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Changes in the Arctic: Background and Issues for Congress
This report provides an overview of Arctic-related issues for Congress and refers readers to more in-depth CRS reports on specific relevant topics.
Date:
February 27, 2014
Creator:
O'Rourke, Ronald
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Changes in the Arctic: Background and Issues for Congress
This report provides an overview of Arctic-related issues for Congress and refers readers to more in-depth CRS reports on specific relevant topics.
Date:
February 14, 2014
Creator:
O'Rourke, Ronald
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Changes in the Arctic: Background and Issues for Congress
This report provides an overview of Arctic-related issues for Congress, and refers readers to more in-depth CRS reports on specific Arctic-related issues.
Date:
August 8, 2013
Creator:
O'Rourke, Ronald
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Keystone XL Pipeline Project: Key Issues
Report that describes the Keystone XL pipeline proposal and the process required for federal approval. It summarizes key arguments for and against the pipeline put forth by the pipeline's developers, federal agencies, environmental groups, and other stakeholders.
Date:
May 9, 2012
Creator:
Parfomak, Paul W.; Nerurkar, Neelesh; Luther, Linda & Vann, Adam
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Changes in the Arctic: Background and Issues for Congress
This report provides an overview of Arctic-related issues for Congress and refers readers to more in-depth CRS reports on specific relevant topics.
Date:
April 28, 2014
Creator:
O'Rourke, Ronald
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oil Spills in U.S. Coastal Waters: Background, Governance, and Issues for Congress
This report reviews the history and trends of oil spills in the United States; identifies the legal authorities governing oil spill prevention, response, and cleanup; and examines the threats of future oil spills in U.S. coastal waters.
Date:
April 23, 2009
Creator:
Ramseur, Jonathan L.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR): New Directions in the 110th Congress
This report provides background and analysis regarding the legislative history of Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) in northeastern Alaska. It also discusses actions in the 109th Congress, the energy resources, oil and natural gas and the impact they have on wildlife.
Date:
June 18, 2008
Creator:
Corn, M. L.; Gelb, Bernard A. & Alexander, Kristina
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR): Controversies for the 108th Congress
This report discusses one major element of the energy debate in the 108th Congress, which has been whether to approve energy development in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) in northeastern Alaska, and if so, under what conditions, or whether to continue to prohibit development to protect the area's biological resources. The Refuge is an area rich in fauna, flora, and commercial oil potential. Current law forbids energy leasing in the Refuge.
Date:
November 1, 2004
Creator:
Corn, M. L.; Gelb, Bernard A. & Baldwin, Pamela
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR): A Primer for the 114th Congress
This report discusses the history of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR), the basic issues in the debate over wilderness versus development, the Native interests, and the energy and biological resources at stake.
Date:
March 17, 2015
Creator:
Corn, M. Lynne; Ratner, Michael & Alexander, Kristina
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Alaska Natural Gas Pipeline: Status and Current Policy Issues
This report provides a brief review of efforts to develop and construct a natural gas pipeline from Prudhoe Bay, a status report on recent efforts to proceed, and an analysis of major relevant policy issues.
Date:
September 12, 2008
Creator:
Hederman, William F.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Changes in the Arctic: Background and Issues for Congress
This report provides an overview of Arctic-related issues for Congress and refers readers to more in-depth CRS reports on specific relevant topics.
Date:
March 28, 2014
Creator:
O'Rourke, Ronald
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Library of Congress Legislative Reference Service
This report is on the Senate and House Bills and Resolutions that comprise Re-organisaton proposals relating to Environment intoduced in the 2nd session of the 91st Congress.
Date:
May 12, 1970
Creator:
Boswell, Elizabeth M.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
North Alaska Oil and Related Issues
This report outlines the effects of the discovery of oil in the North Slope of Alaska in February of 1968.
Date:
November 13, 1972
Creator:
Dyas, Norma W.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Killing of Baby Seals
This report is a response to a mail campaign concerning a letter published about the killing of baby seals in Canada.
Date:
November 7, 1969
Creator:
Shaw, Elmer W.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Cannikin: A Case History
This report is a case study on the detonation of a full-sized nuclear warhead code named Cannikin on the island of Amchitka, Alaska on November 6th, 1971.
Date:
January 14, 1972
Creator:
Dyas, Norma W.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Alaska Natural Gas Pipelines: Interaction of the Natural Gas and Steel Markets
In 1976, Congress approved legislation to establish the regulatory framework for building a pipeline to bring natural gas from the Alaska North Slope to the lower 48 states. This report focuses on two major issues or uncertainties that may serve as economic constraints on a capital investment undertaking of this major scale.
Date:
March 28, 2007
Creator:
Cooney, Stephen & Pirog, Robert L.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Fuel Equivalents to Potential Oil Production from the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR)
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Date:
June 22, 2001
Creator:
Sissine, Fred
System:
The UNT Digital Library
BP Alaska North Slope Pipeline Shutdowns: Regulatory Policy Issues
This report discusses policy issues in federal oversight of pipeline safety related to BP Alaska North Slope Pipeline operations.
Date:
January 9, 2007
Creator:
Perfomak, Paul W.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Alaska Natural Gas Pipeline: Background, Status, and Issues for Congress
This report concerns itself with the construction of an Alaska natural gas pipeline. The report considers the funding available for a natural gas pipeline and the potential for it to stimulate the economy. Moreover, the report discusses how the 2008 recession poses an obstacle to the creation of the pipeline due to it causing low gas prices.
Date:
November 30, 2009
Creator:
Parfomak, Paul W.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Energy From the North: Selected References on Oil and Gas in Alaska and Canada, 1969-1972
This report provides a bibliography of resources related to oil and gas reserves in Alaska and Canada that were published between 1969 and 1972.
Date:
September 1972
Creator:
Siehl, George H.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Highlights of the Department of the Interior's Environmental Report and Decision on the Proposed Trans-Alaska Oil Pipeline
This report discusses the Department of the Interior's report regarding the environmental effects of building the Trans-Alaska oil pipeline and their recommendation to allow its building as long as certain requirements were met.
Date:
July 1, 1972
Creator:
Siehl, George H. & Want, Robert S.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Alaska, Environmental Activities of the 91st Congress
This report discusses legislative proposals and bills made in the 91st Congress related to environmental matters in Alaska.
Date:
January 4, 1971
Creator:
Shaw, Elmer W.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act of 1971 (P. L. 92-203): History and Analysis
This report discusses the history of Alaskan indigenous peoples claims to their traditional lands under Russian and U.S. administration and the Alaska Native Claim Settlement Act of 1971 which gave formal land rights to the Alaskan indigenous peoples for their traditional lands.
Date:
May 22, 1972
Creator:
Jones, Richard S.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Petroleum in Northern Alaska: A Chronology
This report provides a timeline of events from 1969 to 1973 related to the discovery, exploration, and drilling of the North Slope oil fields in northern Alaska.
Date:
November 23, 1973
Creator:
Siehl, George H.
System:
The UNT Digital Library