ANWAR

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ANWAR

• Why Not To Drill

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What is ANWAR?

• The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge

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Drilling Effects on Wildlife

• Drilling in ANWAR would disrupt its wildlife.
• Evidence of population decline in direct result
  to oil drilling has been pointed to by numerous
  experts.

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Wildlife Risk SpotlightThe Polar Bear
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Risks to Polar Bears

• Disturbance of females while denning could cause
  them to abandon cubs.
• Damage or destruction of essential habitat by
  dumping, dredging, drilling and construction of
  platforms, pipelines, roads and support
  facilities.
• Contact with and ingestion of oil and other
  contaminants used in oil production.
• Disturbance by aircraft, ships and other vehicles

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Would Drilling ANWAR Solve Energy Problems?

• Experts predict that oil production from the
  Arctic National Wildlife Refuge could not begin
  for at least 10 years and the Congressional
  Research Service estimates it would take at least
  15 years.
• . It is estimated that the coastal plain of the
  Arctic National Wildlife Refuge contains no more
  than a six month supply of oil at our current
  consumption rates.

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Would the Oil Be Used in the U.S.?

• . Under current laws, oil companies are allowed
  to sell oil produced in Alaska to foreign
  countries.

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Alternatives

• Wind and Solar Power, already in use in other
  countries.

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Food for Thought
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Sources

• http//www.defenders.org/wildlife/arctic/overview.
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• http//www.defenders.org/wildlife/arctic/links.htm
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