolyn Servid and Hank Lentfer

Related Sites

Mission 2007
Sierra Club
Environmental News Network
Natural Resources Defense Counsil
Help Save the ANWR
Rainforest Action Network

 

References

[1] Political Implications - State Ramifications, Mission 2007, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

[2] Beyond the Brooks Range; What is at stake in Alaska concerns more than just caribou

[3] Arctic National Wildlife Refuge; Sierra Club

[4] Help Save the Arctic National Wildlife Reserve

John Seward

EGR 3305 - Engineering Ethics

April 24th, 2005

Introduction click to view

An introduction to the ethics behind drilling for oil in sensitive ecosystems.

Dangers click to view

Investigation of the possible dangers and problems with drilling and those who oppose the devastation of protected lands.


Benefits click to view

This section explores the possible benefits of drilling for oil in sensitive ecosystems as well as the parties that benefit from it.